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23. June, 2011 Advice, Freelancing, Guest posts, How to guides, Magazine, Routes into journalism, Writing

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Laurence Green: case study – writing from press releases part #2

After Laurence Green’s piece this morning’s on tips for writing from a press release, he takes us through one that’s been sitting in the Freelancer’s inbox… ***

10. June, 2011 Advice, Digital and online, How to guides, Industries, Magazine, Newspaper, Routes into journalism

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How to interview part 3: six tips on how to interview via email

by The Maverick

It’s quite awkward to be finishing off our interviewing triple-header with a how-to of email interviews, because it’s fair to say they’re not considered as highly as face-to-face or phoners. Indeed, you’ve no personal contact, no verbal way of asking

26. May, 2011 Advice, Digital and online, Finding a job, Freelancing, How to guides, Industries, Magazine, Newspaper, Routes into journalism, Work experience and interning

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Why I think email interviews have the upper hand when it comes to getting good answers

by The Maverick

When most think of interviews, I imagine dictophones, a quiet coffeeshop and probing conversation come to mind. Indeed, that is pretty much the ideal interview sitch (or, one better, in a club toilet in Berlin with Lady Gaga – as

30. March, 2011 Advice, Digital and online, Guest posts, How to guides, Industries, Photojournalism, Postgraduate course, Reporting, Routes into journalism, Student media, Tools

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Seb Wheeler: Rough and ready smartphone photos can set the news agenda

by The Maverick

Amateur journalists operate on a shoestring, so when covering something as momentous as a 450,000 strong demonstration in central London, it’s important to go equipped with tools that are thrifty but effective. I believe in good ol’ fashioned photo-journalism as

28. March, 2011 Advice, Digital and online, Entrepreneurship, How to guides, Industries, Reporting, Routes into journalism

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Deborah Bonello: How I overcame failure to become a foreign correspondent and create my own brand

by The Maverick

I was inspired by failure. I made my first foray into foreign reporting in 2005, when I flew out to Buenos Aires, Argentina, and started working as a freelance reporter. I got a few pieces on BBC News Online and

28. February, 2011 Advice, Digital and online, How to guides, Industries, Magazine, Newspaper, Photojournalism, Postgraduate course, Radio, Routes into journalism, Television

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Ben Bryant: How and where to get postgrad funding

by The Maverick

Ben Bryant is a freelance journalist and MA Newspaper student at City University London, for which he received funding from the AHRC. He is a critic for Theatre Wales and has copious amounts of cuttings from the London Evening Standard.

24. February, 2011 Advice, Digital and online, Freelancing, Guest posts, How to guides, Industries, Magazine, Newspaper, Routes into journalism, Writing

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Chris Mandle: Tips on pitching

by The Maverick

Chris Mandle is a freelance writer based in Wimbledon, London. He went to Newcastle University and got a degree in English Language, before training at the News Associates in Wimbledon for his NCTJ in Multimedia Journalism. Chris is currently an

15. February, 2011 Advice, Entrepreneurship, Guest posts, How to guides, Industries, Magazine, Postgraduate course, Routes into journalism

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Jemima Johnson-Gilbert: how to have an idea

by The Student

Jemima graduated from Newcastle University in 2007, only to flee to Sydney, Australia after becoming bored working as a Travel Consultant. Among some odd-jobs and campervan adventures, she wrote for Luxury Travel Magazine before jumping straight back into the magazine

14. February, 2011 Advice, Finding a job, Guest posts, How to guides, Industries, Magazine, Routes into journalism, Short course and NCTJ, Work experience, Work experience and interning

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Editor Q&A: Luke Crisell on the interning dream come true

by The Maverick

NYLON is an independently-published American magazine about pop culture, fashion and lifestyle which has a loyal following across the world. Luke Crisell is its Executive Editor, but he started out as an intern after leaving his Dorset village and jetting across

4. February, 2011 Advice, Digital and online, Guest posts, How to guides, 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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Richard Jones: Covering local elections

by The Student

Richard Jones is the editor of Saddleworth News – a hyperlocal news blog, you can find him on twitter here. I’m sure you’ve seen by-election campaigns on television. A reporter stands in the middle of a market town asking slightly-bewildered local people