by sportsbeat | Apr 11, 2020 | Blog
The COVID-19 outbreak means most of us will be housebound for the foreseeable future, which may leave us feeling anxious, frustrated, lonely and most notably, bored, so School of Journalism trainee and Mancunian Matters journalist Anna Brocklehurst has done some...
by sportsbeat | Mar 19, 2020 | Blog
Looking through pages and pages of journalism jobs or tying to gain some valuable journalism work experience? There are plenty of websites out there which can help make that search easier. From LinkedIn to the BBC careers page there are lots of different ways to look...
by sportsbeat | Feb 10, 2020 | Blog
There is no better feeling than pitching stories and getting your work published. And getting a byline in a good publication can help you get noticed when you’re taking your first steps into journalism. But pitching your ideas to editors might seem a bit of a mystery....
by sportsbeat | Feb 5, 2020 | Blog
Wondering where to look for your next journalism role? LinkedIn is one of the most helpful sites out there for job-hunting journalists. There are plenty of journalism-focused job sites like Journo Resources and the NCTJ jobs board. But a lot of opportunities don’t...
by sportsbeat | Nov 11, 2019 | Blog
We offer each of our trainees up to £1,000 every summer of their degree to spend on journalism work experience or a journalism project. It’s part of what makes us the UK’s most practical journalism degree. Here, trainee Harry Benbow tells us about how he spent his...
by sportsbeat | Nov 11, 2019 | Blog
Everyone with a Twitter account is a journalist these days, right? Wrong! Here are our top tips for journalists using Twitter. Define yourself Your profile picture should be a clean image of just you and you should have a simple bio explaining who you are and what you...
