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Jamie Thunder: Simon Kelner at the HOLCC inquiry into investigative journalism
Jamie graduated from City University’s Investigative Journalism MA and is now studying for a PhD. He blogs at www.thethunderer.org.uk and is @jdthndr on Twitter. On Tuesday a former national newspaper editor sat down in front of an inquiry to give evidence about
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
16. August, 2011
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Jan Murray’s journalist apprenticeship: the pros and cons
Today Jan Murray, the experienced freelance journalist, has written a piece for the Guardian announcing how she is advertising for an apprentice to work alongside her. Her main reason for doing so is that she has been turning down work due
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
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
9. August, 2011
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Jon Offredo: after the London riots – the role of journalism in reporting a protest
Jon Offredo is a postgrad student studying International Multimedia Journalism at Newcastle University. He has worked with BBC News’s School Report, written for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the Newcastle Evening Chronicle, Journal, Sunday Sun and other publications in the UK and
3. August, 2011
Advice, Applications, Finding a job, Guest posts, Interviews, Postgraduate course, Routes into journalism, Shifts, Short course and NCTJ, Training schemes, Undergraduate course
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Alexandra Rucki: How to deal with interview rejection
Alexandra Rucki is a recent MA Print Journalism graduate at the University of Sheffield. She won an NCTJ journalism diversity fund bursary to fund her postgraduate study. She has started working as a content manager, writer and web editor for
30. July, 2011
Advice, Digital and online, Entrepreneurship, Freelancing, Getting started, How to guides, Industries, Postgraduate course, Routes into journalism, Shifts, Short course and NCTJ, Student media, Tools, Training schemes, Undergraduate course, Work experience and interning
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How to start up as a WordPress journalist part 2: themes
So – where were we? That’s right. We’d set you up on your way to producing content on your first WordPress journalism blog. Sure, it’s basic, but you’re getting valuable content out and your bio features on an about page
21. July, 2011
Advice, CVs, Entrepreneurship, Finding a job, Freelancing, How to guides, Postgraduate course, Routes into journalism, Shifts, Short course and NCTJ, Student media, Tools, Training schemes, Undergraduate course, Work experience and interning
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Online journalism CV workshop: share your thoughts!
Not long ago I posted a little CV workshop for young and graduating wannabe journos to use at will. It was loaded with tips and had some great feedback from our readers… but in the piece I also mentioned that
15. July, 2011
Advice, Digital and online, Entrepreneurship, Freelancing, How to guides, Industries, Postgraduate course, Routes into journalism, Shifts, Short course and NCTJ, Student media, Training schemes, Undergraduate course, Work experience and interning
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How to start up as a WordPress journalist: the basics
These journalism how-tos are becoming a bit of a habit for this freelancing Wannabe Hack. Already I’ve written practical pieces on CVs and getting into London Fashion Week, so after another Tweet from our faithful readership, I thought I’d go
20. June, 2011
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Top 50 journalism work placements | an infographic
Last week, you may have seen we ran our list of the 50 best journalism work placements, as voted by the readers of Wannabe Hacks (You can see a full list here: 50 – 41, 40 – 31, 30 – 21, 20 – 11, 10 – 6
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