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Jacob Granger

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Indexed articles, last 90 days
22
Latest publication
Sep 20, 2026
Outlet visibility, for Journalism UK
Top 5M sites
Earliest in this view
Jul 8, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 20, 2026 · Jacob Granger

    Everything an entry-level journalist needs to get ahead in their careers (opens the original)

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    Discover early-career funding opportunities, join new communities and sharpen up essential skills What a time to be a young journalist. So many exciting stories to be working on, so many ways to deliver your journalism directly to the audience. But the perils of the job market certainly balance the scales. Whether you're fresh out of uni or are a new recruit, if you are to cut it in this sector, you'll need a few things: some tools and skills you are really good at, a lucky break here and there,

  2. Article · Sep 17, 2026 · Jacob Granger

    What do journalists need to know about creating a personal brand in 2026? (opens the original)

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    Ten years ago, building an online brand helped you advance your career. Nowadays, it's more about distribution and transparency We first wrote about personal branding online in 2016. My former colleague Caroline had spoken to professional coaches, university professors, news leaders and even a former BBC technology correspondent about the power of social media platforms to connect journalists with audiences and contacts they'd never otherwise reach. Twitter was still called Twitter, Facebook had

  3. Article · Sep 9, 2026 · Jacob Granger

    12 ideas for fresh news formats (opens the original)

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    Forget the inverted pyramid, there are many ways to write a news story in the digital age, like contextualisers, rankings, cheat sheets, retrospectives and more What exactly is a news format? Well, it is typically the way or style a news article is written in. The traditional format is the inverted pyramid: the who, what, where, when and why all packaged into the lead paragraph of a story. This is a legacy concept from newspapers with limited column space, frontloading the article with the most

  4. Article · Sep 3, 2026 · Jacob Granger

    New beats: Ruth Emery, The Telegraph's consumer champion (opens the original)

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    This financial journalist intervenes when companies are ripping off her readers, and is more than prepared to name and shame those who do not engage in good faith Have you ever been ripped off by a company or service provider? I feel like most of us have a story like this to share. I've had many run-ins myself. I'll spare you the details, but I've dealt with energy ombudsmen, unfair parking fines, knock-off products arriving in the post, and most recently, an estate agent who got their end-of-te

  5. Article · Sep 2, 2026 · Jacob Granger

    Who is mapping the news industry? Ten goldmines of interactive data, profiles and case studies (opens the original)

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    Discover handy indexes, maps and directories which allow you to easily understand global audience trends, local news deserts, press freedom and more There's a really handy type of tool that has begun surfacing: interactive maps, directories and indexes that allow users to see broad industry trends at a glance or drill deep into case studies. These are no doubt useful for academics and students, but journalists and editors can use them to concoct their strategy, be that for inspiration, to find p

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