Applications

I thought I had avoided the deluge of applications and their associated fear and inherent worry about making some hideous mistake by my choice of continuing my student experience into an MA.  But no- admittedly my applications are not a case of OMG I NEED A JOB RIGHT NAO straight out of my degree, but they are for things I am passionate about and will very strongly influence my future career prospects.

I have applied to be a writer on Domestic Sluttery, a blog which I avidly consume and love the writer's styles, and so now I am quietly worrying to myself about that.  I am also applying to a gamut of national papers and some Sheffield ones in the hope of procuring some work experience somewhere.  One of my former editors at the Forge not only won the Guardian bursary to study for her PgDip at Sheffield in Journalism but has also had work experience at the Guardian and The Times and is paid to write for her local paper.  I just hope I can maybe have her success- she is such a lovely person but I am so insanely jealous of her!

Journalism with its incredible glut of applications and cut-throat competition is a field where every contact, every experience, and every article published is essential in freeing yourself from the herd.  I just hope I can attempt to impress someone enough to let me in.