We rely heavily on volunteers and so when one flees the nest and goes on to greater things we feel kinda proud.
One such contributor is Ben Lowe, who wrote a number of articles for Lichfield Live from 2009-2011.
He won the coveted accolade of 2011 Student Journalist of the Year at the Midlands Media Awards whilst being snapped up by MTV in the same month.
Now Ben has shown us exactly why by uploading a documentary he created for his MA Dissertation (taught in part by our own Ross Hawkes, no less).