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24. October, 2011
Advice, Digital and online, Finding a job, Getting started, Industries, Magazine, Newspaper, Routes into journalism
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Sign of The Times to come?
Late last week two very well-respected newspapers had two very different announcements. The Times, as was well-covered, said they would be cutting 50-100 staff, 20 of those being compulsory. According to a piece on Journalism.co.uk, the Times was cutting staff
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Diversity in journalism part 2: women journalists and ‘women’s writing’
Looking round a City Journalism lecture, I see a mass of female faces. So I am sad and a little surprised to learn that today’s newsrooms are still dominated by men. This year a study by Women in Journalism revealed
20. October, 2011
Advice, Comment, Digital and online, Entrepreneurship, Finding a job, Freelancing, Industries, Magazine, Newspaper, Photojournalism, Radio, Reporting, Routes into journalism, Television
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The era of friends in low places: the Jobseeker gets sentimental
Job seeking has some bleak moments. When I started blogging in early September I wasn’t so much worried about the content I’d produce for you as someone seeking a job, but what I would call myself after I got a
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Do modern journalists still need the skill of shorthand? | DEBATE
The past week everyone has been chatting on Twitter about whether wannabe hacks really need shorthand anymore. With the rise of social media and online technology is the old school skill of shorthand simply dying out? So we ask, to hand or
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Learning from women’s weeklies: an interview with Natasha Wynarczyk
‘Real life’ women’s weeklies might be overlooked by young journalists in need of work experience. Usually we aren’t the target readership for these often garish, always fascinating cheap reads. Yet they are among the most widely read magazines: Take a
6. October, 2011
Advice, Digital and online, Industries, Magazine, Newspaper, Photojournalism, Reporting, Tools
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Photojournalism: A few tips
You may remember last December we ran a photography competition. If you’re a true Wannabe Hacks fan, you may even remember The Chancer sharing a few images he’s taken and showing how anyone can ‘do’ photography. I’m taking a module
30. September, 2011
Advice, How to guides, Magazine, Newspaper, Routes into journalism, Student media
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Making the most of your Student Media
Many people may think student journalism is not particularly exciting. But following Elena Cresci’s post on the student media summit it proves it definitely can be. So, if you’re an aspiring journalist at University my advice is to get involved.
23. September, 2011
Advice, Getting started, Magazine, Routes into journalism, Work experience, Work experience and interning
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What’s the difference between an internship and work experience? And which one would suit you?
Work placements, work experience, internships…you name it there seems to be a hell of a lot of different terms for getting experience in journalism. But what do they all mean- do they just mean the same thing? The terms can
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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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Interview with Natasha Courtenay-Smith, Director of Talk to the Press (part 1)
Following my post a couple of weeks ago about reasons for starting a business, Natasha tweeted us to say she’d already done it. And successfully too. Natasha Courtenay-Smith is the Director and Founder of her own press agency, Talk to
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