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Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
Hi there I wish to become a media researcher and wondered whether I should do a practical or not at all. Whats the pros and cons of not doing and doing? please help me love Jacaranda

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  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    And where have you been hiding?
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    cough there's a work forum

    sorry, just seems an awful lot of threads are getting put in the wrong place just recently.

    anyway, back to the subject. That's an area I'm kind of interested in too. But seeing as I have no professional experience in the world of media, bar writing for the student paper, I don't think I'll get a job :(

    Why not write to the different media companies and ask what they're looking for?

    Also, you could check out www.prospects.ac.uk as they give really good information on all sorts of careers :)
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Have only been allowed limited internet access at home... but this question i desperately need the answer for ... people please help me
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Have you been offered to do a practical?

    If you have, then go for it, obviously.

    If not, then do some research, see what is on offer - but I'd say if you get the chance to do one it can only help :)

    Good luck anyway!
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Thanks koolcat may I ask why you think I should obviously do a practical in media?

    Therefore will have to drop a careers module and news module
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by jacaranda
    Thanks koolcat may I ask why you think I should obviously do a practical in media?

    Therefore will have to drop a careers module and news module

    ah, I see - I didn't realise it would be instead of doing something else.

    Are you at uni now?
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    try the BBC website - they have their own jobs section and sure they have positions for trainee level posts.
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Ok I am not at uni now but soon will be returning for my second year.

    Thanks for the advice on the websites I'll go take a look:)
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    You say you're going into second year?

    Maybe you could look into doing a summer internship next summer, or even a year in industry before your final year. I'm sure your uni has loads of info on this.

    And like Diamond said, have a look on the BBC website for work experience.

    Work experience with the BBC

    I wish I had looked into this a bit more while I still had the chance!
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Koolcat may I ask you what you are doing in life?

    as your statement 'I wish I had looked into this a bit more while I still had the chance' has drawn up curiosity inside me:)
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Oh I'm still at uni - just going into final year. I've actually just applied for one of the BBC work experience things myself, but if I'd have looked into it a bit earlier I would have had more time to sort something out.
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Get as much experience as you can in whatever you wanna pursue after uni! You could get a 1st in your degree but that wont help if all they want is someone with experience!
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Do as much work experience as you can because it helps and you will build up your contacts.
    Try looking in the newspaper for the Television Industry "Broadcast" you might find some stuff in there about researchers.Phone up companys and ask them what they look for in a researcher.
    Another useful site is mediaguardian.co.uk
    Good luck:)
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    When you say 'media researcher' what do you mean...do you mean someone who conducts research and writes research articles/surveys/reports about the whole media spectrum or do you want to be a researcher in televisionor radio programmes?

    If its the latter then you will probably find theres a huge amount of competition so the more work placements you can get the better.

    Researchers can fall into two catagories...those who specialise in a certain field of knowledge and so work in education programmes, history programmes, sport programmes etc but rarely cross over to cover all areas...OR those who work in,, for example radio where there may be lots of different types of research required from finding contributors for programmes to thinking of stories to cover.

    Also...often researchers jobs are only short term contracts, there are very few full time researchers working in the BBC for example, but instead each programme will advertise for a researcher for each project that comes up...usually the ones with more experience, knowledge of the legal minefield attached to broadcasting and good research skills will get the jobs.

    The best advice I can give is do as much work experience as you can, get some radio production experience...radio is a great place to start.
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