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My experiment with brute-force blogging
The summer job you wanted has just fallen through, you’ve no time to get work experience and if you do nothing for a month, you’ll go insane. What do you do? If you’re me, you commit to writing 40,000 words.
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Tips for new Hacks
I’ve had a fantastic year as one of the Wannabe Hacks. Looking back on my first post, I can’t quite believe how much has happened and how far I’ve come. I have no doubt that being a Wannabe Hack has
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Introducing the new members of Wannabe Hacks
Two years after we launched the site, we are proud to announce the latest aspiring journalists to be joining Wannabe Hacks. We have significantly expanded the team this time around, bringing in six new team members who will join Jonathan,
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The joy of job rejection in journalism
THIS week something fairly exciting happened to me. I heard the post being pushed through the letterbox and ran down to pick it up. And there it was. A rejection letter. Now I know it sounds a little odd to
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Why is TV news so snooze?
The news. Who even watches it these days? The ten o’clock news, which was once my basis for understanding the world, now seems tired, distant and formulaic to the point of farce. It lacks the atmosphere and urgency of Sky’s
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How to start your startup
Economic pressures on the news industry caused by digital technology make it seem like fewer wannabe hacks than ever will be able to reach their goal of a full-time journalism job working a prestigious beat for a big news organisation.
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Can you plan a career path in journalism?
When we were at school, we were asked, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” And we’d answer: a vet, a policeman, maybe even a journalist. The truth is, though, that a “job for life” is pretty
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Job hunting: Never underestimate the importance of contacts
It’s been said time and time again: it’s not what you know it’s who you know. It’s a total cliché. But it’s also fairly true in journalism. And it’s something that has annoyed me quite a lot when trying to
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Why every journalist should learn design
You know what was actually a really useful bit of my masters? Learning the basics of InDesign. I moaned at first – ‘I’m never going to be a designer or a sub!’ – but, actually, that’s the point. I totally
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5 practical tips for improving your CV
T’is the season to intern. And apply for jobs. And apply for Wannabe Hacks. Whatever you’re doing, success will rely, in part, on a good CV, and recently I’ve been getting more and more emails from readers asking for advice.
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