1. Journalism: what to expect and how to get started David Ricketts

2. Journalism career so far… Hull University BA (Hons) English and American Studies, 2002-2005. Cardiff University Postgraduate Diploma in Journalism 2006-2007. Joined Financial Times Business in 2007 as reporter on Pensions Week. Ignites Europe in 2008 as reporter. Now associate editor.

4. UK national newspapers: Average sale for 2012 Source: ABC Print circulation on the decrease National dailies 2012 average 2011 average % change Daily Mirror 1,077,683 1,153,776 -6.60 Daily Record 273,688 301,501 -9.22 Daily Star 596,108 688,719 -13.45 The Sun 2,519,911 2,770,405 -9.04 Daily Express 561,273 621,075 -9.63 Daily Mail 1,920,801 2,044,347 -6.04 The Daily Telegraph 570,817 620,946 -8.07 Financial Times 298,070 354,926 -16.02 The Herald 45,493 48,569 -6.33 The Guardian 210,660 2 48,958 -15.38 i 279,309 183,978 51.82 The Independent 90,258 167,271 -46.04 The Scotsman 35,330 40,536 -12.84 The Times 400,238 436,729 -8.36 Racing Post 49,091 53,236 -7.78

5. First Telegraph redundancies revealed as title cuts 80 journalism jobs Daily Mail & General Trust cut more than 3,000 staff in the past four years

6. Jeremy Vine on the future of print journalism: Its very, very sad. My apologies to anyone whos in it and still thinks its a living profession. It isnt. Even journalism veterans have a negative outlook on the future:

7. Newspapers: £22,500 Television: £45,000 Radio: £35,000 Online: £35,000 Magazines: £27,500 - The survey found that the average salary for journalists aged under 24 was £17,500. - Around 83 per cent of new entrants into journalism did some form of work experience before getting a job. Of these placements, 92 per cent were unpaid and the average trainee had done seven weeks of work experience in total. Some, the survey said, had done as much as a year of unpaid work. - Only 3 % of journalists surveyed do not enjoy their job compared with 6 % in 2002. NCTJ Survey results: - The journalists' average week is 39.4 hours long compared to the UK average of 33.1 and 82 per cent said they think this is reasonable. - According to the survey, 63 per cent of journalists (up from 58 per cent in 2002) hold a journalism qualification – 73 per cent of those had an NCTJ-recognised qualification.

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9. Email: david.ricketts@ft.com Any questions? Twitter: @davidricketts