Profile: The Chancer
- Name Tom Clarke
- Location London, UK
- Twitter: _tomclarke
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=868240371&ref=ts
- Email: chancer@wannabehacks.co.uk
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Profile
Tom is the former news and sport editor of Redbrick and also worked as the sport editor for The National Student. He has done work experience at local papers across the country and is currently studying the Newspaper Journalism MA at City University. He also co-writes the sport blog www.popeandswift.co.uk with The Student.
Posts by The Chancer
2. August, 2011
Routes into journalism
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Wannabe Hacks Legal Series: Interview with Gill Phillips (part one)
Now we at Hacks like to tackle all sorts of issues relating to making it in journalism and one topic which has been neglected by us so far is the law. Legal issues affect journalists everyday and with all the
28. July, 2011
Routes into journalism
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Lucy Sherriff: flooding the market – NCTJ promises much, but delivers little
Lucy currently interns at the Telegraph, on the features desk, and has a postgrad diploma in newspaper journalism at Cardiff University. She’s had work published in Conde Nast Traveller, The Times, ITV Wales, Ham and High, Wandsworth Guardian and others
26. July, 2011
Routes into journalism
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Becoming a journalist: What I would change if I could go back
Whilst many wannabes across the country are working hard doing work experience placements and shifts at various national papers I have been fortunate enough to have a bit of a break from work. The summer months normally bring out a
20. July, 2011
Routes into journalism
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Jobs in journalism: We all need to change our attitude to unpaid work
One of the major issues facing us wannabes is the fact that quite often we have to work for free. Work experience, lengthy internships or being involved in specialist projects are all types of work regular undertaken by aspiring journalists
18. July, 2011
Routes into journalism
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Stop the press…There are still some decent folk in journalism
I spotted this particular article floating around on Twitter the other day and whilst it’s grim portrayal of the difficulties facing young hacks is based largely on truth I took issue with a certain section of the article and got
13. July, 2011
Routes into journalism
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News International farce has box office potential but there are some ‘good’ stories about journalism
All this phone-hacking and News International business is getting a little out of hand don’t you think? The big names in politics and journalism are having their say, the plot is thickening and even more stories unfolding. It’s almost turning
11. July, 2011
Routes into journalism
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Caroline Mortimer: post News of the World – advertisers can regulate the media better than the media can regulate themselves
Caroline has just finished her second year studying History at the University of Birmingham. She is an occasional freelancer as well as a contributor to the student paper, Redbrick. She seems to spend her all her free time doing unpaid work
6. July, 2011
Routes into journalism
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It’s not just about Ryan Giggs when it comes to sport. Test your reporting with Wannabe Hacks
We all have our differing reasons for wanting to be a journalist. Some of us are naturals at hunting down a news story. Some of us love the transition and change currently in journalism. Some of us love the chase
30. June, 2011
Routes into journalism
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Local papers should embrace ‘non-journalism’ to help start a community
I have written before about local journalism and many of you thought I was wrong in my views. Being a very stubborn man I still think that many people today are not interested in local journalism and many think it
28. June, 2011
Routes into journalism
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Jobs in Journalism: Would you sell your Gran for a story?
This is of course a daft question, but a difficult one to answer for young hacks. Often as young journalists we are asked how far you would go in pursuit of a story. How many lines would you cross in