There would be a lot of people who might imagine a newsroom celebrates bad news.

Unfortunately covering death, disaster and tragedy is par for the course when working in a newsroom. It’s part of what we do as journalists.

It’s not enjoyable, but it needs to be done. After all it’s news.

This might come as a surprise but journalists are people too, many with families of their own and each journalist is different.

Different journalists react to individual situations in varied ways, handle things differently and have different levels of comfort with all the diverse things that get thrown your way when working on any given day in a newsroom.

It’s true newsrooms like having news to report, but never is bad news “celebrated”.

True enough when things are happening, there is a heightened level of emotion and certainly the adrenalin runs.

You can “feel” when a newsroom is in the midst of such news. There is often a level of tension that you can actually feel and it wouldn’t be in any way accurate to describe that as enjoyable.

Never is this more evident when we hear a child is involved.

On Wednesday night news came through a search was on for a toddler who was missing in bushland near his home in Avondale.

Immediately hearts go in mouths. We know all too well where these types of stories can start and end.

Conversely, when news comes through the toddler has been found safe and well, there is also a clearly evident sense of relief.

We love happy endings too.

The story of little Jack, who was kept company by his four-legged pal Tilly during their little walkabout which called on a full scale police search, is a story we enjoy bringing to you.

The quotes from Jack’s mum brought a smile to our face.

“As soon as I saw him, it was just wonderful,” she said. “It was just great. Because I was just thinking the worst the whole time, because he’s so little,” Ms Land said. 

Photos such as the one Adam McLean captured with Jack and Tilly are beautiful and live long in our memory. We hope it lives long in your memory too.

We are glad you are safe Jack ………. and you too Tilly.