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Lessons I’ve learned during my time in local news

Published on February 21, 2011 By Andy Halls

In the past two months I’ve spent time at Media Wales working on one of their print titles, the South Wales Echo, as well as a trial day at the Manchester Evening News. While I’ve been delving in local news throughout my time at University – in my involvement with the student newspaper and in [...]

What your employer expects: 10 work experience tips from the other side

Published on February 4, 2011 By Andy Halls

This is a guest post by John Thompson, the owner of the UK’s leading website for the publishing industry, journalism.co.uk, which is read by more than 150,000 visitors monthly. With the web littered with posts offering advice for wannabe journalists on how to conduct oneself when on work experience, John offered his top 10 tips [...]

Free papers – the future?

Published on February 26, 2010 By ajhalls

ON THE WHOLE, the print industry received a boost as the National Readership Survey published its results for the past year. The real standout performer from the results was the London Evening Standard, which figures show now has an estimated readership of 1,394,000, a huge 133% increase on last year. Tweet This Post