by sportsbeat | Sep 23, 2020 | Blog
As we enter a new digital age of journalism, the NCTJ diploma has been updated to a Level 5 qualification to reflect the complex multimedia skills delivered on their accredited courses. The NCTJ diploma has been constantly evolving to include digital journalism skills...
by sportsbeat | Apr 13, 2020 | Blog
The art of successful interviewing is often overlooked in newsrooms, writes our deputy managing editor Graham Dudman. And I don’t mean job interviews. I’m talking about gathering information by speaking to people either face to face or on the phone or via Skype/Zoom...
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 | 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 | 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...
