The following SPA Guide has been kindly written by guest author Maurice Alexander. Maurice is our Scotland Regional Officer and is also the Founder of his own publication, the Journal of Matters Relating To Felines. Every year at the Student Publication Association Awards, the best publications awarded for their outstanding…
The following SPA Guide has been kindly written by guest author Jacob Fleming. Jacob is Head Opinion Editor for The Indiependent, a national platform for aspiring journalists. It’s not so much what you think, but why you think it! Opinions: we’ve all got them; some of them are spicy and…
The following SPA Guide has been kindly written by guest author Maurice Alexander. Maurice is the SPA’s Regional Officer for Scotland and the Founder/Editor-in-Chief of Aberdeen University’s student publication Journal of Matters Relating to Felines. A fruitful lifestyle section of any newspaper or magazine is replete with a multitude of…
The following SPA Guide has been kindly written by guest author Tom Moorcroft. Tom is the SPA’s Regional Officer for The North and current Head of Sport for The Courier, Newcastle University. Writing for sport might seem a bit narrow to the average writer. Some people think that us sports…
From 1st-6th March this year, the UK are marking their National Careers Week! So, it seems like the perfect time to publish a guide about how to be more employable as a student journalist. After all, if you’ve found yourself drawn to this guide, I’m guessing you want to get…
The following SPA Guide has been kindly written by guest author Morgan McMillan. Morgan is the current Editor of The Edge Magazine, the University of Southampton’s specialist entertainment publication. Writing an entertainment review is one the best ways to throw yourself into journalism. A review is a place for you…
Marketing a publication is the only way you are going to gain not only readers but writers, artists, photographers and editors. If people don’t know you exist, there’s not going to be any content or anyone to read the content that there is. So, here is a short guide, we…
With so many student publications around the UK and Ireland, it’s to be expected that there’s a publication covering just about everything. At the Student Publication Association, with over 130 member publications, we’re acutely aware of the diversity in genres, styles and designs which student publications represent, but there is…
As a journalist, interviews are at the heart of any good story. This is why it is so important to get them right! However, whether you end up interviewing your next door neighbour or someone from your favourite band, interviews are always a daunting experience – even for the most…
Why train to be a journalist? It’s a reasonable question as we read about the many apparent crises in the media. But the answer is simple. We are living in the information age – and journalists are information professionals whose skills are increasingly needed. In the wake of the Fake News crisis, which has created…