Profile: Natalie Clarkson
- Name Natalie Clarkson
- Location Stoke-on-Trent
- Twitter: @NatalieJosh
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/nataliejosh
- Email: Natalie@wannabehacks.co.uk
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Natalie is a third year BA Journalism student at Staffordshire University. She has done a range of work experience on local newspapers and national magazines.
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Four things I’ve learnt from my first job in journalism
In January, after months and months of job hunting, I finally started my first job in journalism as a staff writer for GoThinkBig. It’s been nearly three months now so I thought I’d share how I’ve got on and what
29. November, 2012
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What could the Leveson report mean for aspiring journalists?
Today is the day the entire journalism industry has been waiting for and perhaps dreading. The Leveson Inquiry publishes its report. Over the last few weeks and months the papers have been focused on trying to predict what Leveson is
24. October, 2012
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How to deal with job rejection
In the last few weeks I’ve had two job interviews and, unfortunately, I haven’t been successful with either of them. And while all I feel like doing is moping around in my pyjamas, I know I can’t afford to waste
10. October, 2012
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Dealing with unemployment
As of 9pm last night, I am officially unemployed again. Yesterday was the last shift of my five weeks of subbing at a national newspaper (that I wrote about here). And I’m pretty sad it’s over to be honest. It
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Four things I’ve learnt from subbing at a national newspaper
Back in April, I wrote about my experiences subbing for a one-off 16-page newspaper. I enjoyed it so much that after graduation, I decided I would try to get some more subbing experience. I was really lucky and landed 5
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The Guardian Student Media Awards shortlist has been announced
The Guardian Student Media Awards 2012 shortlist has been announced so we thought we’d give you a quick run down of who’s made it through. First, the student publication of the year, which will be judged by Alan Rusbridger, the
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Journalism undergrad degrees: Why it’s not a surprise applications are down
Applications to undergraduate journalism degrees were down by 18.95 per cent this year according to statistics from UCAS. With applications to university only down 7.5 per cent on a whole, it’s interesting that there has been such a drop in
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Prince Harry, The Sun and those Las Vegas pictures
It’s a story that many twenty something guys could tell. They go out with friends, have a few drinks, meet some girls, have a good night. Then, they wake up the next morning to find their friends have put a
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The joy of job rejection in journalism
THIS week something fairly exciting happened to me. I heard the post being pushed through the letterbox and ran down to pick it up. And there it was. A rejection letter. Now I know it sounds a little odd to
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Is a local newspaper breaking a story newsworthy?
Yesterday (August 6) the news broke that Louise Mensch was resigning as MP. Obviously pretty big news as she’s one of those MPs that just about everyone in the country knows. What I found interesting though, was the fact that