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2. December, 2011 Comment, Digital and online, Entrepreneurship, Industries, Magazine, Newspaper, Photojournalism, Radio, Student media, Television

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The US government hates your Tumblr (journalism too)

by Jon Offredo

Have you heard of the Stop Online Piracy Act? If you have, this is old news and hopefully you’re as pissed as me. If you haven’t, well prepare yourself – because it is an over-the-top attempt at curbing online piracy

18. November, 2011 Radio, Routes into journalism, Student media, Television

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Jamie Chadd: Getting involved in student media, part 2

by Jonathan Frost

As I reflected upon in my previous post, it niggles me when I see the term “student media” being used interchangeably with the term “student press”. It’s as if news coverage always started with a capital letter and ended

3. November, 2011 Advice, Comment, Guest posts, Industries, Production, Radio, Reporting, Routes into journalism, Student media, Television

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Jamie Chadd: Getting involved in student media, a look at television

by Jon Offredo

Jamie Chadd can be found blogging here and tweeting here. It always strikes me as funny to see the term “student media” bandied about as if it was easily interchangeable with “student press” when in fact most universities and student

31. October, 2011 Comment, Debate, Digital and online, Industries, Magazine, Newspaper, Photojournalism, Radio, Television

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The Jobseeker asks, can (and should) reporters express their opinions publicly?

by Jon Offredo

It’s a question tempered by time, molded recently by technology and dictated by the current political climate, but with Occupy Wall Street and the Republican primaries being the hot headline-grabbing topics at the moment in the US – it has

28. October, 2011 Digital and online, Photojournalism, Radio, Television

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Wannabe Hacks venture into video: what kind of multimedia would YOU like to see?

by Hannah Bass

When Hacks 2.0 were appointed, we all said we wanted to make the site more multimedia. It’s time we were held to our word. But first, we need to know what you’d like to see on Wannabe Hacks: more video,

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

by Jon Offredo

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

3. September, 2011 Advice, Comment, Digital and online, Entrepreneurship, Freelancing, Getting started, Industries, Magazine, Newspaper, Photojournalism, Radio, Routes into journalism, Shifts, Television

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The Freelancer’s semi-farewell but more opportunities for readers

by The Freelancer

Just like the fallout from transfer deadline day, the Wannabe Hacks are soon to announce the site’s newest (but by no means last-minute) members… I’m sure one of the newbies will say, like Mikel Arteta, that “it was a big

31. August, 2011 Advice, Digital and online, Entrepreneurship, Finding a job, Freelancing, Guest posts, How to guides, Industries, Magazine, Newspaper, Photojournalism, Radio, Routes into journalism, Television, Work experience and interning

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Oliver Pelling: advice for journalists – what to do with an empty email inbox

by The Freelancer

Oliver Pelling is a freelancer who writes feature articles, web-content, blog posts, sales & marketing copy, press releases and everything in-between. He’s passionate about action sports, music and travel. You can find his personal wesbite here and he also tweets

26. August, 2011 Advice, Digital and online, Getting started, Guest posts, Industries, Magazine, Newspaper, Photojournalism, Postgraduate course, Radio, Routes into journalism, Short course and NCTJ, Student media, Television, Undergraduate course

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Laurence Green: heading to uni this September? 5 tips for aspiring journos

by The Freelancer

Laurence has just finished his second year of an English Literature degree at the University of Reading where he’s the Music Editor of their student newspaper Spark*. In his time there Laurence has had the opportunity to interview musicians like

15. August, 2011 Advice, Digital and online, Entrepreneurship, Freelancing, How to guides, Industries, Magazine, Newspaper, Photojournalism, Postgraduate course, Radio, Routes into journalism, Shifts, Short course and NCTJ, Student media, Television, Training schemes, Undergraduate course, Work experience and interning

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How to make the most out of the Wannabe Hacks birthday meetup

by The Freelancer

As you may not know, Wannabe Hacks had its first birthday over the weekend (time flies when you’re having fun-damental health issues over late night blogging!) so we’re looking to see in the site’s second year with a bit of