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11. November, 2011
Advice, Applications, Comment, Finding a job, How to guides, Industries, Interviews, Newspaper, Reporting, Routes into journalism, Work experience, Writing
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The Jobseeker screws up: A lesson in the unexpected
Job interviews present a lot of challenges, but most are easily prepped for. You can do your follow ups, read the material and familiarize yourself with the area well before showing up. There are other variables that are a bit
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Student reporters vs. Local newspapers
As part of my degree, my class is expected to work as if we’re part of a real life newsteam. Each week two people are given roles as online editors, the rest of the class work as reporters for the
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How to Make a Freedom of Information request: Part 2
The second part of How to Make a Freedom of Information request is a template email for you to copy, paste and edit for your own FOI emails. For more examples, take a look at whatdotheyknow.com where you can search
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How to make a Freedom of Information request: Part 1
Journalists might call it Tony Blair’s greatest legacy – although that’s not quite how he’d describe it. In fact, looking back on the Freedom of Information Act which he helped pass in 2000, Blair said: “You idiot. You naive, foolish,
3. November, 2011
Advice, Comment, Guest posts, Industries, Production, Radio, Reporting, Routes into journalism, Student media, Television
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Jamie Chadd: Getting involved in student media, a look at television
Jamie Chadd can be found blogging here and tweeting here. It always strikes me as funny to see the term “student media” bandied about as if it was easily interchangeable with “student press” when in fact most universities and student
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My experiences as a reporter and editor at a daily student paper
What do you mean we don’t have any news tomorrow? Our main story is about a road blocked by a mudslide?! It’s about 6:30 in the evening and we’re 90 minutes past deadline. Reporters are still typing up their stories,
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Laura Dew: How to report a conference
Laura Dew is a writer on Financial Planner Magazine. She graduated from the University of Reading with a degree in English Language and German then did her NCTJ Diploma at News Associates in Wimbledon. Before Financial Planner, she worked for the
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How to do court reporting, part 3: Some final tips
You may have seen that I’ve been doing a bit of a series on court reporting (tips on going to court here and tips for writing your report here). So I thought it would be good to give some final
20. October, 2011
Advice, Comment, Digital and online, Entrepreneurship, Finding a job, Freelancing, Industries, Magazine, Newspaper, Photojournalism, Radio, Reporting, Routes into journalism, Television
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The era of friends in low places: the Jobseeker gets sentimental
Job seeking has some bleak moments. When I started blogging in early September I wasn’t so much worried about the content I’d produce for you as someone seeking a job, but what I would call myself after I got a
18. October, 2011
Advice, Digital and online, Entrepreneurship, Finding a job, How to guides, Industries, Newspaper, Production, Reporting, Routes into journalism, Tools
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The Jobseeker covers an Occupation – on the cheap
A while back I blogged about covering riots, and the coverage of the London Riots. I’ve been following the Occupy Wall Street and subsequent movements across the US with a bit of a passing interest for
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