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Top tips for the perfect interview
Even though it forms the backbone of what we as journalists do, the interview is a tough nut to crack. It requires more than just asking the big questions… Here, I’ve compiled a few tips and tricks that should help
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What I learnt at the BBC ‘Get In’ roadshow in Salford
The BBC’s Journalism Trainee Scheme and Production Talent Pool attract thousands of applications for their schemes every year. Understandably, it’s incredibly competitive. At the BBC Trainee Scheme’s ‘Get In’ roadshow last week in Salford, Simon Wright, Claire Prosser and Kate Hoyland
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Being smarter with your smartphone
All this week, Digital Bristol, alongside the BBC, are providing a series of workshops and events to showcase the best and cutting edge technology currently in use, or that will be soon. The BBC are capitalising on this in order
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How data journalism can push you as a journalist
Some people would try to claim that journalism is dying due to the internet. Free news online is taking the industry apart piece by piece. But this isn’t true. In fact, the internet has opened up journalism and set all
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How to make conference reporting work for you
In case you have been wondering why I have been so quiet these past couple of weeks, I have been travelling up and down the country listening to politicians trying to rally their supporters and generally make promises they are
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Reporting on a fatal accident made me nearly give up on journalism
In his guest post for Wannabe Hacks Laurence Green said that when times are tough and you’re not sure whether journalism is going to work out for you, the best thing to do is to get out there and network. I
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Why I can’t tweet (unless it is about football)
So, a while back I weighed the options of creating a work-based Twitter account. I struggled deciding between creating one based on work vs. adding work content to my personal one. All in all I decided against combining my personal
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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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Tips for a sensitive interview
Earlier this week I posted about a really positive experience of a sensitive interview with a young transsexual man. Today I thought I’d offer some ideas for preparing for and carrying out an interview where the subject matter may be
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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
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