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Newly graduated journalist, Beth Baldwin, touches on her experiences at work, on course and with the Journalism Diversity Fund.

Newly graduated journalist, Beth Baldwin, touches on her experiences at work, on course and with the Journalism Diversity Fund.

I’m not much of a crier but there a few things that are guaranteed to set me off and one of those is the London Marathon theme tune. The image of the colourful crowd crossing the Tower Bridge to the triumphant tones of Ron Goodwin’s 1966 classic is a sure fire way to start the waterworks, and often a eulogy about how athletics brings us all together.

I’m not much of a crier but there a few things that are guaranteed to set me off and one of those is the London Marathon theme tune. The image of the colourful crowd crossing the Tower Bridge to the triumphant tones of Ron Goodwin’s 1966 classic is a sure fire way to start the waterworks, and often a eulogy about how athletics brings us all together.

My work experience placement at the New Statesman came about quite by chance. I was looking at the websites of my favourite newspapers and current affairs magazines with an eye to my up-coming work experience when I saw that the New Statesman was ‘working actively with selected charities to offer work experience to students from low-income families and under-represented group.’

My work experience placement at the New Statesman came about quite by chance. I was looking at the websites of my favourite newspapers and current affairs magazines with an eye to my up-coming work experience when I saw that the New Statesman was ‘working actively with selected charities to offer work experience to students from low-income families and under-represented group.’

Journalism has woken up to how diversity in news rooms enriches content and makes it more representative and relevant to consumers. But the industry simply hasn’t kept pace with society’s cultural expansion and is playing catch-up.

Journalism has woken up to how diversity in news rooms enriches content and makes it more representative and relevant to consumers. But the industry simply hasn’t kept pace with society’s cultural expansion and is playing catch-up.

Last year, I decided to quit the glamorous life of a PR to pursue a dream I've had since I was 12-years-old – to become a journalist.