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Top tips for your journalism Masters interview
It’s interview season with lots of wannabe hacks setting off to City, Cardiff, Goldsmiths and beyond nervously clutching their portfolios. If you’re not sure how to prepare for your journalism MA interview, never fear because we have some tips. On
25. January, 2012
Advice, Getting started, Industries, Magazine, Newspaper, Postgraduate course, Routes into journalism, Short course and NCTJ, Writing
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Emily Ding: How can I become the narrative journalist I want to be?
Emily Ding is a twenty-something barrister turned freelance journalist-writer (that takes care of the identity crisis) based in London who aspires to longform narrative journalism. Follow her at www.mock-heroic.net and @mock_heroic. I’ve always wanted to write. As a teenager I
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Are we sidelining academic degrees?
Over the last week, I’ve written 3000 words on Chaucer’s House of Fame and had an exam on Language Acquisition (baby talk, essentially). I’m all over transferable skills, and but I did wonder last week just how helpful consuming several
23. November, 2011
Postgraduate course
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Tell us about your Journalism MA
On Monday Wannabe Hacks announced plans to put together a short guide to some of the UK’s top Journalism MA courses. Now we want to hear from you. If you’re a Journalism MA student or graduate, why not take a
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If you’re thinking of a journalism masters, we’re here to help…
This time last year I was trawling the internet for journalism courses, scrabbling together a portfolio and wondering how I’d ever get through a masters interview. I didn’t know anyone else who had done a journalism masters; I felt clueless
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NME, Morrissey, libel and the law
Last week it came out that the ongoing libel case between Morrissey and NME would go before a jury. I remember very well the week that Morrissey decided he was suing NME. It happened to coincide with the first time
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Diversity in journalism part 1: can diversity schemes change the face of the newsroom?
When it comes to race, UK journalism is a whitewash. Fewer than 7% of journalists and editors come from ethnic minority backgrounds, according to the Professional Publishers Association (PPA). Given that most of the UK’s journalism industry is based in
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Counting the cash: Are MA’s worth the hefty price tag for a job in journalism?
With prices soaring to a whopping £9,000 for top journalism courses, Wannabe Hacks asks- is it worth paying the price? Picture this: you’ve just left University shouldering a debt of £18,000 when you’re told a post- graduate course would increase
22. September, 2011
Freelancing, Postgraduate course, Routes into journalism, Shifts, Short course and NCTJ, Training schemes, Undergraduate course, Work experience and interning
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Why I regret giving up on shorthand
Today sees the start of a new year at university for me. The final year of my undergrad degree. And to say I’m a little nervous about it would be a bit of an understatement. This year is going to
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Emily Davies: Choosing J-school
Emily is about to start a Postgraduate course in Newspaper Journalism at Cardiff University. She blogs here and tweets here. Having decided I wanted to be a journalist, I chose to pursue the Postgrad route, as I had some inkling
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