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28. August, 2012 Guest posts, latest, Recommended
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My experiment with brute-force blogging

by Jonathan Frost

My experiment with brute-force blogging The summer job you wanted has just fallen through, you’ve no time to get work experience and if you do nothing for a month, you’ll go insane. What do you do? If you’re me, you commit to writing 40,000 words.
22. June, 2012 Advice, Digital and online, Entrepreneurship, Industries, latest, Magazine, Newspaper, Routes into journalism
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3 things learned at the Media And Digital Enterprise weekend

by Jonathan Frost

3 things learned at the Media And Digital Enterprise weekend The Media And Digital Enterprise project based out of the University of Central Lancashire (uclanMADE) launched last weekend with an intensive 48-hour weekend workshop, aimed at supporting news entrepreneurs. It’s purpose? To help news startups stay up. I was one of
5. June, 2012 Advice, Entrepreneurship, latest, Routes into journalism
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How to make the most of your free time

by Jonathan Frost

How to make the most of your free time It’s been a busy week for me. I’ve just had my last second-year exam, meaning that my degree is tied up until October. It’s a great feeling knowing that I don’t have to write any more essays on Chaucer or
29. January, 2012 Digital and online, Entrepreneurship, Industries, Newspaper, Routes into journalism
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Journalism and capitalism

by Jonathan Frost

This month’s carnival of journalism topic comes from Michael Rosenblum, who asks: “Can a good journalist also be a good capitalist?” Journalists aren’t well paid, on the whole. As someone not so far away from entering the job market, it’s
5. January, 2012 Comment, Entrepreneurship, Routes into journalism
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CUNY’s new MA Entrepreneurial Journalism course is the opposite of what we need

by Jonathan Frost

The City University of New York has recently announced it will run a new MA course at its Graduate School of Journalism: Entrepreneurial Journalism. I have some issues with this, primarily: could there be anything less entrepreneurial than spending thousands
10. October, 2011 Comment, Digital and online, Entrepreneurship, Industries
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Storify: misuse, monetisation, and the media.

by Jonathan Frost

Storify has to be hot property of the year, in the world of digital journalism. For those of you that have been living under a rock, it allows users to  curate and compile social media in order to create a
20. September, 2011 Entrepreneurship, Freelancing, Routes into journalism
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Interview with Natasha Courtenay-Smith (part 2)

by Jonathan Frost

Interview with Natasha Courtenay-Smith (part 2) In the second part of our interview with Natasha (catch up with part 1 here), we discuss the highs and lows of running your own journalism business, and Natasha imparts some valuable advice for young wannabes. Could you tell me
19. September, 2011 Entrepreneurship, Expert Insight, Freelancing, Magazine, Newspaper
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Interview with Natasha Courtenay-Smith, Director of Talk to the Press (part 1)

by Jonathan Frost

Interview with Natasha Courtenay-Smith, Director of Talk to the Press (part 1) Following my post a couple of weeks ago about reasons for starting a business, Natasha tweeted us to say she’d already done it. And successfully too. Natasha Courtenay-Smith is the Director and Founder of her own press agency, Talk to
8. September, 2011 Entrepreneurship, Finding a job, Getting started, Routes into journalism
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4 reasons why you should start a business

by Jonathan Frost

When I was considering my options for a pathway into journalism, I managed to rule everything obvious out. Not a good start, I felt. As much as I am sure each has value, I didn’t feel like any particular route
8. September, 2011 Entrepreneurship, Routes into journalism
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New Wannabe Hacks: Introducing The Entrepreneur

by Jonathan Frost

New Wannabe Hacks: Introducing The Entrepreneur I’m convinced there must have been an admin error. That, or the previous Wannabe Hacks team managed to misplace a pile of applications, and found themselves stuck with me. Either way, I’m Jonathan, and I’m delighted to be here. I’m
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