 Wallis akawana basa rake rokutanga achishanda kuSkegness Standard, achisiya mushure memwedzi mitanhatu kuti ashande kuWorksop Guardian sechikamu cheNational Council for the Training of Journalists NCTJ chirongwa, panguva iyo yaakadzidzawo paRichmond College of Further Education muSheffield. Apasa bvunzo dzake dzeNCTJ, Wallis akashanda ku The Northern Echo muhofisi yayo yeDurham asati ava mutori wenhau mukuru we Manchester Evening News. Panguva ino mubasa rake, Wallis akava Mutori wenhau weCrime, achipa hurukuro kumapurisa pamusoro pehukama hwemapurisa nevatori venhau, ukuwo achishanda akasununguka ku The Sunday People, achifambira mberi kubva kudhesiki reManchester kuenda kuhofisi yayo yeLondon. Wallis gare gare akati: Panguva ino ndakafamba zvikuru muBritain yose nenyika yose somunyori wenhau dzakaoma uye somutsvakurudzi. Ikoku kwaibatanidza nhambo refu muU.S.A., kuMiddle East neNorthern Ireland mukati meMatambudziko- kwandakaiswa muchipatara pashure pokunge ndabatwa mumhirizhonga ine chisimba zvikuru. Ndakapedza mwedzi mitanhatu ndiri muArgentina mukati meHondo yeFalklands kubatanidza nhambo muBuenos Aires neCommadorio Rivadavia, hwaro hwokupinda hweJunta yeArgentina. Ndakapedzawo nguva ndiri munyika dzakawanda dzeEurope neMediterranean. Wallis ipapo akava Mutori wenhau Mukuru wepepanhau, ane mutoro wokuita nzvero mukuuraya, zvinonyadzisa zvebhizimisi rokuratidzira, uori, utsotsi, zvinodhaka, kusora uye zvematongerwe enyika. 