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7. March, 2013
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Building up your contacts book as a wannabe hack
Whenever I write anything about the skills needed to succeed in journalism or post a by no means exhaustive list of tools or qualities I think aspiring journalists should have, I receive tweets along the lines of “Eight items on
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Job hunting: Never underestimate the importance of contacts
It’s been said time and time again: it’s not what you know it’s who you know. It’s a total cliché. But it’s also fairly true in journalism. And it’s something that has annoyed me quite a lot when trying to
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Laurence Green: Networks and never giving up – the key to success in journalism
Sometimes it’s hard to shake that nagging sensation in the back of our minds – where do we go from here? We’ve exhausted every avenue, walked down seemingly every path that our ambitions and hopes tell us will lead us
11. November, 2011
Advice, Applications, Comment, Finding a job, How to guides, Industries, Interviews, Newspaper, Reporting, Routes into journalism, Work experience, Writing
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The Jobseeker screws up: A lesson in the unexpected
Job interviews present a lot of challenges, but most are easily prepped for. You can do your follow ups, read the material and familiarize yourself with the area well before showing up. There are other variables that are a bit
10. November, 2011
Advice, Freelancing, How to guides, Magazine, Routes into journalism, Work experience and interning
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Tips on how to nab your first job in journalism
I dreamed a dream of working at a top magazine. That dream hasn’t disappeared. But I’ve realised that as an aspiring journalist you need to make compromises and take the opportunities that come your way. So in response to the Entrepreneur’s post
28. October, 2011
Advice, How to guides, Magazine, Newspaper, Routes into journalism, Work experience, Work experience and interning
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Tips on how to get out of the internship cycle and into your dream job.
Since my last post fellow Wannabe Hacks may think that I postively hate internships and had a miserable time doing them. This isn’t the case. I was pointing out how I could see how publishers encouraged by the economical downturn and lack
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All work and no play… Keeping a healthy work-life balance
Britain was recently named the worst place to live in Europe, not least because of our depressing work-life balance (or lack thereof). As deadlines and projects mount up, I’m starting to empathise with the grey suits married to their jobs.
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Twitter and journalism: Striking the perfect balance between personal and professional
Earlier this week Telegraph correspondent Rob Crilly gave the Twitterverse a good laugh by tweet-dropping the c-bomb on his editor. Crilly’s outburst directs us back to the question: how should journalists walk the line between personal and professional when it comes
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How to be a Networking pro: part two.
Turn any opportunity into a networking opportunity. It doesn’t necessarily have to be a networking event for it to be a networking opportunity. Every moment an aspiring journalist is in the media spotlight is a chance to network. For instance,
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Making contacts
Whenever you ask a journalist for their tips on making it in journalism, they always harp on about the importance of contacts. That’s certainly my experience anyway. And I have to admit they’re right. I remember two years ago when
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