Profile: Nick
- Name Nick Petrie
- Location London, UK
- Twitter: petren
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/nickpetrie
- Email: nick@wannabehacks.co.uk
- Website: http://www.nickpetrie.co.uk/
Profile
Nick is an ex Redbrick editor and currently working for the Telegraph as a Community Manager. Nick co-founded Wannabehacks and helps edit and maintain the site as well as being involved on various other projects. Nick has a keen interest and good understanding of social media and in the power of collaborative journalism. He believes in open data, being connected, sharing, linking and all the other good things about the Internet.
Posts by Nick
1. September, 2011
Routes into journalism
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The Intern’s goodbye tips – how to get ahead
So it’s come to this then? A chance to smother you in nostalgia, say goodbye and wish you luck. Yup, you may have guessed this is my last post for hacks as a hack. But I hope not my last
25. August, 2011
Routes into journalism
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Caroline Mortimer: Banning social media – don’t shoot the messenger
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 experience
23. August, 2011
Routes into journalism
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Some advice to those hacks that don’t know where they are going
Later this week you’re going to get some MA tips from the Student and the Chancer. Matt has been dolling out the freelancer advice, from press breakfasts to wordpress skills. I wanted to be able to provide some comfort to
18. August, 2011
Routes into journalism
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Do journalists need to be able to write? | DEBATE
Yes: Back in the day, journalism was about being a wordsmith. And, although those involved in community, social media and SEO don’t require the ability to put together flowing and eloquent prose, I still think journalists need to be able
17. August, 2011
Routes into journalism
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Notes from a notebook: How the Intern stays focused
Apologies that this page is a bit of a mess, my notebook will be defined by awful handwriting (I think of it like encryption on a computer) and half-baked ideas, but it should give you a good insight into
4. August, 2011
Routes into journalism
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Online journalism CV workshop #3: improving and revising my CV
After our first two CV workshops with Danny Lee and the other with Nizaar Kinsella we have a revised version of Danny’s CV to look at – Danny has explained his changes below. Let us know what you think of
2. August, 2011
Routes into journalism
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Community engagement in news: using the right tools and going your own way
I popped my head into Laura Oliver’s (@lauraoliver) talk about Community Management at Hacks and Hackers London last week where we were taken through the 7 lessons Laura has learnt since starting as a Community coordinator, News at the Guardian. It
1. August, 2011
Routes into journalism
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Rizwan Syed: an open question – will journalism advertising end up killing liberal and left-wing wannabes
Here’s a short, but interesting piece from Rizwan Syed, who asks whether journalism – and the future of ad-funded content – will trample on the dreams of more liberal journos. Is it simply a case that the bigger, richer companies
27. July, 2011
Routes into journalism
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The Intern’s three biggest weaknesses
I am a big believer in knowing your own weaknesses inside out. If you can’t see your failings and improve on them, don’t expect others to do it for you. (People will be more than happy to point out what
22. July, 2011
Routes into journalism
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