MoH confirms first H1N1 case in Brunei

I covered the Health beat during my first few years as a reporter in Brunei. I enjoyed working the beat but covering the H1N1 outbreak of June 2009 was probably the most stressful experience I had as a reporter.

I was getting tip offs from my sources about potential outbreaks (many of which turned out to be false alarms) every other hour. The Ministry of Health would call me daily to warn that they will take "appropriate actions" if any of the stories were untrue and the office pressured me for the latest updates at every opportunity.

Any slip up would have ended my career as a journalist but proper journalism training, a strong team of editors and fact checking all the info I got kept me out of trouble.