Survey: Debt triples to £15k in ten years for new journalists, broadcasting pays double newspapers
Journalists today start their careers with triple the amount of debt that they carried ten years ago, according to a…
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Adventures in Spreadsheet Journalism lesson four: Conditional formatting
Conditional formatting, Part 1: A couple of things you need to know Your spreadsheet skillset likely boasts an at-least-passing acquaintance…
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Journalism Diversity Fund to pilot paid internship scheme
The Journalism Diversity Fund has launched a new paid internship scheme to be run in conjunction with a number of…
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The industry has been ‘in a state’ for 35 years – but there is still a big future for young, trained journalists
When journalists of a certain age get together the conversation goes off in a familiar direction: the job’s changed… the…
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Sun and Sportsbeat launch sports training scholarship aimed at Olympic boroughs
The Sun and press agency Sportsbeat are offering a new 40-week sports journalism scholarship worth £7,500 to a resident of…
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Free bloggers – work experience or exploitation?
Press Gazette invited journalism student Carolina Are (currently on an unpaid two-week work experience placement) to explore the contentious issue…
ByShock: Guardian blogger not paid for piece railing against unpaid internships
Following the NUJ’s assertion that advertising positions for unpaid interns should be made illegal, Axegrinder’s thoughts immediately turned to The…
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Advertising for unpaid interns should be made illegal, says NUJ
The National Union of Journalists has called for adverts for unpaid internships to be outlawed. General secretary Michelle Stanistreet told…
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