Undergraduate course
27. January, 2012
Comment, Industries, Photojournalism, Routes into journalism, Undergraduate course
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Photojournalism: Should we just leave it to the specialists?
We’ve gone on time and time again about how we need to be jack-of-all-trades journalists. (As well as having a specialism – we don’t ask for much, eh?!) And I mentioned way back in October that I was taking a
20. January, 2012
Applications, Finding a job, Industries, Newspaper, Routes into journalism, Undergraduate course, Work experience, Work experience and interning
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Work experience – should I be chasing the nationals?
Last summer, I was fortunate enough to land two amazing placements at local newspapers back home in Essex (The Echo and The Yellow Advertiser). I thoroughly enjoyed both placements (and I’m not just saying that to suck up!) and was
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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
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The Undergrad gets ready to go back to uni
So on Monday, after a month at home in Essex being spoilt by the parents, I’ll be heading back up to Stoke-on-Trent for my final term of university. Being at home has been great but I’m definitely ready to get
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The Undergrad asks how The Leveson Inquiry will affect media law
In just over two weeks time, I will come face-to-face with one of the most horrific things known to wannabe journalists. A media law exam. To say I’m stressing would be something of an understatement. I don’t like exams and
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Progress Report: The Undergrad looks back at her term
So as the end of term approaches, I thought I’d give a bit of a progress report on how this term has gone for me. It’s been a bit of a mental one really, but all good! I genuinely can’t
28. November, 2011
Advice, Getting started, How to guides, Routes into journalism, Undergraduate course
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Journalism Undergrad Guide: Applying and Interviewing
A couple of weeks ago, I posted the first part of my Journalism Undergrad Guide and had a look at whether journalism degrees deserve the bad press they get. Today, I’m looking at applying for journalism degrees. This is the
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Journalism and Morality: How far would you go?
I think every wannabe hack has had, or will have, one of those days where they start to question why they’re doing what they’re doing. It could be when the rent is due and the freelance cheques haven’t arrived. It
22. November, 2011
Advice, How to guides, Reporting, Routes into journalism, Short course and NCTJ, Undergraduate course
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How to pass 100wpm shorthand
I’m well aware that this post could lead to me being the most hated Wannabe Hack by a fair amount of our readers, but I promise not to gloat too much. In case you missed my twitter announcement yesterday, I
11. November, 2011
Undergraduate course
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Introducing The Undergrad Journalism Degree Guide
Recently, The Entrepreneur and I had a debate about whether it was better to do an academic or vocational undergrad degree to get into journalism. It’s a bit of a hot topic at the moment and the debate could go
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