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Live-blogging: what works best, according to the Guardian’s Andrew Sparrow
Last week I was lucky enough to hear from the Guardian’s senior political correspondent Andrew Sparrow who spent an hour over lunch giving a few pointers about live-blogging. For those that don’t know, Andrew is the chief political blogger and does
23. June, 2011
Advice, Freelancing, Guest posts, How to guides, Magazine, Routes into journalism, Writing
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Laurence Green: case study – writing from press releases part #2
After Laurence Green’s piece this morning’s on tips for writing from a press release, he takes us through one that’s been sitting in the Freelancer’s inbox… ***
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Andy Carvin on Twitter and the Arab spring | video
If you’re a journalist on Twitter, chances are you’ll know a bit about Andy Carvin. Andy is Senior Strategist with National Public Radio and has become very well known for his work on Twitter (@acarvin). He, like several other journalists,
10. June, 2011
Advice, Guest posts, Industries, Newspaper, Reporting, Routes into journalism, Student media
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Jake Ryan: Freedom of Information requests mean you can trump newspapers
Jake is a postgraduate (soon-to-be jobless) newspaper journalist at UCLan, Preston. He is a Leeds University History graduate, a lover of The Office and Blackpool FC follower. Jake used FOI requests to uncover Blackpool Council’s £8m council tax hole and
10. June, 2011
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How to interview part 3: six tips on how to interview via email
It’s quite awkward to be finishing off our interviewing triple-header with a how-to of email interviews, because it’s fair to say they’re not considered as highly as face-to-face or phoners. Indeed, you’ve no personal contact, no verbal way of asking
7. June, 2011
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Word Counts, TKs and Kickers – getting to grips with print restrictions
Bearing in mind my offline existence last week, it seems fitting that I had print deadlines to meet this weekend. That golden moment of opportunity sprung itself halfway through last week. While I have had a romance of grand whirlwind
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The Sunday Times’ foreign editor Sean Ryan | Expert Insight
Sean Ryan is the man responsible for the Sunday Times’ brilliant reporting from abroad. As the foreign editor, he controls what stories make it into the paper, a rather hard task in recent months with the Arab Spring, Osama Bin
31. May, 2011
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Designing pages of a newspaper is an unrecognised art – and this video proves it
Newspaper design is the unglamorous side of journalism. Those that put together pages and page furniture (you find mostly in the tabloids) rarely get the praise they deserve – it’s not like writing, when you get a byline. But, as
27. May, 2011
Advice, Digital and online, Finding a job, Getting started, Industries, Magazine, Newspaper, Photojournalism, Postgraduate course, Radio, Routes into journalism, Short course and NCTJ, Student media, Television, Training schemes, Undergraduate course, Work experience, Work experience and interning
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How to get work experience | part four: chasing up your email/letter and forging contacts
So you’ve got it into your head to do work experience over the summer, you’ve put together a decent cover letter and flagged up all your strengths on your CV – but what happens next? Chances are you won’t be
26. May, 2011
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Why I think email interviews have the upper hand when it comes to getting good answers
When most think of interviews, I imagine dictophones, a quiet coffeeshop and probing conversation come to mind. Indeed, that is pretty much the ideal interview sitch (or, one better, in a club toilet in Berlin with Lady Gaga – as
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No 'insensitive'? Incentive, maybe?hvl92 on Universities fight back against unpaid internships
For someone who aspires to be a journalist, you should really learn to proofread.
