Comments on: Ten things every journalism student should know

By: Alan Gray

Alan Gray — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 00:00:34 +0000

Build a profile early.

NewsBlaze will help you, as long as you can actually write. If you can spell, that is a big plus, but if not, our 3 editors can beat you into shape. If you need help with getting interviews, we can do that. If you need advice on where to find information after you hit a wall, just ask. We expect you to have the initiative to get started, but when you get stuck, tell us what you already did, where you’re trying to get to, and we will help. We promote your work and show you how to help yourself. There are probably things you know, that we don’t – you can teach us – life is a journey.

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By: Rachel Pishhorn

Rachel Pishhorn — Thu, 03 May 2012 11:47:50 +0000

Great article for aspiring journalists. As a first year journalism degree student this advice has really helped. Can’t wait to brand myself… watch this space!

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By: Susan Mykrantz

Susan Mykrantz — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 03:11:19 +0000

I got into journalism in a round about way. I had a couple of photography classes in college and took a dairy judging class where I learned how to write reasons on my placings. That class taught me how to organize my thoughts and the photography classes taught me how to take pictures. I am in the process of learning how to put together a small magazine and have been trying to learn Indesign and Photoshop. This article was very helpful for me.

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By: Georgia Lewis

Georgia Lewis — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 15:28:11 +0000

I’d add:

- Learn to sub and use InDesign. Not as glam as interviewing rock stars but makes you more employable.

- Don’t expect your first job to be your dream job. Editors are not fond of graduates with an inflated sense of entitlement.

- If you are interviewing someone and you genuinely don’t know what they are on about, ask questions until you understand. Better to feel a bit silly at the interview than write something stupid or inaccurate and feel silly for all time.

- Having said, it is sill to go into an interview without any prior research (although there was the time I messed up time zone differences and a phonecall woke me up at 3am to interview Hollywood starlet Rachel Bilson 24 hours earlier than expected. She sounded way perkier than I did…)

- Accuracy always matters.

- If you make a mistake, admit it, apologise, fix it, learn, move on.

- PRs are not necessarily your mates. PRs who go out of their way to befriend journalists are to be treated with caution and suspicion.

By: Alfred Hermida

Alfred Hermida — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 15:21:02 +0000

These are all great practical tips for students taking their first steps into journalism. There is also a need for students to gain a more conceptual understanding journalism and how the traditional role of the journalist is being transformed by always-on, networked and distributed forms of digital communication and transmission. Having these theoretical underpinnings will strengthen their journalism and help them to thrive in an evolving media environment.