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It’s time to start the journalism job hunt

Published on January 16, 2011 By Andy Halls

Saturday January 15 marked a big day for me – it’s officially six months until I become a graduate. I’ll have my graduation gown, my hat, but most importantly I’ll have a degree in journalism. Which means one thing: It’s time to find a job. Tweet This Post

Eight tips to make the most of work experience

Published on December 24, 2010 By Andy Halls

I’ve recently completed a work placement at Sky News, which resulted in being asked back for a further placement, and also a letter of recommendation from Phil Wardman, head of newsgathering for Sky News Online. In my two weeks time with their Online team, and while on other placements, various themes started to appear on [...]

5 tips for writing online headlines…

Published on October 11, 2009 By ajhalls

AS PART of the BA (hons) Journalism course here at UCLan, we delve into a module called Digital Journalism, which takes a look at optimising the internet for Journalistic use. In last week’s workshop, we looked at effective headline writing for the web, and an article by “the guru of web usability” Jakob Nielsen. Tweet This [...]