How to make the most of your free time
It’s been a busy week for me. I’ve just had my last second-year exam, meaning that my degree is tied up until October. It’s a great feeling knowing that I don’t have to write any more essays on Chaucer...
View Article3 things learned at the Media And Digital Enterprise weekend
The Media And Digital Enterprise project based out of the University of Central Lancashire (uclanMADE) launched last weekend with an intensive 48-hour weekend workshop, aimed at supporting news...
View ArticleHow to start your startup
Economic pressures on the news industry caused by digital technology make it seem like fewer wannabe hacks than ever will be able to reach their goal of a full-time journalism job working a prestigious...
View ArticleMy move to Denmark for a journalism MA with a difference
Those of you entering your final year of university will be no doubt be bombarded, as I was, with advice, much of it recycled wisdom, much of it the same. You’ll no doubt agonise over the same old...
View ArticleoTranscribe: a new tool to help make transcribing audio easier
Along with getting your shorthand up to 100 words per minute, transcribing interviews is one of the most time-consuming, mundane, and frankly annoying parts of journalism. For me, if transcription...
View ArticleHacks/Hackers February 2014 – A Round Up
Last night, Katherine went to Hacks/Hackers London – a monthly event for journalists and developers – and live-tweeted all the best bits. Here’s a round-up of what you might have missed. Storify by...
View ArticleJournalists and coders Build the News with The Times
The possibilities that open up for journalists when working with a developer was one of the key things I learned from participating in Build the News. It forces journalists to think in a different way...
View ArticleHackastory: A glimpse into the future of digital storytelling?
“Just get out there and do it”– this is the motto behind online venture ‘Hackastory‘. Created by two journalists and a developer based in the Netherlands (Albertine Piels, Nienke Huitenga and Hay...
View ArticleSean Dagan Wood’s positive news agenda: could it revolutionise the media?
Beheadings, murders, diseases, wars – the news agenda has rarely been darker. But surely that just reflects the world we live in, right? Seán Dagan Wood does not think so. The editor of...
View ArticleWhat does it take to be a freelancer?
I am Frank Melling and for the last 45 years I have been writing for magazines, newspapers, film companies and now, increasingly, websites. To date, I have written around 1200 feature length articles,...
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