By Introducing ‘A piece of their minds’, a video series that spotlights the work and journeys of young journalists of colour. For the first instalment of the series, Chloé Meley speaks to Evie Muir, a domestic abuse specialist and freelance journalist.
By Inside XCity Podcast: Episode 1
Today, Jake Helm and Nicola Blackburn are joined by Chiara Wilkinson and Ed Cunningham, chatting all about data journalism and virtual interviewing tips from the experts.
By Let’s get book(ish): City students launch new literary culture magazine
A digital and print magazine for bookworms and culture vultures created by six Magazine Journalism MA students launched last week.
By Who to follow for refugee coverage on social media
There are 79.5 million people around the world who have been forced to flee their homes because of conflict, violence or persecution. Every four seconds, one more person becomes displaced. That’s 23,800 every day. While media coverage of the crisis reached its peak in 2015, refugees and displaced people face continued suffering.
By The perks and pitfalls of dating a journalist
You made it. You’re a journalist, living the dream (ish). But do you ever feel that people outside the industry just don’t get it? You may be brimming with anecdotes, but do unsociable hours and work pressures ever leave you feeling ‘undateable’?
XCityPlus hears the stories of two non-journalists – the first: a cautionary tale; the second: an enduring romance – to get their advice on the perks and pitfalls of dating a journalist.
By Seven essential virtual interview tips
Britain’s top broadcast journalists – from Laura Kuenssberg to Robert Peston – give XCityPlus some tips on virtual interviews.
By The social media journalist: Q&A with Lewis Goodall
Lewis Goodall covers politics, policy, and economics for the BBC as Newsnight’s policy editor. He was a political correspondent for Sky News until 2019. Goodall’s prolific use of social media – with almost 40,000 tweets since 2011 – has led to him amassing over 200,000 followers on Twitter.
By A journalist’s guide on how to report a protest
Aisha Rimi speaks to four journalists who covered major protests in 2020 about what every reporter needs in their protest toolkit.
Documenting the Trump presidency: An interview with The Guardian’s David Smith
It is November 2016, and David Smith is at the New York Hilton hotel for Donald Trump’s election night party. Trademark scarlet caps are displayed in glass cases, like holy relics promising to make America great again.
The evening begins quietly, with few expecting a Trump win. But as the results roll in on giant television screens, excitement bubbles through the gathering crowds.
By Five reasons why Citizen Kane is still relevant to journalism
Unless they’ve been living under a rock, the odds of meeting a journalist who hasn’t seen, or at least heard of, Citizen Kane are slim. Repeatedly deemed one of the greatest films of all time by critics, the drama celebrates its 80th anniversary this year.
Mouthing off: The most heated on-air radio moments told by the broadcasters behind them
Like social media, talk radio lends itself to debate, criticism – and heated moments. Four radio hosts reveal to XCityPlus their most heated on-air encounter and whether they have any regrets.
A history of climate journalism
“Gaffers who claim the winters were harder when they were boys are right,” reads a Time magazine article from 1939. “Weathermen have no doubt that the world at least for the time being is growing warmer.”
The weathermen’s warnings are now a dark ultimatum as climate change threatens the world as we know it.
