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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…
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
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So, you want to be a broadcaster? Here’s six top tips
Whether you’ve got your sights set on presenting Newsnight, fancy a tour as a foreign correspondent or are raring to report about your local area, a BJTC accredited postgraduate course is a one of the places to start your career in
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Don’t make stuff up – seriously, don’t
I’m not easily surprised anymore about the transgressions of a select few in journalism who, for some confounding reason, decide to break the cardinal rule. You know, the one about not making stuff up. But honestly, I was a bit
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Reporting on a fatal accident made me nearly give up on journalism
In his guest post for Wannabe Hacks Laurence Green said that when times are tough and you’re not sure whether journalism is going to work out for you, the best thing to do is to get out there and network. I
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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,
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Should wannabe hacks learn coding?
“Coding is the new Latin”, says Alex Hope, the co-author of a report last year which urged the government to get British school children learning how to program. But should coding become the new shorthand for journalism students? Most are
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
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
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Emanuelle Degli Esposti – There are many forgotten stories of the Arab Spring
There is a sense of doomed inevitability when you open a newspaper (or load a webpage) these days and see the word “Syria”. Cue a mass of words describing, in grim detail, the most recent “massacre”, “tragedy” or “catastrophe” that
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More print titles bought in the US – who would want to own a newspaper?
There’s a bit of a dichotomy going on among local print publications across the US. A few weeks back I covered the sad demise of the Times-Picayune. News came yesterday that the cuts that were rumored, are in fact worse
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Will a new series of hyperlocal papers work in South London?
Seven new local weekly papers are launching in South London this week. The titles are being launched by newspaper entrepreneur Sir Ray Tindle and cover the same patch as the South London Press but with a more hyperlocal feel. The
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Andy Hamilton Bet on 4 reasons why you should start a business
Thank you for stimulating my brain with this bright and observant post. http://www.oddsbetting.co.uk/odds-history/Darts/Andy-Hamiltonnicki_ on Applying for the Journalism Diversity Fund
Is there any chance ex-international students could apply?
