Sunday, May 10, 2009

TNTJ Post on advice and questions for young journalists

I've got a post on TNTJ (Tomorrow's News, Tomorrow's Journalists), part of Journalism.co.uk, on advice I'd ask other journalists - and continuing a wider theme on the future for journalism students.

An extract:

"My advice, much as it’s worth? There’s still a lot of journalism students with a minimal online presence, so maximise yours. But don’t forget that whatever tools you can use, web pages you can re-design or exam marks you can achieve, content is still king - keep writing.

In addition, continue to make as many contacts as you can: it’s one of the reasons I’m going along to the Media 140 conference on May 20th.

Ill-qualified as I am to give advice to others graduating this year, the more we talk to each other, the better chance we have of navigating this scarce job market."

See the TNTJ post on the topic, and Dave Lee's post on his advice to journalism students: 'J-students must stick around and clear up the mess'.

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