This is something they don’t teach in journalism school : what to do when a bird flies into your face, hitting so hard it leaves you bleeding.

This unexpected occurrence happened to reporter Jess Tyson, 32, who was doing a piece to camera outside in New Zealand.

Footage shows how she had just finished up and was about to do a second take, when a sudden thump could be heard.

A blurry pair of wings appear on the screen, heading straight for her face and then falling down over her shoulder.

Jess can be seen grabbing her eye and turning away, gasping ‘Holy s***!’

The camera man for Māori current affairs show Te Ao with Moana approaches and asks if she is okay, saying ‘It went right into you!’

Noticing she seems to be in pain, he adds: ‘Oh s***, you’re bleeding!’

Jess, a former Miss Wo

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