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How to write like a journalist
So many of us have lofty ambitions to be a ‘writer’. The romantic notion of being huddled away in a corner turning your stream of consciousness into beautiful prose is dreamt by many. But it is a little more complicated
27. February, 2013
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What is a journalist?
As of late, I have started referring to myself as a journalist. I write for newspapers, record and host on the radio, and am currently filming, scripting and researching for TV. I’ve done plenty of work for student media, work
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Post-grad interview: Kingston University
Feeling that my undergraduate degree will not get me too far in journalism, I have made the massive decision to go ahead and do an MA in journalism. For me, this is such a big decision because of the money,
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What it means to be a multi-skilled journalist today
When we asked you about your #JournoResolutions for 2013, many of you responded and said that your main goal for this year is to learn a new skill. For some of you, that skill is taking better photographs. Others expressed
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Receiving feedback and learning from criticism
I don’t know what I was expecting when I opened that email. I had worked so hard and for so long, I just wanted a chance to prove myself and show that I am a good writer. I have no
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Is it impossible to maintain a healthy work-life balance as a freelancer?
The elusive work-life balance. As I attempt to peer into the murky and unknown realm of my future working life from the relative safety of my postgraduate course, I’m beginning to wonder whether it exists at all. In my video a
31. July, 2012
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Let’s learn from Jonah Lehrer and Johann Hari’s mistakes
It seems like it’s a common mistake in journalism recently. Just three weeks ago Jon wrote about the intern who made quotes up while on placement with the Wall Street Journal. And yesterday came the news that Jonah Lehrer had
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Don’t make stuff up – seriously, don’t
I’m not easily surprised anymore about the transgressions of a select few in journalism who, for some confounding reason, decide to break the cardinal rule. You know, the one about not making stuff up. But honestly, I was a bit
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The five must-read long form pieces of journalism
Everyone likes a good read. It could be a short, zippy few hundred words like this piece, or a long, riveting piece of narrative journalism that grips you from word one, all the way through to word 10,000. A couple
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The sensitive side to journalism: a personal perspective
It’s hard being a journalist sometimes. We get called phone hackers, vultures, sleaze merchants. We torture ourselves over death knocks and that slight thrill we feel when hear about disaster. Last week I had an experience that reminded me of
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