Profile: Hannah Bass
- Name Hannah Bass
- Location London
- Twitter: mhd_bass
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- Email: hannah@wannabehacks.co.uk
- Website: http://mhdbass.wordpress.com
Profile
Hannah is studying Magazine Journalism at City University. Before moving to London for her Masters, Hannah freelanced and interned at local publications as well as working in communications for environment and development NGOs. She writes about culture, development, feminism and women's issues.
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Tips for new Hacks
I’ve had a fantastic year as one of the Wannabe Hacks. Looking back on my first post, I can’t quite believe how much has happened and how far I’ve come. I have no doubt that being a Wannabe Hack has
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Did journalism lose its head over the Olympics?
So the Games are finished, the athletes are going home and London is waking up with an almighty hangover. So too, it seems, are Britain’s newspapers. Monday morning saw, as Roy Greenslade reports, an orgy of euphoric front page ssplattered
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Why is TV news so snooze?
The news. Who even watches it these days? The ten o’clock news, which was once my basis for understanding the world, now seems tired, distant and formulaic to the point of farce. It lacks the atmosphere and urgency of Sky’s
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Can you plan a career path in journalism?
When we were at school, we were asked, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” And we’d answer: a vet, a policeman, maybe even a journalist. The truth is, though, that a “job for life” is pretty
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Why every journalist should learn design
You know what was actually a really useful bit of my masters? Learning the basics of InDesign. I moaned at first – ‘I’m never going to be a designer or a sub!’ – but, actually, that’s the point. I totally
12. July, 2012
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VIDEO | Wannabe a Hack? Here’s why you should apply…
Looking back on a year with Wannabe Hacks, I made a little video about why you should apply to join us. For more information, click here.
6. July, 2012
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Young journalists must remember that we deserve to be paid
Yesterday Natalie wrote a pretty gloomy post about job-hunting. I’m in the sadly rather lucky few who actually has a job and I’m still going to subject you to a miserable missive. If you are feeling at all emotionally unstable,
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How I went from a journalism masters to a job
On Friday I handed in my final project for my Masters in Magazine Journalism at City, signalling the end of a pretty crazy year.It’s been a tough one, both personally and work-wise, but also an incredible one. I moved to
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Charlotte Lytton: Dealing with grad scheme rejection and moving on to an alternative
For the wannabe hack, graduate schemes are like gold dust. Each year, a few of the nationals open up one or two coveted spots to aspiring journos, and with hundreds battling it out for each place, most, like myself, are
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Top time management tips for exam term
It’s that time of year again. Libraries up and down the country are crammed full of pale-faced students shuddering with a toxic cocktail of nerves and caffeine shakes. Yup, it’s exam term. Last week I asked for time management tips as I’ve been up