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3. February, 2011 Advice, Digital and online, Guest posts, Industries, Newspaper, Photojournalism, Postgraduate course, Reporting, Routes into journalism, Shifts, Short course and NCTJ, Student media, Television, Tools, Training schemes, Undergraduate course, Work experience and interning
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Adam Westbrook: The virtue of video in hyperlocal

by The Student

Adam Westbrook: The virtue of video in hyperlocal Adam Westbrook is a freelance journalist, he lectures at Kingston University, blogs here, tweets here and is running a great new journalism business competition If I were running a hyperlocal website, I would use video. Online video is more affordable,
28. January, 2011 Advice, Comment, Debate, Digital and online, Industries, Magazine, Newspaper, Reporting, Routes into journalism, Student media
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Do PR companies and press offices only hinder good journalism? | DEBATE

by The Student

Do PR companies and press offices only hinder good journalism? | DEBATE It’s an age old problem: you ring up a press office or PR company for a quote or some figures and they take two weeks to get back to you with a pithy quote that contributes nothing to your piece.
16. January, 2011 Advice, Digital and online, Industries, Newspaper, Photojournalism, Postgraduate course, Radio, Reporting, Routes into journalism, Shifts, Short course and NCTJ, Student media, Television, Training schemes, Undergraduate course, Work experience and interning
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Lamposts and shop windows is where you find news

by The Student

Being a reporter isn’t just about writing flowing prose. It’s about sourcing the story, finding a lead and getting that tip off. And that can be tough, especially if you’re on work experience and trying to make a mark but
15. January, 2011 Advice, Guest posts, Industries, Newspaper, Postgraduate course, Reporting, Routes into journalism, Student media, Undergraduate course
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Thom Airs: Death knocks, being shot at and getting the wrong person

by The Student

Thom Airs: Death knocks, being shot at and getting the wrong person Thom Airs studied journalism as an undergraduate and postgraduate at Cardiff University, where he was sports editor of student newspaper Gair Rhydd. He graduated in 2006 and worked for the Reading Evening Post before joining the Oxford Mail, where he
15. January, 2011 Advice, Digital and online, Guest posts, Industries, Newspaper, Reporting, Routes into journalism
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Rachel McAthy: A day in the life of Journalism.co.uk reporter

by The Student

Rachel McAthy: A day in the life of Journalism.co.uk reporter From the moment I get up in the morning I try and get a grip on the conversations of the day so far within the journalism industry, catching up on Twitter and checking emails I have received overnight such as
14. January, 2011 Advice, Freelancing, Industries, Newspaper, Postgraduate course, Reporting, Routes into journalism, Shifts, Short course and NCTJ, Student media, Training schemes, Undergraduate course, Work experience and interning
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Q&A with Lynne Anderson of the Newspaper Society

by The Student

Q&A with Lynne Anderson of the Newspaper Society Lynne Anderson is the Communications Director of the Newspaper Society with responsibility for its overall communications strategy and corporate affairs work, as well as editorial facilities and circulation/audience issues for the NS and the NPA. She is a former newspaper
10. January, 2011 Advice, Digital and online, Entrepreneurship, Freelancing, Industries, Newspaper, Postgraduate course, Reporting, Routes into journalism, Shifts, Short course and NCTJ, Training schemes, Undergraduate course, Work experience and interning
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Reporter’s week, it’s all about the buzz.

by The Maverick

My desire to be a journalist never stemmed out of getting a scoop or spreading the word from a crime scene. The kind of reporting I was, and remain, interested in doing isn’t that which people typically associate with hard-nosed,
6. September, 2010 Advice, Guest posts, Industries, Radio, Reporting, Routes into journalism
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Jason Grant: trying to get a job in radio

by Nick Petrie

Jason Grant: trying to get a job in radio This is the first of a series of posts about other hard working hacks and their routes into journalism.This week, Jason Grant – broadcast journalist and media trainer – tells us what life is like after a BJTC. So I’m
18. August, 2010 Newspaper, Reporting, Routes into journalism, Shifts, Work experience and interning
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Pay me! I don’t want work experience!

by Nick Petrie

About a month ago I wrote nine fishing letters to various newspapers and media groups asking for casual work to help fund my MA at City. The fishing letter was very brief (only two paragraphs) but very concise in what
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