By Scroll down your Facebook timeline. Go on, do it. Spot anything? Aside from the lengthy Trump statuses and the “March for the NHS” events, you’ll notice your timeline is packed full of videos. Videos capturing cringe-inducing blunders, videos reporting news stories, and recipe videos. Mouth-watering, tantalising, gluttony-inducing recipe videos. Video
By Journalists share the most obscure requests recieved from editors
The world is a big, strange and mad-as-a-bottle-of-chips place, and it’s a journalist’s job to immerse themselves in it in the name of entertaining and informing. As these journalists will attest, this can throw you into some outright odd situations… Francine Lawrence, art director and former editor of Country Living
By 10 Fashion Bloggers you Need to Follow on Instagram
Love them or hate them – as many prolific fashion industry professionals do – bloggers are the way of the future. Whether you think they are actual journalists is a matter of opinion, but their global influence is a force to be reckoned with and it would be foolish of
By Quiz: Which publication suits you best?
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By The Vice Media Empire: Pretend Radicals
VICE! Is! Cool! And! Hip! Detractors will tell you it’s empty inside, too. Empty as space. All style, no substance, and far too fixated with tone and image to be taken with anything other than a raised eyebrow and a pinch of salt. Foul mouthed, in-yer-face, and with an anarchic
By Map: Journalist’s local pubs
Fleet Street, the spiritual home of British news, used to abound with journalists bar-hopping between jobs. The notorious El Vino – where women weren’t allowed to order at the bar until 1982 – was at the epicentre of a street where alcohol was said to flow like water. However, since
By What is your journo pseudonym?
What are you doing, sitting there writing that article, “Ann”? Who do you think is going to read it? Come on, “Barry”. Up your game. Get out of that conference call to Helsinki at once. Inka Heino has no time for you. It’s time to answer the important questions: When
By Listings Interview: Lucy Foster, Stylist Features Director
Lucy Foster – features director at Stylist Course: Magazine, 2007 What was your best moment at City? I still remember a project that we were given to do, something like “a day in the life”. I wangled my way in with the Thames lifeboat crew. I feel a
By Interview: Mark Daly – BBC Scotland investigations correspondent
Investigative reporting is one of the most crucial forms of journalism, now more than ever. But with the financial challenges facing the media industry, and the opportunities created by the Digital Revolution, its landscape has changed. Nowadays, newspapers are full of reports about spying scandals and worries about data
By Seven photojournalists you HAVE to follow on Instagram
Since Instagram hit our app stores, everyone seems to be a professional photographer. From breathtaking sunsets to sexy selfies, smartphone users are capturing the highlights of their day – including their low-fat cinnamon porridge. But not everyone is gaga for the ’gram. Many of its critics believe the app’s easy
By Listings Interview: Christian May, City A.M. Editor
Christian May – City A.M. Editor Course: Broadcast, 2012 What was your best moment at City? Towards the end, my friend and I were working on the final project. It was about child migrants going missing from the care sector, a topic which has since received a lot of coverage,
By Poll: Who is your media villain of the year?
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