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Launching Your Career As A Student Journalist

Katherine Witts — Tue, 23 Apr 2024 15:26:53 +0000

Starting your journalism career may seem daunting, but with these five tips, your portfolio and confidence are sure to grow.

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Five Tips For Cultivating Motivation As A Journalist

Caterina Rossi — Tue, 23 Apr 2024 14:57:36 +0000

In an oversaturated professional landscape rife with layoffs, motivation can come and go, and any writer might wake up one day to find out it has abandoned them. Here are five tips to keep you motivated and inspired as a journalist.

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Tokyo Disneyland: The Most Magical Place On Earth

Liv Thomson — Thu, 11 Jan 2024 20:37:42 +0000

Getting the chance to experience the city of Tokyo is incredible in itself. But getting the chance to visit Tokyo Disneyland? An absolute dream come true!

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How to Befriend Writers Block

Stephanie — Wed, 15 Nov 2023 19:05:25 +0000

As a journalist, losing your creative spark or motivation and experiencing writers block is pretty common. Sometimes when you sit down to write, the words come easily. Other times, they’re nowhere to be found.

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Conquering Procrastination: How To Get Things Done

Megan Ioannides — Sun, 01 Oct 2023 20:52:20 +0000

Do you find yourself leaving things to the last minute or putting off tasks that you know are important? Don't worry! You're not the only one. There are many reasons that we procrastinate, and it's certainly not solely due to laziness.

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How to ‘Reset’ for the Academic Year

Liv Thomson — Mon, 18 Sep 2023 14:20:45 +0000

So, here we are. August slipped away and now September is here, which means two things. Firstly, it’s basically Halloween. Secondly, the academic year is upon us.

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Five Stages of Grief When Your Favourite TV Show Gets Cancelled

Kayley Loo — Sat, 14 Jan 2023 13:09:36 +0000

As we enter the new year with new TV shows to love, we also grieve the loss of beloved shows that were cancelled and left behind.

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Sober freshers: 7 activities avoiding alcohol

Megan Geall — Mon, 05 Sep 2022 14:48:44 +0000

Freshers week: the infamous first week of university where the term sober seems like the equivalent of 'he who shall not be named’. Your parents drop you off at your university accommodation and suddenly you’re free to spend a week drinking, partying and socialising before term begins.

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Tackling the Personal Statement

Ellie Whelan — Tue, 07 Jun 2022 15:46:44 +0000

Ellie Whelan 4000 characters. A page of writing. Surely, writing a personal statement takes no time at all? As anyone who has sent off a UCAS form has discovered, this couldn’t be further from the truth. From deciding on a captivating opening sentence, to selecting which books or articles to

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Finding an Internship: My Advice

maggiejohn13 — Mon, 23 May 2022 16:41:56 +0000

Maggie John Finding an internship is hard and, unfortunately for us, in a post-Brexit and post-Covid world, it’s even harder. What I will say is, keep trying and you will end up where you’re supposed to be and don’t give up faith, even when it feels impossible not to. I’m

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