Students: how to start getting yourself taken seriously as a journalist

juliebradford — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:52:19 +0000

Want to start getting noticed? Here’s how our third-year student Josh Halliday made the most of the opportunity when ex-Mirror editor David Banks came to Sunderland University to give a lecture.

Step 1 .. Seize the opportunity when someone like Banks comes to visit. Ex-editor, broadcaster, columnist, he is someone who is listened to in the news industry.

Step 2 .. Don’t just listen, share what’s being said. Report. Josh tweeted a few times from the cinema, then wrote a blog post about it when he got home.

Step 3 .. He tweets about his blog post, getting his work out there, and it’s picked up by journalism website Fleet Street Blues. After all, how to make newspapers work online is a subject of much debate at the moment.

Step 4 .. It then gets picked up by leading media commentator Roy Greenslade, on the Guardian website.

There’s no big secret to this, just good media habits. It means Josh gets invited to places like this, the Guardian Student Media Awards.

What do you like/dislike about climate coverage?

Alex Lockwood — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 07:36:14 +0000

I’m preparing a series of posts on the best and worst aspects of coverage of climate and environmental change (including biodiversity, threats of extinction, migration etc) for a new site I’m running (www.greenjournalism.co.uk) and was wondering what is it about news, TV or media coverage in general that will either make you read or turn the page?

So, what puts you off about climate change in the papers or on the TV? Or what makes you sit up and listen? It can be any aspect of coverage – so please do share.

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Students: how to start getting yourself taken seriously as a journalist

What do you like/dislike about climate coverage?