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A virtual career coach, this practical handbook offers encouragement, advice, information, and case studies to help students make the most of the opportunities in this very competitive career world. The book can be used as a textual support for careers modules and PDP (Personal Development Planning), graduate workshops, on-line courses and as a departmental or careers library resource. Equally, it works effectively as a self-help guide to enable individuals to focus on their career and life development.
Newspaper Journalism
Newspaper Journalism
The writer of this chapter is Guy Hodgson, a journalist for more than 30 years working for, among others, the Independent and the BBC. He has been senior lecturer in the Department of Journalism at the University of Central Lancashire since 2000 and still writes regularly on sport for the Independent on Sunday.
General Information
First the good news: if you want to work on a newspaper as journalist, you have an eye for a story and good English skills, the chances are you will get a job. The bad news? You will get a wage considerably lower than graduates entering other professions.
The average starting salary for a graduate is around £19,000; the sort of wage a postgraduate can expect on a weekly newspaper ...
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