Here’s a list of very useful links for any
aspiring journalist as a kind of leg-up for people in my situation.
I would
highly recommend getting in touch with people who are doing exactly
what you want to do and if you're lucky you'll get someone who
isn't of the overly-precious,"I worked hard to get where
I am so won't help anyone else get their foot in the door",
persuasion and wants to spread the love!
The main rule
of thumb is never, never give up if you feel journalism is the
right career for you. If you keep banging your head against the
same brick wall you'll eventually make an impact on it and remember:
SOMEBODY has to make it so why not you?
If you have
any questions, please email me at ian@ianroullier.com
and I'll do my best to answer them.
Format of email addresses for The
London Paper: firstname.surname@thelondonpaper.com
Metro contacts: http://www.metro.co.uk/contact
Format of email addresses for The
London Lite: firstname.surname@thelondonlite.co.uk
Contact details for every newspaper, magazine,
TV company and radio station in the land: http://www.mediauk.com
Useful list of email addresses and info for The
Guardian, The Observer
and GuardianUnlimited (online): http://www.guardian.co.uk/gu_contacts/0,,180767,00.html
Contact info for The Independent:
http://news.independent.co.uk/article293866.ece
Jobs - Hold The Front Page:
http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk
More jobs - journalism.co.uk:
http://www.journalism.co.uk
Yet more jobs - GorkanaPR:
https://www.gorkanapr.com/jj.journalist.jobs.php
More jobs than you can shake a stick at - The
Guardian: http://jobs.guardian.co.uk
Jobs at Emap: http://www.emap.com/employment.asp
or http://www.findamediajob.co.uk/
Jobs at Dennis Publishing:
http://www.dennis.co.uk/dennis_site/workingdennis/jobs.php
Editorial jobs at IPC Media:
http://www.ipcmedia.com/jobs/#JOBCAT5
Jobs at National Magazine Company:
http://www.natmags.co.uk/index.php/landing/12219
Jobs at Hachette Filipacchi (UK):
http://www.hf-uk.com/recruit.html
Jobs at Future Publishing:
http://jobsearch.futurenet.com/Home.asp
Jobs at Haymarket Media Group:
http://careers.haymarket.com/F/Exp/
These are also worth keeping an eye on (courtesy
of Paul Sullivan – thank you for your help):
http://journalismjobslondon.blogspot.com/
http://www.writingworld.org/freelance_writing_jobs/index.html
Good luck!