I reported last month that Exeter Express & Echo trainee reporter Naomi Harris had been sent to Afghanistan to deliver messages to the troops serving in Helmand province. She has returned now, and has posted video messages on the paper's website from some of the soldiers she met.
The interviews may be rough and ready, but they have evidently gone down well with friends and relatives. I like this one with Colour Sergeant Steve Rowland . Professional TV interviewers would consider it naive. But it strikes me as "real", illustrating the value of the medium.
