The 'creative writing' section on Gumtree is usually a very useful resource for media students who want to get work experience and possibly internships in the media.
It is the place where I noticed that they were looking for Fat Blog bloggers so now I big up Gumtree whenever I can because they do provide very useful opportunities to get involved in all things creative.
However, recently there have been a lot of people alleging on gumtree that some of the voluntary organisations asking for creative help are not credible. Whether or not this is true, a useful website to check out issues of credibility is http://www.nuj.org.uk/index.html which is the National Union of Journalists.
They have a student website which includes best practice guidelines for work experience and NUJ student membership which gives you a free press card, an opportunity to meet other journalists in your area and up to 75 per cent discount on their professional training.
The NUJ is there to represent and protect the rights of journalists everywhere, so take a look at their website today.
Fabuluso xx
