Andrea Wren: Journalist

Google searching: Tip of the day on Journalism.co.uk

I like the 'tip of the day' which comes through on my regular email updates from www.journalism.co.uk. The most recent tip is very useful for journalists who do a lot of their research on the web.

Slick searching: A Google search doesn't trawl the EXISTING web. Instead, Google trawls its cache of pages which can be weeks old. Journalists can use the cache to access pulled pages. If the main link doesn't work - click on the 'cached' version. Tipster: Colin Meek

Guidelines for travel contributions to The Independent

Linda Jones has just alerted readers to this 2005 article on The Independent's website which provides contributor guidelines for would-be travel writers for their travel sections.

With advise on what they need, how to pitch and the style they're looking for, the article may well be old, but it's still likely to be very useful.