Sports Journalism student talks about overcoming adversity

Wed, 11 Jan 2017 15:53:00 GMT

'See me for myself, not as a disability' says Huddersfield student journalist, Steven Downes, who was born wit a rare type of sight loss.

Stephen talks about his drive to succeed as he faces head on the challenges of a full-time University course and the work placement opportunities that he's adding to his cv. For the past few weeks the third-year Sports Journalism student has been writing for The Examiner’s sports department on a placement from his course.

Read more about his determination, and the support he's received along the way.

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