How do you make it work?

📗Wellbeing and Creative Careers by Mark Deuze. And a new parliamentary group for digital creators.

Oct 12 • 

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The Shift Media Diary

Your Shift Media Diary Access ✨

Oct 7 • 

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Migration and the media

“People’s stories need to be brought to the fore.” [#203]

Oct 5 • 

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September 2025

Stop the freelance rip-off

Fed up with chasing payments? Tell the government what you think. [#202]

Sep 21 • 

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✨The value of human content at #FOMT25

Plus: Meet the Future of Media Awards 2025 winners and a new press freedom project [#201]

Sep 15 • 

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New beginnings ✨

A mini break in York + this week’s recs [#200]

Sep 7 • 

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August 2025

🍉 Honouring Gazan journalists

Be opposite Downing St at 5.30 pm (or join us online) + a human project. [#200]

Aug 27 • 

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Plagiarism on Substack

Protecting your work online [#199]

Aug 3 • 

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July 2025

Let’s talk money

🤑 A Pocketful of Rye [#198]

Jul 27 • 

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Being laid off

PLUS: 💎 Internet Gems – what I’ve been reading, watching and listening to this week [#197]

Jul 20 • 

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Ready to rock 🤘

Black Sabbath: 57 years on, still going strong [#196]

Jul 6 • 

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June 2025

A freelance champion

👀 UK Government’s £380m Creative Industries Sector Plan [#195]

Jun 29 • 

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