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29. April, 2013 Industries, Magazine
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More!’s downfall lay in failing to become a brand

by Natasha Clark

More!’s downfall lay in failing to become a brand Last week Bauer Media announced its decision to cut more! magazine, after its circulation fell below 100,000. The latest casualty of the internet revolution, many are commenting. But its real failure, like many periodicals, newspapers and publications, is its lack of
6. November, 2012 Comment, Magazine
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Journalists all over the world must strive to be heard and make change

by Nicole Froio

Journalists all over the world must strive to be heard and make change In 2005, the Brazilian magazine Veja broke the story of what would later be known as the biggest corruption scandal in the history of Brazil. With 30 videos of evidence of misappropriation of public money and monthly payments to congressmen
18. July, 2012 Advice, Industries, Magazine, Postgraduate course, Routes into journalism, Short course and NCTJ
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Short courses or an MA? What the tutors and students think…

by A Wannabe Hack

Short courses or an MA? What the tutors and students think… As many of us aspiring journalists know all too well, these days, it’s harder than ever to become a journalist. One of the many things that can add to your job chances is having done a journalism course. I knew
2. July, 2012 Comment, Guest posts, Industries, Magazine
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We can help to continue the positive changes in women’s magazine journalism

by A Wannabe Hack

We can help to continue the positive changes in women’s magazine journalism Eva Wiseman recently wrote in the Observer magazine about the seeming decline of women’s magazines, describing how you “look down at a page and instantly lose a decade”, and commented “along with many publications […] their sales continue to drop,
22. June, 2012 Advice, Digital and online, Entrepreneurship, Industries, latest, Magazine, Newspaper, Routes into journalism
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3 things learned at the Media And Digital Enterprise weekend

by Jonathan Frost

3 things learned at the Media And Digital Enterprise weekend The Media And Digital Enterprise project based out of the University of Central Lancashire (uclanMADE) launched last weekend with an intensive 48-hour weekend workshop, aimed at supporting news entrepreneurs. It’s purpose? To help news startups stay up. I was one of
10. May, 2012 Comment, Industries, Magazine, Newspaper
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The five must-read long form pieces of journalism

by Jon Offredo

The five must-read long form pieces of journalism Everyone likes a good read. It could be a short, zippy few hundred words like this piece, or a long, riveting piece of narrative journalism that grips you from word one, all the way through to word 10,000. A couple
18. April, 2012 Comment, Digital and online, Magazine
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Hearst will have to work hard to compete with YouTube stars

by Hannah Bass

Hearst will have to work hard to compete with YouTube stars This week saw the launch of Hello Style, a new YouTube produced by Hearst – the publishers behind Marie Claire, Cosmo and Harper’s Bazaar. I was keen to watch the results – not least because YouTube have shelled out $10million
30. March, 2012 Digital and online, Interviews, latest, Magazine, Video
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VIDEO: 3 questions I was asked at my first job interview

by Hannah Bass

VIDEO: 3 questions I was asked at my first job interview Yesterday I went for my first ever interview for a real journalism job! Up until yesterday I had no idea what kind of questions I might be asked in an interview for a magazine so I shot this video pretty
23. March, 2012 Digital and online, latest, Magazine, Production
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VIDEO: Behind the scenes at a magazine

by Hannah Bass

If I’ve been a little absent from Wannabe Hacks and Twitter of late, it’s because all my love, time and effort has been put into producing City University journalism school’s annual lifestyle magazine, XCity Arts & Culture. Somewhere in the
8. March, 2012 Comment, latest, Magazine
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Why are women’s magazines so bad?

by Hannah Bass

Why are women’s magazines so bad? Ok the title’s a bit tongue in cheek – there are plenty of women’s magazines that I enjoy and would even love to work for. But, judging from Google’s search predictions, it’s an oft-asked question. Earlier this week I gave
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