Friday 16 December 2016

top tips if you want to succeed as a digital journalist

 top tips if you want to succeed as a digital journalist:
  1. Market yourself
    • Marketing yourself to potential employers is key.
  1. Network with other writers.
    • It’s all good and well to market yourself but do it with the right way to get into contact with existing writers and publications. Use social media to join groups of journalists and Linkedin, Google + and portfolio websites such as Pressfolio, to exhibit your work.
  1. Diversify your skill set
    • Being a talented writer is a skill itself, but in the competitive industry of today make sure that you have another ‘string to your bow’. For example, photography, graphic design or video production.
  1. Pitch your work to a publication and if you do follow up!
    • As you can imagine news companies are busy organizations and if you don’t keep persevering then the chances of your piece being considered are low – so keep at it!
  1. Fact check
    • With the advent of user generated content, we all know that not all content is true. Make sure that you take no information for granted when writing a piece of content.
  1. Save time and money
    • Research a topic to find out if it has already been written about and think of multiple angles with which you can write about a single topic
  1. Learn to enjoy and invite criticism
    • Be willing to have a go, be open to work on and learn from your mistakes.