1. Drink coffee like it’s water.
Something about those beans unleashes all a journalist’s creativity when consumed. The hotter the better, and journos love finding a good independent coffee shop to interview a source or have a meeting in.
2. Get places really really early.
The fear of missing a story is so great that when a journalist says they’ll meet you at 7pm, they’ll be there at 6:45.
“We have this expression, Christy and I: We don’t wake up for less than $10,000 a day.”
Supermodel Linda Evangelista there, talking to Vogue in 1990 about her and Christy Turlington’s modelling mantra.
When you’re a supermodel, you can make these kinds of decisions based on your earning power, but what about if you’re just starting out?
Snapchat is just for teenagers to send nudes to each other, right? WRONG.
With a company valuation of around $16 billion, and 10 billion daily video views at the time of writing, Snapchat offers a real opportunity to share your story with a wider, younger, audience.
Here’s what Snapchat is, what media organisations are doing on it, and how you can get ahead by using it (for work purposes, obvs.)
1. Never read the comments.
You’ve just had your first piece published online by a major publication – massive congrats! The first thing you’ll probably do is send it to your mum, tweet it and then print it out and frame it.
But whatever you do – don’t read the comments. In my experience commenters can be mean, racist and sexist, and actually, I’ve just been published by a major news organisation so I don’t need to read your comment, I need to go and buy an ice cream.
Phoebe Parke 