By If you haven’t stumbled across the new internet phenomenon that is TikTok, I’m slightly jealous. Millions of young people have been caught in the snare of the social media app – 689 million users every month, to be precise.
By Producing XCity in a pandemic
Until three weeks ago, many of this year’s Magazine MA cohort had never met face-to-face after months of remote working. Nicola Blackburn and Nick Harris reveal the realities of XCity production in a pandemic.
China’s expelled foreign journalists
XCityPlus spoke to Chris Buckley and Amy Qin about their expulsion from China and being a correspondent in offshore.
By A piece of Faima’s mind: Video series
For the second instalment of ‘A Piece of Their Minds’, Charlotte Rawlings speaks to Faima Bakar, a lifestyle journalist turned freelancer and a staff writer for Journo Resources.
By A piece of Evie’s mind: Video series
Introducing ‘A piece of their minds’, a video series that spotlights the work and journeys of young journalists of colour. For the first instalment of the series, Chloé Meley speaks to Evie Muir, a domestic abuse specialist and freelance journalist.
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By Video: What do people really think of journalists?
Journalists: Vile, immoral, sensationalising scumbags with no souls. At least, that is what we thought the general consensus would be when asking strangers what they really think about our beloved profession. In the current political climate, the reputation of journalists has never been more polarised. But are we fretting over
By Frieze magazine talks design and the importance of print
For nearly 25 years, frieze has been covering contemporary art with eight design-heavy issues a year. Since then it has expanded its brand to art fairs in London and New York; an annual publication about historical art; a bilingual arts quarterly in German and English; and year-round art courses and workshops. XCity Plus
By *Research writers discuss social media and journalism
XCity Plus takes a trip down to *Research to find out what the staff think about social media’s effect on journalism and how big media trends play into funding and research. A research company in Shoreditch that aims to cover the politics and financing of science and higher education, *Research puts out
By Video: Katie Hopkins speaks her mind
We’ve heard what Katie Hopkins had to say in just 30 seconds, so imagine what the MailOnline columnist came out with in a whole 30 minutes. Read the full interview with Hopkins in the next issue of XCity, but if you can’t wait that long for your Katie fix, here’s an exclusive sneak peek of some
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By Video: Reporting the Eritrean refugee crisis
There are 5,000 refugees fleeing the North African country, Eritrea, every month. It is the second biggest refugee crisis after Syria, but their stories rarely reach the world’s press. Reporters Without Borders have called Eritrea a “blackhole of information”, ranking its press freedom the worst in the world for the past eight years. Investigative
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