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10. September, 2012 Comment, Student media
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Personalisation is the next step for student media

by Liam Corcoran

Personalisation is the next step for student media Students are becoming more disconnected with traditional media consumption everyday, trading the broadcast schedule for iPlayer, albums and the radio for music streams, and newspapers for personalised news apps. This leaves student media at an impasse. It has to provide
21. May, 2012 Advice, latest, Postgraduate course, Undergraduate course
This article has 1 comment

Top time management tips for exam term

by Hannah Bass

Top time management tips for exam term It’s that time of year again. Libraries up and down the country are crammed full of pale-faced students shuddering with a toxic cocktail of nerves and caffeine shakes. Yup, it’s exam term. Last week I asked for time management tips as I’ve been up
7. February, 2012 Advice, Digital and online, Industries, Reporting, Student media, Tools
This article has 4 comments

Why campus reporters should ‘Like’ the Facebook ticker

by Emily Handford

We’re going Facebook crazy at the moment. Yesterday The Entreprenuer argued journalists were a bit late to get to grips with how to use Facebook. This morning The Postgrad said that Facebook could be more useful than Twitter and now
12. January, 2012 Routes into journalism, Undergraduate course
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The Undergrad gets ready to go back to uni

by Natalie Clarkson

The Undergrad gets ready to go back to uni So on Monday, after a month at home in Essex being spoilt by the parents, I’ll be heading back up to Stoke-on-Trent for my final term of university. Being at home has been great but I’m definitely ready to get
28. October, 2011 Advice, Getting started, Guest posts
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James Thornhill: How I started a newspaper and how YOU can get involved

by Jon Offredo

James Thornhill: How I started a newspaper and how YOU can get involved James Thornhill is Editor of The National Student. Here he talks about how he started the publication from scratch eight years ago, how far it has come since then and asks young wannabes to get involved. As is often the case
4. October, 2011 Advice, Reporting, Writing
This article has 3 comments

Making contacts

by Natalie Clarkson

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
30. September, 2011 Advice, How to guides, Magazine, Newspaper, Routes into journalism, Student media
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Making the most of your Student Media

by Emily Handford

Making the most of your Student Media Many people may think student journalism is not particularly exciting. But following Elena Cresci’s post on the student media summit it proves it definitely can be. So, if you’re an aspiring journalist at University my advice is to get involved.
16. September, 2011 Postgraduate course
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Work visas and the value of international students

by Jon Offredo

In my last post I talked a bit about one of the options International students have for obtaining a visa after graduation, and the idea of International students joining what is already a crowded journalism market. This is sort of
5. September, 2011 Finding a job, Industries
This article has 2 comments

The Jobseeker’s tips for dealing with the stress of finding a job

by Jon Offredo

The Jobseeker’s tips for dealing with the stress of finding a job I’m afraid of spiders. The big creepy crawly ones. The ones that slip under your sheets and cause necrosis. And of course the ones hiding under the box, smaller than a penny and waiting to send paralyzing venom coursing through
2. September, 2011 Routes into journalism
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What I’ve learnt from being a Wannabe Hack

by Tom Clarke

What I’ve learnt from being a Wannabe Hack Our imminent departure from writing on this site has provoked final tips from The Intern and some thoughts on what might have been from The Student. From me you’re not getting any tips or theories but instead I thought I
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