Profile: The Student
- Name Ben Whitelaw
- Location London, UK
- Twitter: benwhitelaw
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=755694594&ref=ts
- Email: student@wannabehacks.co.uk
- Website: http://www.popeandswift.co.uk/
Profile
Ben is former sports editor of Redbrick and blogs at www.popeandswift.co.uk. He has done a range of work experience at The Guardian, The Sunday Times and numerous local papers and is studying an MA in Newspaper Journalism at City University London from September 2010
Posts by The Student
2. September, 2011
Advice, Comment, Digital and online, Entrepreneurship, Getting started, Industries, Routes into journalism
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Where are all the journalism venture capitalists?
The imminent arrival of five new Hacks (due to be unveiled on Monday) got me thinking about the past year, what might have been and how for a short period, I looked into making Wannabe Hacks my full-time job. It
25. August, 2011
Advice, Comment, Debate, Industries, Magazine, Newspaper, Routes into journalism, Writing
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Does writing about what you love dampen your passion for it? | DEBATE
NO: The Maverick Writing about what I love is what makes me want to write If writing about things you’re passionate about takes the spark out of it, then you’re doing it wrong. As a Wannabe Hack, I’m grateful and
24. August, 2011
Advice, Getting started, Postgraduate course, Routes into journalism, Short course and NCTJ, Undergraduate course
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Tell us your tips for starting a journalism course
Over the coming weeks, many aspiring journalists will be gearing up to start undergraduate and postgraduate courses. With many of them having beaten off stiff competition to get a place and courses costing a small fortune, the majority will be wanting
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Wilderness 2011 | Review Our Reviews: The Student
This is the latest in our Review Our Reviews series, where we ask people to critique/ criticise/ comment on the written work of aspiring reviewers. If you’d like to write an album review or a match report, email us at
16. August, 2011
Comment, Digital and online, Finding a job, Industries, Newspaper, Routes into journalism, Training schemes, Work experience
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Jan Murray’s journalist apprenticeship: the pros and cons
Today Jan Murray, the experienced freelance journalist, has written a piece for the Guardian announcing how she is advertising for an apprentice to work alongside her. Her main reason for doing so is that she has been turning down work due
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The #londonriots is as much a rejection of journalism as it is the police and politics
The #londonriots of the past few days has been shocking and surprising in all manner of ways. But, as a journalist, it’s the level of violence and aggression demonstrated towards people in the media industry that has been particularly startling.
3. August, 2011
Advice, Applications, Finding a job, Guest posts, Interviews, Postgraduate course, Routes into journalism, Shifts, Short course and NCTJ, Training schemes, Undergraduate course
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Alexandra Rucki: How to deal with interview rejection
Alexandra Rucki is a recent MA Print Journalism graduate at the University of Sheffield. She won an NCTJ journalism diversity fund bursary to fund her postgraduate study. She has started working as a content manager, writer and web editor for
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Wannabe a Wannabe Hack? How to apply
As we announced on Friday, Wannabe Hacks will be looking for five new people to run the site on a day-to-day basis from September. Now we can reveal what the application process will involve and the key dates. Pen and
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Wannabe a Wannabe Hack? We’re hiring
Wannabe Hacks, we can reveal, will be recruiting five new Hacks in the coming weeks. Applications to fill one of the five roles will open next Monday 1st August for a two week period so this is a little
19. July, 2011
Comment, Digital and online, Guest posts, Newspaper, Routes into journalism, Student media
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