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How to do court reporting, part two: Writing up the report
Following my post last week about going to court, I actually went to court on Friday for a story. It was a bit of a disaster really, with lots of things going wrong, including the defendant in the case I
14. October, 2011
Advice, Comment, Getting started, Newspaper, Reporting, Routes into journalism, Student media, Writing
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Looking back: The Jobseeker’s first ever published piece of Journalism
Now that I’m back in the states and staying at my house for longer than a few days, the boredom has set in pretty quickly. After a day of trying to teach myself Ruby (someone help please!) I started rooting
13. October, 2011
Advice, Digital and online, Getting started, How to guides, Industries, Newspaper, Photojournalism, Production, Reporting, Tools
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Getting started with multimedia
During one of my first forays into multimedia ever I found myself knee-deep and just a bit over my head. There I was standing in the middle of pigsty, trying to not get any more crap on myself than I
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How to do court reporting, part one: Tips for going to court
Court cases can be great places to pick up a juicy story. But with so many laws controlling what you can and cannot report, it can be a bit of a minefield. Here’s my advice on going to court. First
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Investigative Journalism: The scoop is dead
Newspapers have been running investigations since their birth. It lies at the heart of journalism and to some extent is what journalism is all about. However, like a lot of practices, investigative journalism is having to find a whole new way
6. October, 2011
Advice, Digital and online, Industries, Magazine, Newspaper, Photojournalism, Reporting, Tools
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Photojournalism: A few tips
You may remember last December we ran a photography competition. If you’re a true Wannabe Hacks fan, you may even remember The Chancer sharing a few images he’s taken and showing how anyone can ‘do’ photography. I’m taking a module
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Making contacts
Whenever you ask a journalist for their tips on making it in journalism, they always harp on about the importance of contacts. That’s certainly my experience anyway. And I have to admit they’re right. I remember two years ago when
4. October, 2011
Advice, Comment, Debate, Digital and online, Industries, Newspaper, Reporting, Writing
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Amanda Knox: Breaking the news, online
It would be too easy to blame one outlet for making a hash out of the Amanda Knox verdict last night. No matter how egregious, silly and irresponsible it may have been, other outlets were just as responsible for the
28. September, 2011
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Getting subpoenaed: An interview with Toni Locy (Part 2)
In the last post, Toni Locy talked about the court case that almost landed her in jail for not revealing her sources. Here, she talks about facing that possibility and what we need to know as fledgling journalists. In late
27. September, 2011
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Getting subpoenaed: an interview with Toni Locy (Part 1)
Just two weeks ago the Metropolitan Police threatened to use the Official Secrets act as a way of forcing The Guardian to reveal their sources in their phone hacking scandal coverage The move, had it materialized, would have been an
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