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Finding a job

21. July, 2011 Advice, CVs, Entrepreneurship, Finding a job, Freelancing, How to guides, Postgraduate course, Routes into journalism, Shifts, Short course and NCTJ, Student media, Tools, Training schemes, Undergraduate course, Work experience and interning
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Online journalism CV workshop: share your thoughts!

by The Freelancer

Not long ago I posted a little CV workshop for young and graduating wannabe journos to use at will. It was loaded with tips and had some great feedback from our readers… but in the piece I also mentioned that
18. July, 2011 Advice, Finding a job, How to guides, Routes into journalism, Work experience, Work experience and interning
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How to handle the summer break as a wannabe hack

by The Maverick

If you’re a student, chances are you’re making the most of those paradisical summer holidays round about now. But while road trips, festivals and part-time work are all for the undertaking, these long breaks offer the perfect distance from curricular
7. July, 2011 Advice, Digital and online, Finding a job, Getting started, Industries, Magazine, Newspaper, Radio, Routes into journalism, Television, Work experience, Work experience and interning
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What to wear on work experience | The boy edition

by The Student

What to wear on work experience | The boy edition Deciding what to wear on work experience is often very tricky. How formal do you go? Tie or no tie? Does this pencil skirt make me look like a secretary? What does smart casual ACTUALLY mean? So Wannabe Hacks have compiled
7. July, 2011 Advice, Digital and online, Finding a job, How to guides, Industries, Magazine, Newspaper, Photojournalism, Radio, Routes into journalism, Television, Work experience, Work experience and interning
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What to wear on work experience | The girl edition

by The Maverick

What to wear on work experience | The girl edition Deciding what to wear on work experience is often very tricky. How formal do you go? Tie or no tie? Does this pencil skirt much me look like a secretary? What does smart casual ACTUALLY mean? So Wannabe Hacks have
1. July, 2011 Comment, Digital and online, Finding a job, Guest posts, Industries, Magazine, Newspaper, Routes into journalism, Work experience, Work experience and interning
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Richard Doherty: Young journalists just get dumped for the next free person, says former NUJ General Secretary

by The Student

Richard Doherty: Young journalists just get dumped for the next free person, says former NUJ General Secretary Richard studied philosophy from Glasgow University before going onto do journalism at Strathclyde, all the time working in from various Glaswegian watering holes and restaurants. He specialises in long form journalism and blogs here. Richard’s piece was orginally called ‘I’ll
27. June, 2011 Comment, Finding a job, Industries, Routes into journalism, Work experience, Work experience and interning
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Where is the line between nepotism and networking?

by The Maverick

Where is the line between nepotism and networking? Journalism is an industry that survives on contacts — but when does a professional connection stray into favouritism, and should we care when it does? It’s a question that came to me during an insightful talk given by Fiona O’Cleirigh
20. June, 2011 Digital and online, Finding a job, Industries, Magazine, Newspaper, Photojournalism, Radio, Routes into journalism, Shifts, Television, Training schemes, Work experience, Work experience and interning
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Top 50 journalism work placements | an infographic

by The Student

Last week, you may have seen we ran our list of the 50 best journalism work placements, as voted by the readers of Wannabe Hacks (You can see a full list here: 50 – 41, 40 – 31, 30 – 21, 20 – 11, 10 – 6
17. June, 2011 Digital and online, Finding a job, Industries, Magazine, Newspaper, Radio, Routes into journalism, Shifts, Television, Training schemes, Work experience, Work experience and interning
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Top 50 journalism work placements | the definitive guide

by The Student

Top 50 journalism work placements | the definitive guide   The wait is over. Finally, we are pleased to be able to reveal the best journalism work placement, as voted by the readers of Wannabe Hacks. After beating 45 great placements to the accolade (see 50 – 41, 40
16. June, 2011 Digital and online, Finding a job, Industries, Magazine, Newspaper, Photojournalism, Radio, Routes into journalism, Shifts, Television, Training schemes, Work experience, Work experience and interning
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Top 50 journalism work placements | 20 – 11

by The Student

Top 50 journalism work placements | 20 – 11 Here we go, another ten brilliant journalism work placements, as nominated by you guys. This is our fourth installment of the Wannabe Hacks top 50 (see 50 – 41, 40 – 31 and 30 – 21) and today we’ve pulled
15. June, 2011 Digital and online, Finding a job, Industries, Magazine, Newspaper, Photojournalism, Radio, Routes into journalism, Television, Work experience
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Top 50 journalism work placements | 30 – 21

by The Student

Things are really hotting up in our top 50 journalism placements list. We’ve already had our first two lots of nominations (see 50 – 41 and 40 – 31) and today we’re giving you the third batch which contains our
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