By You don’t need to be a maths whiz to be a data journalist, nor do you have to be a tech wizard. Data comes in all shapes and sizes, and it isn’t always numbers So, you’re an idiot when it comes to data journalism. Perhaps you didn’t enter the media
By The Worst Film Journalists & Their Greatest Sins
From All The President’s Men to The Post, the film business has a history of celebrating the hard-working heroes of the journalism industry. But for every accurate depiction of a hard-nosed news hound, you can find a dozen inaccurate portrayals of clueless gonzos, who don’t know their slugs from their
By 10 women under 30 changing the face of journalism
It’s no secret that journalism lacks diversity, a survey by City in 2016 revealed that the industry was 94% white, 86% university-educated, and 55% male. But these 10 women are shaking things up, hopefully representing the beginnings of a much needed change in the industry. Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff, 24, I newspaper, @CharlieBCuff Having graduated from
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By The Risky Business of Journalism
Journalism is a pretty great career, right? Depending on your chosen path, it can promise travel, the chance to meet people you admire and you get the inside stories. It may not always pay millions, but it can be fast, fun and – when you finally get that scoop –
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 Amazing stories from international City alumni
XCity Plus asked six City international journalism alumni about where global journalism is going and how the trade works in the countries they’re based in. From risking arrest as an illegal journalist in Zimbabwe, to investigating dead bodies in Cambodia. From facing a system crash while presenting Norway’s national election, to interviewing the
By Video: 30 Seconds With Katie Hopkins
No topic is off-limits for Katie Hopkins. From children’s names to immigration to Donald Trump, the MailOnline columnist is never far from controversy. Here’s what happened when we caught up with one of Britain’s most talked about journalists in a 30 second quick fire round… You can read the full
By Top 5 headlines destroyed by SEO
Online sub-editors are facing a necessary evil in the newsroom: SEO. And it’s draining the creativity out of headlines. In the never-ending race to the top of Google’s results pages, click-hungry journalists are trading in the wit of a deft headline for searchable keywords that boost search engine optimisation. If more newspapers
By Class of 1976: where are they now?
City journalism graduates have risen into media roles around the world, but it was a group of just 13 who carved the first path in October 1976. At the time Cardiff was the only university to offer a postgraduate course. With 20 places for 300 applicants, there was clear demand
