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My zigzag route into journalism
This may surprise you. Until very recently, I didn’t want to be a journalist. In fact, I remember someone suggesting the idea to me when I was about fifteen and – being a bit stubborn – I rejected the idea
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Student journalists should be taught ethical behaviour earlier
I’ve written before about guidelines for student media, starting out with media law, and other forms of ethics surrounding journalism. With at least 55 journalists having been arrested for unlawful behaviour surrounding bribery to police, phone hacking and perverting the
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Standing up for student media: rules and restrictions
At the NUS-Amnesty Student Journalism Summit last September, many wannabes expressed concern at rules and restrictions that many students’ unions, universities and other institutions would put on them, in an attempt to control their output. With the Students’ Union elections
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Media law for wannabes – where to begin?
When I first looked at our students’ newspaper’s union constitution, I was a bit concerned that it hadn’t been updated since 2006, and contained very few guidelines about media law and ethical behaviour. Embarking on a lengthy process to change
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“Embrace the fear” and other lessons from my time in student media
After finishing my stint in student media, I couldn’t help but look back on everything I’ve learnt since starting three years ago and seeing what I could pass on to other wannabes. This week saw my last shifts at WINOL
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Should student media become more integrated?
The BBC does it. The Huffington Post does it. Every news wire does it every day without fail, and in a world of increased digitization and 24/7 news, it must be done. All of their media contains a range of print, moving
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Student media and a degree: getting the balance
The time is 5.09am, and the birds are twittering outside my window. I’m tucked up in bed, but surrounded by books, handouts and scribbled notes, with two empty mugs featuring tea residue on the bedside table. I’ve just completed an
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NUS-Amnesty Media Summit 2012: Is advice from current journalists outdated?
Last week, Amnesty International collaborated with the National Union of Students to bring student journalists an extensive and engaging media summit. The two day conference, held at Amnesty International headquarters, aimed to build and improve students’ journalism skills and prepare
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The Forge Press distribution ban is pointless in the age of online media
There is an old saying that the one way to ensure that everyone reads/hears/sees something is to ban it. As new students arrive for their very first term at the University of Sheffield this morning the familiar sight of their
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I got criticism and abuse but I realised I’d done a good job with my front page story
The former Pulitzer prize-winning reporter, Herbert Bayard Swope, once said: “I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give the formula for failure – which is trying to please everybody”. I was reminded of these words after
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