How To Become A Journalist
Advice for small businesses on how to promote themselves in the media and online.
Newsrooms are shrinking in both print and broadcast media as technology makes the job of delivering instant news ever more easier with fewer resources. That might persuade some to look elsewhere for a career in journalism. Fewer jobs means more competition when it comes to finding that first role on a newspaper or a… Read More
A blog discussing why it is vital for aspiring journalists to learn shorthand skills. Read More
A career guide about how to become a journalist. Read More
There will be lots of teenagers at this moment thinking about their future careers as they prepare for the upcoming exam season. Some will be interested in a career in journalism. And they will be wondering if they have the personal qualities required to get a job as a newspaper reporter or a broadcast journalist. I’ve… Read More
I’ve been in contact with dozens of aspiring journalists since writing my career guide to careers in journalism. And many have been students who have tried to get trainee positions or internships with newspapers or broadcasters. Some of them have been turned down because they didn’t have any experience of working alongside trained journalists. My advice… Read More
A survey has just come out which reveals that 60 per cent of Facebook and Twitter users access their news from social media rather than traditional sources such as newspapers, television or radio. But what is also clear is that most of this news which is posted on social media channels comes from journalists. It… Read More
There are many great journalists who are capable of producing brilliant news copy but struggle to write features. And, vice versa, some specialist feature writers find it difficult adapting to the challenges of bashing out hard news stories. Feature writing is an art in itself. You get the opportunity to spend more time with the… Read More
There are few more daunting assignments for a rookie journalist than being asked to cover a court case for the first time. The lucky ones will have the privilege initially of shadowing a more experienced reporter as they sit on the press bench at either a magistrates’ court or a crown court. But, with fewer… Read More
How do you actually get news? That is probably the question I am asked most by people I meet who aren’t journalists. It was a task which was a lot more difficult when I started out as a trainee reporter more than 20 years ago. There was no internet back then, no social media and people… Read More
One of the most important skills today’s breed of multi-media journalists have to master is the art of writing great headlines. When I started my newspaper career more than 20 years ago they were the preserve of the sub-editor. Young reporters didn’t need to concern themselves with writing a headline. But in modern journalism with… Read More
