On August 27, Dazed will host a class with East London-based radio station Radar, teaching essential music industry skills to young people aged 18-25.

Radar Radio launched in October 2014. Besides running a full schedule of DJs, they also provide a valuable community space for young DJs, presenters, and musicians. Their academy series is designed to give young people the experience and tangible skills to help find work in the music industry. Other workshops launched for the academies include DJing, presenting, and music production.

Attendees of Dazed’s music journalism workshop will have a chance to work closely with three mentors to learn the skills that are essential to the job in 2016. Some of the topics that will be covered include pitching, feature writing, interview technique, starting an online publication, and getting paid for your work. The mentors are:

Selim Bulut is the music editor of Dazed & Confused. Previously he edited Dummy, and has also written freelance articles for a range of online and print publications including The FADER, Mixmag, FACT, TANK, The Guardian Guide and more.

Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff has written freelance music, culture, and opinion articles for publications like Dazed, The Guardian, Crack Magazine, FT, and VICE. Her work generally focuses on race, politics, and feminism. Last year she helped to set up gal-dem, an online magazine written exclusively by women of colour to tackle the lack of diversity within the media industries.

Tomas Fraser is a freelance music journalist whose writing predominantly concerns grime and dance music. He has written for a variety of publications including Dazed, Crack, FACT, Boiler Room, The Quietus, Clash, and Dummy. He has been Mixmag’s grime and dubstep editor for the last three years, and has written the ‘One Take’ grime column for The Quietus since July 2015. 

In order to participate, attendees must be based in London and aged between 18 and 25. Head to Radar Radio’s website to apply.