This has been an exciting week as I’ve finally crossed the boundary from reader to writer on one of my favourite journo websites, Wannabe Hacks. If you’re at all interested in a career in journalism, whether you’re doing your GCSEs or have done your NCTJ,… Read More
This is the first in a potential series of long-overdue blog posts consists of typed up, near verbatim notes from the diary I kept during my placement on the Marie Claire Features department. They are very honest, a bit broken up, and I haven’t named anyone,… Read More
Having just graduated from the University of Birmingham, I am ever-jealous and bitter of those remaining, and those who are just starting as freshers. I honestly think I could do it all again, I enjoyed it that much, and I reckon I’d probably get better… Read More
Got some work experience coming up? Particularly, journalistic-related work experience? Checkiddy-check yourself before you wreck yo’self! The Dinero A good few months before hand, get to grips with your finances – really, this is an important one to look at. Think big picture stuff first,… Read More
So last Saturday I got up at the devil’s hour of 6am to waltz down to London and attend a features meeting run by Stylist magazine! Hooray! This was part of a readers’ contributions issue, all about Landaaan, and anyone could go. And it was… Read More
Having just returned from an open features meeting run by Stylist magazine (anyone may come; anyone may pitch; post soon to follow), it seems that lately there’s been an influx of publications looking towards their readers and potential interns for new sources of original ideas. … Read More
I’m not an especially well-travelled individual, and so when a good old friend of mine offered to let me visit her in her current-country-of-study, Austria, I was only too excited to catch up and get cultured. What. A beautiful. Place. I can only repeat this… Read More
It’s suddenly occurred to me that I never wrote a blog post about my recent work experience placement. A massive mishap on my behalf, that I will blame on the fact that I’ve just finished my final year at university, and so have been preoccupied… Read More
Originally published in Redbrick (redbrickpaper.co.uk) In a dizzying and frantic whirl at the beginning of September, I somehow found myself receiving a press pass for London Fashion Week. To say I was over the moon is an understatement – although it wasn’t until the… Read More
