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26. August, 2011 Advice, Digital and online, Getting started, Guest posts, Industries, Magazine, Newspaper, Photojournalism, Postgraduate course, Radio, Routes into journalism, Short course and NCTJ, Student media, Television, Undergraduate course

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Laurence Green: heading to uni this September? 5 tips for aspiring journos

by The Freelancer

Laurence has just finished his second year of an English Literature degree at the University of Reading where he’s the Music Editor of their student newspaper Spark*. In his time there Laurence has had the opportunity to interview musicians like

17. August, 2011 Digital and online, Finding a job, Freelancing, Guest posts, Industries, Routes into journalism

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Sam Parker: An open offer to wannabe hacks

by The Maverick

Sam Parker is editor of Asylum.co.uk. Get in touch with him at @samparkercouk or sam.parker@teamaol.com. When I started out in journalism, a lot of old hands – including A. A. Gill, no less – told me: ‘never write for free’. The idea

9. August, 2011 Advice, Comment, Entrepreneurship, Freelancing, Guest posts, 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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Jon Offredo: after the London riots – the role of journalism in reporting a protest

by The Freelancer

Jon Offredo is a postgrad student studying International Multimedia Journalism at Newcastle University. He has worked with BBC News’s School Report, written for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the Newcastle Evening Chronicle, Journal, Sunday Sun and other publications in the UK and

3. August, 2011 Advice, Guest posts, How to guides, Industries, Newspaper, Routes into journalism

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Rik Sharma: How to get the perfect vox-pops

by The Maverick

Rik has recently gained his NCTJ-preliminaries at News Associates, London, and is an aspiring sports journalist. He writes for bornoffside.net and can be found on Twitter here. There is something about standing in a street with a camera and a notebook

3. August, 2011 Advice, Applications, Finding a job, Guest posts, Interviews, Postgraduate course, Routes into journalism, Shifts, Short course and NCTJ, Training schemes, Undergraduate course

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Alexandra Rucki: How to deal with interview rejection

by The Student

Alexandra Rucki is a recent MA Print Journalism graduate at the University of Sheffield. She won an NCTJ journalism diversity fund bursary to fund her postgraduate study. She has started working as a content manager, writer and web editor for

26. July, 2011 Comment, Guest posts, Industries, Newspaper, Routes into journalism, Work experience and interning

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Simon Murphy: Should more young journalists be saying “show me the money”?

by The Maverick

Simon is a Newcastle University graduate, where he was news editor of the student newspaper, The Courier, for two years. He has written for The Independent on Sunday, The Times, Press Association, The Journal and Sunday Sun in Newcastle, and

25. July, 2011 Advice, Digital and online, Entrepreneurship, Freelancing, Getting started, Guest posts, How to guides, Industries, Reporting, Routes into journalism, Student media

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Joseph Stashko: How I covered the Oslo blast and Utoya shootings using social media and Storify

by The Freelancer

Joseph Stashko is a journalist who can be found on Twitter here. A lot is written about the value and prominence that live coverage will occupy in the future of journalism. The Guardian frequently live blog breaking news, and there’s

19. July, 2011 Comment, Digital and online, Guest posts, Newspaper, Routes into journalism, Student media

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Joe Rennison: Demarcating between financial and editorial independence within student media

by The Student

Joe Rennison is the outgoing Editor of London Student, Founder of both the London and National Student Journalism Support Networks, Executive Editor of The New Student, freelance journalist and soon to be News Reporter for International Business Times. He also

13. July, 2011 Comment, Digital and online, Entrepreneurship, Guest posts, Industries, Routes into journalism, Student media, Work experience and interning

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Lu-Hai Liang: Catch 22 review, the social enterprise journalism placement

by The Freelancer

Lu-Hai is studying Multi-Media Journalism at Bournemouth University. He’s had bylines in the Guardian, Brighton Argus and Hastings Observer. He writes music and film reviews at musicrooms.net and contributes to dimsum.co.uk, the leading British-Chinese community website. He dreams of writing

8. July, 2011 Comment, Guest posts, Newspaper

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Sarah Cox: Hugh Grant gives rousing speech at launch of Hacked Off campaign

by The Student

Sarah is currently interning at Index on Censorship and has been working her way (pretty much for free) around the newsrooms and publishing offices of London for the last two years. Soon to graduate with an MA/NCTJ in Journalism