About Me Lynn McConnell Albany, Auckland, New Zealand A journalist since completing training at Wellington Polytechnic, now part of Massey University's School of Journalism, I have worked in two stints on The Southland Times (the second 10 years as Sports Editor), the Marlborough Express and the now-defunct Evening Post. I left the Post in 2000 to take up the position of New Zealand editor of CricInfo.com based in Christchurch, NZ. Then in 2005, I was appointed senior editor of Sportal New Zealand, based in Auckland. While sport has been the preoccupation of most of my journalistic life, I have always maintained an interest in history, politics, geography and world events. An avid movie-goer and a lover of all sorts of music, I have also written several books. The title of this blog, View from Above, is a reference to a column I used to write at The Southland Times based on light-hearted ramblings witnessed from my rooftop pressbox in the grandstand at Rugby Park in Invercargill. View my complete profile

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