{"id":165213,"date":"2025-11-29T01:24:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T01:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/165213\/"},"modified":"2025-11-29T01:24:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T01:24:07","slug":"beginners-pluck-multimedia-journalist-adam-maguire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/165213\/","title":{"rendered":"Beginner\u2019s pluck: Multimedia journalist Adam Maguire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From a young age, Adam enjoyed writing stories and wanted to be a writer, and in his teens decided as a back-up plan he\u2019d study journalism.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI found I really liked it and, by the time I graduated, I wanted to pursue radio. Writing a book went onto the back-burner.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu internal_BodyRagged\">He freelanced for five to six years, writing articles around technology, explaining blogs and YouTube.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu internal_BodyRagged\">\u201cAnd then, in 2011, I started some freelance shifts in RT\u00c9, eventually working on the business desk website, and then, over 10 years ago, I went into radio and TV full-time, doing  Morning Ireland, TV news, website features, and  Drivetime, and, more recently, regular pieces telling stories around consumer affairs, on  Today with Claire Byrne.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu internal_BodyRagged\">It was these that led to his book.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\n            Looking at these trends, I wondered it there was a way to develop the ideas, and I spoke to Sarah Liddy in Gill Books.\n        <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cWe discussed how young people are behaving differently and are spending their money differently. There were so many interesting elements.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu internal_BodyRagged\">He wrote the book in six months, fitting the writing around his work shifts.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu internal_BodyRagged\">He wrote in cafes because, with builders in, he and the family were living with his in-laws, where he hadn\u2019t a desk.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu internal_BodyRagged\">\u201cI wrote it chapter by chapter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu caption\">Who is Adam Maguire?<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\n            Date\/ place of birth: 1985\/ Dublin<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\n            Education: Rosmini Community School, Drumcondra; Col\u00e1iste Dh\u00falaigh, Coolock, diploma; then degree in Wolverhampton, England, in journalism and editorial design.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\n            Home: Glasnevin, Dublin.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\n            Family: Wife Sarah and children Fiadh and Ruadh\u00e1n.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\n            The day job: Multimedia journalist with RT\u00c9 News.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\n            In another life: \u201cMaybe a baker. I was making sourdough before it became trendy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\n            Favourite writers: Roald Dahl; JRR Tolkien; Naomi Klein; Donal Ryan; Jon Ronson; David Sedaris.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\n            Second book: \u201cI have lots of ideas that might work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\n            Top tip: \u201cJust do it now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\n            Instagram: @adammaguire.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/4878060_3_articleinline_BailoutBabiesBook.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" class=\"card-img\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu caption\">The debut<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\n            The Bailout Babies,\n        <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\n            Gill Books, \u20ac22.99\n        <\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu internal_BodyNoIndent\">What has become of the generation, born in the boom, who had to contend with the crash?<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu internal_BodyRagged\">Looking at the trends through various people who have found alternative ways to cope, Maguire examines their lives and finds that many are frugal and want settled, monogamous relationships.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu internal_BodyNoIndent\">\n            The verdict: Fascinating and accessible. Leads to real understanding of a new generation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"From a young age, Adam enjoyed writing stories and wanted to be a writer, and in his teens&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":165214,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[61,60,63402,80],"class_list":["post-165213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-person-adam-maguire","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=165213"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165213\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/165214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=165213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=165213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=165213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}