Budding journalist Anneka Masih, left, really does have ink in her veins. She has had the shorthand outline of her name tattooed on her ankle. Anneka, 22, who is taking the MA journalism course at Staffordshire University, said the tattoo "shows my level of devotion to becoming a journalist."
Sadly, with the departure of newspapers from Fleet Street she will not be able to ply her trade on the Street of Ink (as Henry Simonis called it in his 1917 memoir).
Location aside, she will be hoping to make an indelible mark on journalism in future. She said: "It's also quite exciting knowing that only people who have learned shorthand will understand what the symbol means - like a secret code."
Her shorthand tutor, Jo Goodall, said: "Anneka asked me to check the outline to ensure it was correct." (This is it. I do hope all you Teeline experts agree).
Goodall added: "I'm delighted that shorthand fires up the students to this extent. Most have a real passion for it. It grips them."
But none more than Anneka, clearly.
Sources: holdthefrontpage/Staffs University