The Breakthrough Years

Journalists love talking about themselves. The only thing they like more is talking about themselves to other journalists. Magazine guru Peter Jackson has tapped into this by organising a series of lectures called The Breakthrough Years, but with a practical aim - to get advice on how to get hired and avoid being fired.

Eve Pollard, Claudia Winkelman and James Brown of Loaded fame have given their tips for the top. The next industry expert had to be pulled as they had just been fired so it was down to me. This is my advice: be ambitious, take risks, get a mentor, write a blog, create a website, and never admit you have a hangover. Out of these I have achieved five out of six so perhaps my breakthrough is yet to come.