Quick, call your mum: your first proper piece has just been given the green-light by a commissioning editor. First off, congratulations. Pitching can be a thankless and uninspiring task so getting your…
In this episode of the Hack Report, Lauren reports from the Youth Media Summit and Josh goes back to basics with some tips on how to write a news story. Also in this issue: Lola talks to BBC journalist…
If you’re anything like I was as a student journalist, you will probably have attended half a dozen conferences…
Great, so you’ve got the gig. Now make sure you don’t waste it. Thankfully, internships have improved greatly since I was doing them when I was Wannabe Hacking first time around. For one, new laws…
As Robert Scoble noted earlier this week, journalism has a distribution problem. The old ways getting people their newspaper (paperboy, newsagent) are expensive and impractical and the digital means of distribution…
2am, Sunday night. Time to write my Hacks post. Nearly four years ago I would often have just finished a day pretending to read up ahead of a media law lecture, half-finished the homework for my intro-writing…
Summer has finally arrived (Well, the sun is visible, which is good enough for me), and with it comes probably the most popular time of year for aspiring journalists to go on work experience. And if you’re…
Here at Wannabe Hacks, we are committed to giving you the scoop on different types of journalism. This time, we are delving into the world of sports. Samantha Johnson, has worked for the likes of Sky Sports…
“I want to talk to you about Jimmy Saville.” Now that sentence would make you a little anxious regardless of the scenario, but when it’s put to you as part of an interview for the BBC Journalism…
I can’t think of anything worse than waiting to hear something back after finishing a job application. In fact it might actually be one of the most soul destroying events in life! And it is something…
I became a journalist because I have a facility for real-life storytelling; everybody has a story to tell, but with no voice, this fizzles out. I want to become the voice that will shine a light on some…
