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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…

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
13. July, 2012 Advice, Industries, Radio, Routes into journalism, Television
This article has 2 comments

So, you want to be a broadcaster? Here’s six top tips

by A Wannabe Hack

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
11. July, 2012 Comment, Industries, Newspaper, Routes into journalism
This article has 3 comments

Don’t make stuff up – seriously, don’t

by Jon Offredo

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
3. July, 2012 Advice, Industries, latest, Newspaper, Reporting
This article has 10 comments

Reporting on a fatal accident made me nearly give up on journalism

by A Wannabe Hack

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
2. July, 2012 Comment, Guest posts, Industries, Magazine
This article has 6 comments

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,
27. June, 2012 Digital and online, Guest posts, Recommended
This article has 15 comments

Should wannabe hacks learn coding?

by A Wannabe Hack

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
This article has 15 comments

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
19. June, 2012 Comment, Digital and online, Guest posts, Industries, Newspaper
This article has 2 comments

Emanuelle Degli Esposti – There are many forgotten stories of the Arab Spring

by A Wannabe Hack

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
14. June, 2012 Comment, Newspaper
This article has 2 comments

More print titles bought in the US – who would want to own a newspaper?

by Jon Offredo

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
6. June, 2012 Comment, latest, Newspaper
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Will a new series of hyperlocal papers work in South London?

by Natalie Clarkson

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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