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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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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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CV Workshop
Today, this clean two page Word document based CV is up for criticism! As usual, don’t hold back. If you want to go next, email me your CV: jonathan@wannabehacks.co.uk. Some things that spring to mind for discussion: – Is the
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Contacts: Friends, not Pokemon
I’ll level a bit here. A lot of people talk about the importance of keeping contacts, address books, business cards and networking. Personally, I hate networking. I find it painful and the only redeeming feature is that it usually takes
8. February, 2012
Advice, Getting started, How to guides, Routes into journalism, Short course and NCTJ
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Monica Stott: How to break in to Travel Journalism
Monica Stott is an aspiring travel journalist and is studying part-time
2. February, 2012
Advice, Comment, Getting started, How to guides, Magazine, Routes into journalism, Work experience and interning
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What I’ve learnt from my job so far…
So nearly three months into my job and what have I learnt so far? Was it everything I expected? Kind of and more, so here are a few handy tips to help first jobbers, aspiring editorial assistants and wannabe journo’s get
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Judith Townend – ‘There has been massive upheaval since I first trained in journalism’
Artlee Mhlanga is a final year student at Coventry University, studying Journalism and English. He is currently the editor of ‘The Source,’ Coventry University’s student newspaper and an intern at Communicate Magazine. He spoke to Freelance Journalist Judith Townend and got
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It’s never too late to learn! The Postgrad’s newfound love for multimedia
Yup, it’s another video! I’ve started to become more and more interested in exploring multimedia, to the point that I ran for the role of multimedia editor on our MA magazine. This newfound interest has got me thinking that it’s
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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...
