What is Clearing Plus?
What is Clearing Plus and how will Clearing work in 2020? Your questions answered below!
Must-read books about journalism if you want to become a journalist
If you are considering becoming a journalist, or indeed, if you are in the early stages of your journalism career, then I recommend reading the following titles. Believe me, they make a nice change from pouring over McNae’s and Cartwright, writes postgraduate trainee Gemma Corby.
Zoom, Zoom, Zoom! School of Journalism staff and trainees make most of online learning
Our newsrooms may have fallen uncharacteristically silent but The School of Journalism trainees certainly haven’t – but would you expect anything else?
Beaches, Brits and broadcast: How I spent my journalism bursary filming a boxing documentary in Bermuda
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 Luke Madeira tells us how he used his bursary to film a boxing documentary in Bermuda.
Getting your work published: The excitement never fades
The buzz of the byline – it never goes away! Writes our head of journalism Andrew Greaves.
Top tips for interviewing people
The art of successful interviewing is often overlooked in newsrooms, writes our deputy managing editor Graham Dudman.
Looking after your mental health during the COVID-19 crisis
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...
Looking for journalism jobs? Here are the best websites to use
Looking through pages and pages of journalism jobs or tying to gain some valuable work experience? There are plenty of websites out there which can help make that search easier.
Pitching stories to journalists: How to get your ideas published
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.
LinkedIn for journalists – everything you need to know
Wondering where to look for your next journalism role? LinkedIn is one of the most helpful sites out there for job-hunting journalists.