By Binda Rai (Diploma, 1979) Head of communications, University of London Former BBC journalist What was your best moment at City? I interviewed Paul McCartney and Wings. I had always been a Beatles fan, so double delight for me on that one. What was your worst moment at City? I could
By XCity Plus Podcast Episode 2: Vicky Spratt (The Debrief)
Each week, XCity Plus’ deputy online editor Charlotte Davey interviews women who work in online journalism. Spanning topics such as campaign journalism and the representation of Women of Colour, the podcast seeks to explore how women are carving out their own platforms online. In episode 2 of the XCity Plus
By Who said it: Sportswriter or Sportsperson?
See if you can guess whether each of these outlandish statements was made by writer or a sportsperson in XCity’s latest quiz. [playbuzz-item url=”//www.playbuzz.com/charlesmcquaid10/sportswriter-vs-sportsperson”]
By Listings Interview: Esther Addley, The Guardian Senior News Writer
Esther Addley – Senior news writer at The Guardian Course: Newspaper, 1999 If you weren’t a journalist, what would you be? Archaeologist, no question – but it wasn’t a career that I imagined would have been open to me when I was at school. In fairness, journalism wasn’t either. Now
By Are time-lapse recipe videos taking over food journalism?
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?
Find out which publication suits you best with XCity’s newest quiz. [playbuzz-item url=”//www.playbuzz.com/aleeshabadkar10/which-publication-suits-you”]
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
