By Tom Hill, Course Director, Up To Speed Journalism Training Professional journalists need to be able to turn their hand to any branch of the profession whether it be print, online or broadcast. All of these craft skills are taught on Up To Speed’s digital journalism fast-track at the Bournemouth Daily Echo and I will…
In the fifth of our series of posts on careers in journalism, Up To Speed Journalism’s founder Tom Hill gives his final piece of advice for people considering journalism as a career – go for it! If you really want to be a journalist, here are three simple thoughts for you: Don’t just stand there,…
Up To Speed Journalism’s Founder Tom Hill gives careers advice on becoming a journalist in a new series of posts on the Up To Speed blog. We hope you find the advice helpful. Over the next few weeks we’ll be covering a range of topics including tips on how to write for print, online, radio,…
By Tom Hill, Course Director and Founder, Up To Speed Journalism. Tip #22 Mimic Your Heroes The best writers read a lot, the best songwriters listen to a lot of music and the best film directors watch a lot of movies. And when they come to produce their first novels, songs, and films, they often…
To mark the end of the first decade of the new Millennium, Up To Speed ran a features writing competition open to students from university newspapers all over the UK. Robin Morgan, from Cardiff University’s Gair Rhydd, won the Third Prize of £50 with this entry. The Noughties: ‘Has it been a decade of despair…
To mark the end of the first decade of the new Millennium, Up To Speed ran a features writing competition open to students from university newspapers all over the UK. Marcus Greenslade from Reading University came second and won £100. Here’s his entry. “Has the Noughties been a decade of despair or the dawn of…
A graduate student on Up To Speed’s NCTJ course has been combining her academic knowledge with her journalism skills on a unique work placement. Lucy Woods, 21, has spent six weeks at Current Archaeology, where she has been working on its annual supplement, Digs Guide 2013. The placement comes six months after Lucy left the…
Should you trust every site you visit? No, you shouldn’t, especially if they arrived in your email address, passing the spam filters and offering you an amazing experience if you give them your bank account number. Trusted websites will likely be noticed at first glance, but there is always more to look for. When going…
Whilst work experience was a little daunting, I was also looking forward to putting everything I have learnt at Up To Speed into practice. During my time at Perfect Wedding magazine, published by Immediate Media in Bristol, I was able to indulge my two favourite things: weddings and writing! Finally, I could write ‘touchy feely’…
