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Expert Insight

16. May, 2012 Comment, Entrepreneurship, Expert Insight, latest, Routes into journalism
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Hyperlocal news: lots of work and little money

by Jonathan Frost

Hyperlocal news: lots of work and little money Gaz Corfield is a one-time student newspaper editor, founder and editor of The West Londoner local news website, and is now a social media specialist working in London. He is passionate about journalism (despite having sold out!) but just can’t see how it
7. February, 2012 Advice, Comment, Expert Insight, How to guides, Industries, Radio, Reporting, Routes into journalism
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Jonathon Cockburn: How to make your radio bulletin sing

by Jon Offredo

Jonathon Cockburn: How to make your radio bulletin sing Jonathon Cockburn has had no formal journalism training, but after a year working as a Programmes Assistant at Radio Forth in Edinburgh he is now a Broadcast Assistant on BBC Asian Network’s main news programme – Asian Network Reports. He
14. November, 2011 Advice, Digital and online, Entrepreneurship, Expert Insight, Freelancing
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The power of a personal project: Wannabe Hacks meets Gaby Dunn of 100 Interviews

by Hannah Bass

The power of a personal project: Wannabe Hacks meets Gaby Dunn of 100 Interviews When Gaby Dunn graduated from journalism school with no jobs going, she didn’t just give up. She set herself a project. She decided she would interview 100 people in the space of a year and post the interviews, for free,
8. November, 2011 Advice, Expert Insight, Guest posts, Magazine, Routes into journalism, Work experience and interning
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What I learnt from Marie Claire’s: How to get into Magazines event.

by Emily Handford

What I learnt from Marie Claire’s: How to get into Magazines event. Emma Greatorex is an undergrad student studying journalism at the University of Lincoln. She is also the Deputy Culture Editor of student newspaper The Linc. You can follow her on Twitter here: @emgreatorex. Over 50 young aspiring journalists attended the
19. October, 2011 Comment, Digital and online, Expert Insight, Guest posts, Industries
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Martin Cloake: Solberg’s 10% rule proves we still don’t get social media

by Jonathan Frost

Martin Cloake is a journalist, award-winning author, editor, trainer and project manager. He writes and edits sport, finance, media and technology. When I read that Norwegian editor Helje Solberg had told last week’s News Rewired event that staff on her
19. October, 2011 Advice, Digital and online, Expert Insight, Freelancing, Routes into journalism, Writing
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An Interview with Emma Cossey: Freelance Blogger and Social media journalist | Part two

by Emily Handford

We spoke to Emma Cossey on Tuesday about how she left her career in business behind to become a full time blogger. Here she continues our chat by giving her handy hints on how to make your blog successful. What do you
18. October, 2011 Advice, Comment, Digital and online, Expert Insight, Freelancing, Routes into journalism, Writing
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An Interview with Emma Cossey: Freelance blogger and Social media journalist | Part one

by Emily Handford

An Interview with Emma Cossey: Freelance blogger and Social media journalist | Part one Emma Cossey is a freelance blogger/writer/web editor. Multi tasking numerous roles she freelances from her home in Reading where she writes for popular lifestyle blogazines for Aigua media; dollymix.tv, Shoewawa.com,OSOGLAM.com as well as other websites Dorkadore.com and ItsOpen.com. She also manages the social media
28. September, 2011 Comment, Expert Insight, How to guides, Industries, Newspaper, Reporting, Routes into journalism, Tools
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Getting subpoenaed: An interview with Toni Locy (Part 2)

by Jon Offredo

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 Advice, Comment, Expert Insight, Industries, Newspaper, Reporting, Routes into journalism
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Getting subpoenaed: an interview with Toni Locy (Part 1)

by Jon Offredo

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
21. September, 2011 Expert Insight, Magazine, Routes into journalism, Work experience and interning
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Interview with Lucy Vine: Senior news writer at More! magazine.

by Emily Handford

Interview with Lucy Vine: Senior news writer at More! magazine. Whilst interning at More! Magazine I met the lovely Lucy Vine- More’s senior news writer. She’s interviewed countless celebrities and writes the main celebrity news features for More! Here Lucy talks to Wannabehacks about how she got her dream job
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  • AdamWestbrook on Hyperlocal news: lots of work and little money

    On top of the feedback already here, your other problem is focusing on just one revenue stream and a poor...
    Posted May 17, 2012
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