Round Two: Join The Cambridge Tab Team in Michaelmas 2020

With the beginning of Michaelmas 2020 just round the corner, The Cambridge Tab is opening the second round of applications for our editorial and writing positions for the speedily upcoming term. Whether you want to write news, culture, or lifestyle articles – feel free to apply for more than one section – there will be a place for you within The Tab! It gives you the chance to inform and shape the opinions of Cambridge students, in a style that they want to read.

This term will be an especially exciting one to be a student journalist, with the return to University after a six-month hiatus, a socially distanced term, new ways of learning (and socialising) as we all adapt to a ‘new’ normal. We want to hear your views and read your coverage of such an ‘unprecedented’ student experience!

The Cambridge Tab has received 1.8 million views over this past year, publishing 218 stories and receiving 867,000 page views in Easter term alone. There are opportunities for your articles to be read nationally (or even picked up by major news outlets), room for progression, a lovely team, and a platform for you to try out writing. Even if you’ve never tried out journalism before, we’d love to have you on board. We want to recruit as diverse a team as possible in order to represent the many voices of the Cambridge student body.

We are especially keen to recruit freshers for the Tab team  (although if you’re not a fresher, we still encourage you to apply!) who didn’t have the opportunity – or CRSid –  to apply during our first round. If you’re looking to get involved with student journalism in a friendly, fun team (we have stash!), The Tab is the place for you <3

If you have any questions, feel free to email us at [email protected] or drop us a message on Facebook.

News editors and news reporters

Breaking big stories is key to The Tab’s success, having covered events in Easter like exam arrangements and Cambridge’s decision to move all lectures online (which made the national news!), and recent news including Cambridge’s place at the top of The Times’ Good University Guide. This is a fast-paced role which means that you get to be part of a small team responsible for informing the student body on major issues as soon as they happen.

Opinions editors

Have you ever thought that more people need to hear your hot takes on current events who aren’t your close family, friends or your dog? This is your time! Opinions editors discuss the important issues that Cambridge students face, for example tuition fees in light of COVID-19 or why students should be allowed to undertake paid jobs during term. There will be plenty to talk about in Michaelmas as you can hold the university to task on how it adapts to socially-distanced learning, or its promise of COVID-19 tests for the whole student body, and more. Or, alternatively, you could write a spicy piece on why Cindies is not, in fact, the deal-breaker of a social life in Cambridge…

Features editors

This is Top Tier Tab. This is the most read and most interactive section. There is so much freedom as to what you can cover, creating quizzes, lists or how-to articles alongside more conventional pieces. You could be the leading source of inspiration next term on how to socialise during a pandemic, outfits to wow from a 2m distance, and much more!