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Food

Why are we obsessed with celebrity chefs?

Forget One Direction – TV cooks are our new idols, argues Anthony Gregory

Romney and Obama

The US presidential race is getting close as they approach the finishing line

Alexander Green delivers his verdict on the final American presidential debate between Obama and Romney

UK ballot paper

Lowering the voting age to 16 is long overdue

Michael Allen argues that the voting age should be lowered to 16 permanently

Reading the Sun

Banning Page 3 will not change British attitudes to sex

‘Sex is everywhere…so embrace it’, argues Rachel Mantock

John Terry

John Terry: racist thug or football hero?

The FA was right to fine John Terry says the Oxford Student’s James Restall

Graduation

Extra-curricular activity to be included in degree classifications

New Higher Education Achievement Reports designed to overhaul degree classifications

NOTW fonal cover

Was the Leveson Inquiry a waste of time?

‘It is without doubt up to the press to restore public confidence in their industry’, argues Sarah Murphy

Exam papers

EBacc will hold back poorer students

New qualification also bad news for those with learning disabilities, argues Sarika Sharma

Watching sport in the rain

Enthusiasm separates a great sports reporter from a good one

Raphael Sheridan on why it is enthusiasm – and the ability to withstand rain – that maketh the sports journalist

Sports

When it comes to sports reporting, style and skill go a long way

York Vision sports editor Jack Bradshaw on how to be a good student sports reporter

Old Newsroom

Getting into journalism: how to survive work experience

OTW Blogger Caroline Mortimer’s top five tips for coping – and what to do when it all goes wrong

CV

Getting into journalism: ‘Stop whining and make yourself stand out’

Caroline Mortimer on how to deal with common work experience hurdles

Soton Tab

Broadsheets are boring: students want fast-paced tabloid news

Soton Tab editors say broadsheets face extinction if they don’t keep up with their fast-adapting tabloid rivals

Newspapers

Getting into journalism: ‘It’s all about having the right attitude’

OTW blogger Caroline Mortimer on how to get work experience on local and national newspapers