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Newspapers

Student journalists should be innovators, not imitators

Martin Bottomley thinks student journalists are wasting an opportunity to push journalism forward

Frontline Club

Frontline Student Media Conference: Getting into journalism

Some of the top journalists in the country give advice on making it into the industry

The Student

Gagging of The Student by Edinburgh SU is all too familiar

The court injunction taken out by EUSA against its own student newspaper shows a lack of respect

Hugh Grant

What does Leveson mean for student media?

With the publication of the Leveson report, what do his findings mean for student journalists?

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

Exepose

A skewed view of uni life: why ‘low quality’ student tabloids undermine good journalism

Tom Payne, editor of Exeter’s Expose, argues student tabloids detract from the serious issues raised by broadsheet papers

Newsroom

Embrace your rivals: When it comes to student media variety is the spice of life

Caroline Mortimer argues for more integration and mutual respect in the first of a series on different student media platforms

Family read a newspaper

Having something ‘to show mum and dad’ means student papers will survive

Caroline Mortimer on why print’s role in student media ensures it will continue to flourish

Leeds Student homepage

Student media can afford to be more innovative than the professionals

Leeds Student editor, Lizzie Edmonds, on its Online Media Awards nomination and why student media CAN compete with the professionals