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Rebekah Brooks, tweeting and Contempt of Court
In case you haven’t heard Rebekah Brooks and five others have been charged with conspiracy to pervert the course of justice. There’s been a lot of talk on Twitter about it all, obviously. But people need to be really careful
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Get a journo job: start your own paper
Would you ever consider setting up your own local paper, in an effort to fill the void for regional news left by larger retreating news organisations? Relevant links: The Saddleworth Independent Saddleworth Independent founder: ‘Sacking reporters is not a
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Review: Inside the Story
Billed as a masterclass in digital storytelling by those who do it best, Inside The Story is a journalism ebook that wannabes shouldn’t pass up on. It’s an insightful and interesting collection of tips, beautifully presented. Inside The Story is
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Creating an online portfolio
For one of my modules this semester at university, I had to create an online portfolio website. Definitely not one of the assignments I enjoyed the most, in fact it was quite the challenge for me. Obviously there are a
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Digging into data
Over the weekend, I’ve been boxed up in a student newspaper office. We’ve all been there: the stale smell, the lack of space, and the heavy eyelids. But we do it anyway, for whatever reasons, and I’ve ultimately enjoyed this
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Five tips for getting an idea off the ground
Starting a new project is always fun, but sometimes the barriers to starting seem too high to make anything realistically achievable. It’s too easy to get caught up in the details and fail to make progress, no matter how good
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Shan Ellis: Making it in journalism; going the long way round
If someone would have told me at 18 that I would be writing for a newspaper at 34, then I probably would have laughed at them and asked them what they’d been drinking. I was never an outstanding student in
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George Berridge – Things they don’t tell you when you’re training to be a journalist
It’s Sunday night. 3:12AM. Your head is full of stories, problems, facts and figures. Then, as you twist restlessly in bed, your body in the lurching throes of caffeine-induced shakes, it hits you like a sledgehammer to the goolies. That
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Data proficiency is key
Alastair Dant and Alex Graul both work on the Guardian’s Interactive team, and are responsible for the “interactive storytelling” and data visualization, as well as techniques in engaging online readers. I caught up with them after their Open Weekend session
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VIDEO: Behind the scenes at a magazine
If I’ve been a little absent from Wannabe Hacks and Twitter of late, it’s because all my love, time and effort has been put into producing City University journalism school’s annual lifestyle magazine, XCity Arts & Culture. Somewhere in the
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AdamWestbrook on Hyperlocal news: lots of work and little money
On top of the feedback already here, your other problem is focusing on just one revenue stream and a poor...mairigordon14 on Get a journo job: start your own paper
I think the editor is right to say, start with print. Having worked at a couple local papers one thing...
