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Media
Students invited to review at world’s biggest festival
By CMU Editorial | Published on Tuesday 24 May 2011
CMU’s sister publication, ThreeWeeks, is currently accepting applications for its acclaimed (and not just by us, by real people) media-skills programme which takes place at the Edinburgh Festival, the world’s biggest cultural festival, in August.
ThreeWeeks is the flagship reviewer at the Edinburgh Festival, covering hundreds more shows than any other media, and especially those new, grass roots and alternative performers and companies at the Fringe which many other publications are unable to reach. This is possible because ThreeWeeks has the biggest review team at the festival, made up of participants in the title’s media-skills programme.
These reviewers are young people at the start of their media or arts careers, looking to hone their skills, gain on-the-ground experience, and showcase their work to a global audience. Although ThreeWeeks reviewers are volunteers, they all receive formal training and one-to-one advice from ThreeWeeks’ experienced editorial team, as well as having the opportunity to see the world’s most exciting festival in a totally unique way.
Says ThreeWeeks co-Publisher and co-Editor Caro Moses: “The best way to become a better writer is to write frequently, to deadline, and to someone else’s style guide. To do that well you need interesting subjects to write about and a framework to work within. ThreeWeeks provides all these things. Some participants have referred to the ThreeWeeks experience as ‘extreme reviewing’! Either way, every year we see numerous aspiring writers hone and develop their writing skills in just a few weeks, sometimes days, as a result of their involvement in our programme”.
Anyone interested in joining the ThreeWeeks review team this year should check the information at and download an application form from www.threeweeks.co.uk/jointhereviewteam. The deadline for applications is Friday 3 June.
