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Below are six pages of jobs in media across radio, podcast, video, TV, communications and journalism as well as entry-level roles and those for freelancers. There are also articles about media careers with advice and guidance and opinion on the industry. These jobs take time to find and curate, so we welcome any support you can offer through https://buymeacoffee.com/themediamentor

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Why have a mentoring session?

Why have a mentoring session?

Why have a mentoring session?

A guide to the mentoring and how it could help you

Oct 23, 20233 min read

Protecting your mental health when job hunting

Protecting your mental health when job hunting

Protecting your mental health when job hunting

Looking for work is boring, exhausting and often very lonely. It is a draining experience that can have a negative effect on your mental...

Aug 15, 20234 min read

The Strangest Thing: Why George Michael's death still hits me hard

The Strangest Thing: Why George Michael's death still hits me hard

The Strangest Thing: Why George Michael's death still hits me hard

A few weeks after George Michael's death in 2016, I wrote a piece about how much his passing had affected me. This was a year after David...

Aug 7, 20233 min read

We won’t have less mistakes if we have fewer pedants

We won’t have less mistakes if we have fewer pedants

We won’t have less mistakes if we have fewer pedants

How much that headline irritates you, might depend on how much of a language pedant you are. Of course, it should be fewer on both...

Jun 30, 20233 min read

Radio news: stale, unimaginative and out of date

Radio news: stale, unimaginative and out of date

Radio news: stale, unimaginative and out of date

Radio news used to be the first place we discovered what was happening in the world. The fact Britain had gone to war with Germany in...

Jun 6, 20233 min read

10 tips for getting your CV into shape

10 tips for getting your CV into shape

10 tips for getting your CV into shape

Designing your CV - getting your career in order 10 tips to help you get it into shape Creating a CV (or resume) is something we often do...

Apr 20, 20232 min read

8 ways to maximise your internship

8 ways to maximise your internship

8 ways to maximise your internship

How to maximise your internship

Apr 20, 20232 min read

AI and news. Doing the churn while you do the journ.

AI and news. Doing the churn while you do the journ.

AI and news. Doing the churn while you do the journ.

As experts predict a huge role for AI in the media in the not too distant future, can managers find a way to maximise its potential...

Mar 31, 20233 min read

Don't bring me down, Bruce. Why Radio 2 losing more talent to commercial radio is not a disaster.

Don't bring me down, Bruce. Why Radio 2 losing more talent to commercial radio is not a disaster.

Don't bring me down, Bruce. Why Radio 2 losing more talent to commercial radio is not a disaster.

As Ken Bruce completed his last Radio 2 show on Friday (March 3rd), the outpouring of messages on social media was extraordinary. He is a...

Mar 3, 20233 min read

New Year new job? Don't be afraid of the cliche

New Year new job? Don't be afraid of the cliche

New Year new job? Don't be afraid of the cliche

It is natural to begin a new year thinking about changes you would like to make in your life and perhaps this will focus on your career....

Jan 3, 20233 min read

The BBC's problem isn't being biased, some of the journalism has just become lazy

The BBC's problem isn't being biased, some of the journalism has just become lazy

The BBC's problem isn't being biased, some of the journalism has just become lazy

When Owen Jones released his video rant about the BBC reporting of the economic situation recently, he started by making some very fine...

Nov 6, 20224 min read

Bridging the gap. Lessons learned by a graduate

Bridging the gap. Lessons learned by a graduate

Bridging the gap. Lessons learned by a graduate

Ivan Zhelev is a recent graduate from the University of Westminster. He was an excellent student but someone who worried about bridging...

Jul 30, 20223 min read

Del Amitri Documentary: Making Fatal Mistakes

Del Amitri Documentary: Making Fatal Mistakes

Del Amitri Documentary: Making Fatal Mistakes

In 2021 I was lucky enough to interview Del Amitri lead singer Justin Currie and the band's guitarist Iain Harvie. They formed Del Amitri...

Feb 3, 20221 min read

Hitting the target. Getting your application cover letters and statements right

Hitting the target. Getting your application cover letters and statements right

Hitting the target. Getting your application cover letters and statements right

We did a poll recently on job applications and cover letters was easily the part of the process people find the hardest. Below are some...

Jan 31, 20222 min read

Swift versus Albarn. The answer is in the ear of the beholder

Swift versus Albarn. The answer is in the ear of the beholder

Swift versus Albarn. The answer is in the ear of the beholder

Damon Albarn's spat with Taylor Swift has reminded me of a private rage I have felt about one of the greatest pop songs of this century....

Jan 26, 20223 min read

Breaking the application monotony

Breaking the application monotony

Breaking the application monotony

When I speak to mentoring clients about job applications, one of the most frequent comments is about just how dull the process is. This...

Jan 10, 20223 min read

Mind the gap! Making use of a deffered year

Mind the gap! Making use of a deffered year

Mind the gap! Making use of a deffered year

The ‘need’ for late teens to have a gap year for travelling is one of the most tiresome arguments of the last twenty years. A privileged...

Aug 30, 20213 min read

Is radio news ready for the sound of diversity?

Is radio news ready for the sound of diversity?

Is radio news ready for the sound of diversity?

The UK broadcasting industry is quite rightly looking to increase diversity, in all areas of production and output. However, there are...

Aug 2, 20214 min read

The pain of silent rejection for graduates

The pain of silent rejection for graduates

The pain of silent rejection for graduates

In the first of a new guest blog series featuring students and graduates and their experiences of applications, Xian Pelaez talks about...

Jul 25, 20214 min read

Getting that first media opportunity. Tips for graduates

Getting that first media opportunity. Tips for graduates

Getting that first media opportunity. Tips for graduates

It's that time of year when graduates are beginning to worry about their first job and pressure begins to build when colleagues tell you...

Jun 21, 20213 min read

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