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11. April, 2011 Comment, Freelancing, Industries, Magazine, Newspaper, Postgraduate course, Routes into journalism, Shifts, Short course and NCTJ, Training schemes, Undergraduate course, Work experience and interning

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The unconfined joy of passing 100wpm shorthand and why everyone can do it

by The Student

It’s going to take something special to top that joyous moment last week when I realised I had finally passed my 100wpm shorthand. A wave of relief (we have to pass the milestone in order to complete the MA course

8. April, 2011 Comment, Digital and online, Industries, Magazine, Newspaper, Postgraduate course, Routes into journalism, Short course and NCTJ, Undergraduate course

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Four reasons Kelvin MacKenzie is wrong about journalism courses

by The Student

So Kelvin MacKenzie, former editor of The Sun newspaper has had his tuppence worth about journalism courses in The Independent today. In a scathing attack, he says he’d shut down the 80-odd journalism schools in the UK to avoid young

4. April, 2011 Advice, Comment, Digital and online, Industries, Magazine, Newspaper, Postgraduate course, Production, Routes into journalism, Short course and NCTJ, Student media, Undergraduate course

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Five things I learned during production week

by The Student

Recently at City, we’ve been put through our paces during three intensive weeks of production working on two hyperlocal news sites, Islington Now and Hackney Post (and producing a 16 page not-for-publication copy). The aim of the three weeks is to

30. March, 2011 Advice, Digital and online, Guest posts, Industries, Photojournalism, Postgraduate course, Reporting, Routes into journalism, Short course and NCTJ, Student media, Training schemes, Undergraduate course

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Chris Stevenson: organisation is the key to reporting on a protest

by The Student

After 4,000 words over an 11 hour shift, the blog looks quite daunting on the page. But in reality, with a bit of prep and good organisation, it is fairly easy to achieve. Before the march, I set up a

23. March, 2011 Comment, Digital and online, Guest posts, Industries, Newspaper, Postgraduate course, Routes into journalism, Student media, Undergraduate course

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Daniel Bentley: Ripping up the student newspaper and why the web is the answer

by The Student

Daniel Bentley is online editor of Pluto, UCLan’s student newspaper, and a blogger at inkthink.org – he tweets media, tech and Burnley FC @djbentley What purpose does a printed student newspaper still serve? The only reason a student newspaper still

16. March, 2011 Applications, Comment, CVs, Digital and online, Entrepreneurship, Finding a job, Freelancing, Industries, Magazine, Postgraduate course, Routes into journalism, Shifts, Short course and NCTJ, Training schemes, Undergraduate course, Work experience, Work experience and interning

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Inspired & mentored? Marie Claire’s event fails to satisfy

by The Maverick

An event entitled ‘How To Get Into Magazines’ was never going to do what it said on the tin. Which is a great shame, given the 50 or so beautifully turned-out, bushy-tailed and bright-eyed, hungry young magazine journalists who turned

14. March, 2011 Comment, Digital and online, Entrepreneurship, Freelancing, 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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The worrying trend of ego in young journalists

by The Student

Paul Bradshaw, in his inaugural lecture at City University London, entitled ‘Is Ice Cream Strawberry?’, flagged up ego as a journalist’s biggest problem. He said: “It is ego that leads us to report on a story without linking to our

11. March, 2011 Advice, Digital and online, Guest posts, Industries, Magazine, Newspaper, Postgraduate course, Reporting, Routes into journalism, Student media, Undergraduate course, Work experience and interning, Writing

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Katie Oakes: Student media pre-election coverage

by The Student

Our regular student media expert Katie Oakes takes a look at the different student newspaper stories coming out of the woodwork in the run up to the student union elections. March is election month when students all over the country

2. March, 2011 Comment, Digital and online, Entrepreneurship, Freelancing, Guest posts, 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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Paul Bradshaw: Objectivity has changed – why hasn’t journalism?

by The Student

Objectivity is one of the key pillars of journalistic identity: it is one of the ways in which we identify ourselves as a profession. But for the past decade it has been subject to increasing criticism from those (and I

28. February, 2011 Advice, Getting started, Postgraduate course, Routes into journalism, Short course and NCTJ, Undergraduate course

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Getting funding for a journalism course and how I failed

by The Student

Journalism courses, and postgrad ones in particular, can be expensive and prohibitive so it’s important to know what is out there in terms of funding. Wannabe Hacks will have several guest posts up today shedding light on a few of