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Stead-fastly getting poor
W.T. Stead was a juggernaut of the Victorian newspaper age. Like most
fresh-faced journalists, he started out writing for no pay. We ask today's
journalists whether it's ever right to write for nothing.

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  Turpin Time: your money and your life
Mediamug profiles a hard-up trainee reporter from London, whose very life
is governed by the green stuff.

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Writers' bloc
In 2003, a young BBC journalist conceived of an international webspace to
get young journalists published and paid. Not long afterwards,
Great Reporter.com was born.
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The sourcer's apprentice
Sourcer: n. an extractor of information, collector of sources;
journalist, reporter.

If you're reading this, that means you. And that we made up the word.
Mediamug reviews the newest guide for aspiring journos:
The Journalist's Handbook
.
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