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22. February, 2011
Comment, Digital and online, Industries, Postgraduate course, Routes into journalism, Short course and NCTJ, Undergraduate course
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Online journalism is always evolving as an academic subject: A take on yesterday’s #cityhacks storm
Yesterday, you may have noticed a little flurry of tweets around the #cityhacks hashtag, used by students at City University London, where myself and The Chancer study our journalism postgraduate courses. The spike came during an Online Journalism lecture by
17. February, 2011
Advice, Freelancing, Industries, Magazine, Postgraduate course, Routes into journalism, Shifts, Short course and NCTJ, Student media, Undergraduate course, Work experience and interning, Writing
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Michelle Hather: Q&A on women’s magazines
Michelle Hather edited women’s weekly Best magazine for five years before going freelance in 2009. While she was there she recieved nominations from the British Society of Magazine Editors, twice for Editor of the Year and once as Editor’s Editor.
7. February, 2011
Applications, Comment, CVs, Finding a job, Industries, Newspaper, Postgraduate course, Routes into journalism, Short course and NCTJ, Training schemes, Undergraduate course
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My Telegraph rejection proves grad schemes still place high value on national cuttings
Two weeks ago, I received an generic email from the Telegraph Media Group informing me I hadn’t made the shortlist for their editorial grad scheme as a reporter (rather than a production journalist). I had submitted my application in November
6. February, 2011
Advice, Digital and online, Guest posts, Industries, Magazine, Newspaper, Photojournalism, Postgraduate course, Radio, Reporting, Routes into journalism, Shifts, Short course and NCTJ, Student media, Television, Training schemes, Undergraduate course, Work experience and interning, Writing
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Nigel Barlow: Where stories come from
Nigel Barlow is a freelance journalist specialising in media,politics,business and economics. and travel. He is co founder of Inside the M60, hyperlocal newsite for Manchester he blogs here and tweets here When we first launched Inside the M60 last April, we
4. February, 2011
Advice, Digital and online, Guest posts, How to guides, Industries, Newspaper, Photojournalism, Postgraduate course, Radio, Reporting, Routes into journalism, Shifts, Short course and NCTJ, Student media, Television, Training schemes, Undergraduate course, Work experience and interning
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Richard Jones: Covering local elections
Richard Jones is the editor of Saddleworth News – a hyperlocal news blog, you can find him on twitter here. I’m sure you’ve seen by-election campaigns on television. A reporter stands in the middle of a market town asking slightly-bewildered local people
3. February, 2011
Advice, Digital and online, Guest posts, Industries, Newspaper, Photojournalism, Postgraduate course, Reporting, Routes into journalism, Shifts, Short course and NCTJ, Student media, Television, Tools, Training schemes, Undergraduate course, Work experience and interning
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Adam Westbrook: The virtue of video in hyperlocal
Adam Westbrook is a freelance journalist, he lectures at Kingston University, blogs here, tweets here and is running a great new journalism business competition If I were running a hyperlocal website, I would use video. Online video is more affordable,
16. January, 2011
Advice, Digital and online, Industries, Newspaper, Photojournalism, Postgraduate course, Radio, Reporting, Routes into journalism, Shifts, Short course and NCTJ, Student media, Television, Training schemes, Undergraduate course, Work experience and interning
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Lamposts and shop windows is where you find news
Being a reporter isn’t just about writing flowing prose. It’s about sourcing the story, finding a lead and getting that tip off. And that can be tough, especially if you’re on work experience and trying to make a mark but
15. January, 2011
Advice, Guest posts, Industries, Newspaper, Postgraduate course, Reporting, Routes into journalism, Student media, Undergraduate course
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Thom Airs: Death knocks, being shot at and getting the wrong person
Thom Airs studied journalism as an undergraduate and postgraduate at Cardiff University, where he was sports editor of student newspaper Gair Rhydd. He graduated in 2006 and worked for the Reading Evening Post before joining the Oxford Mail, where he
14. January, 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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Ed Oldfield: Times change but good journalism stays the same
Ed Oldfield, a production journalist with South West Media Group in Plymouth, considers what has changed in the industry over the last quarter of a century. Ed has set up a website, www.beajournalist.talktalk.net, aimed at entrants to the industry. For
14. January, 2011
Advice, Freelancing, Industries, Newspaper, Postgraduate course, Reporting, Routes into journalism, Shifts, Short course and NCTJ, Student media, Training schemes, Undergraduate course, Work experience and interning
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Q&A with Lynne Anderson of the Newspaper Society
Lynne Anderson is the Communications Director of the Newspaper Society with responsibility for its overall communications strategy and corporate affairs work, as well as editorial facilities and circulation/audience issues for the NS and the NPA. She is a former newspaper
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