Joe took a drink and placed the glass down. Next he took one of of his cigarettes and lit it. He wondered if he was going to be able to get smokes on board the station... That was something he hadn't really thought of.
"I'm a broadcast journalist" he replied. "And a writer" he added. He wrote his radio pieces, did the research himself. He had contacts back home to work with and he had a small team to help with the actual broadcast but no one else wrote anything for him. He was proud of his work too, even if he played it down.
He took a drag from his cigarette and thoughtfully asked, "I need to ask. How are you able to take all of this in your stride? Being in a place like this"