Here’s why YOU should write for The Belfast Tab

With our open meeting on Thursday 24th at The Parlour Bar, here are a few reasons why you should write for The Belfast Tab.

To write stories students care about

Just last term we found this mad story of a 60-year-old man getting roped into a wild night out in Hatfield House, we broke the news of a man pissing over the balcony onto a group of people in Plastik, and introduced Belfast to Jamie – the mad fresher who receives Boojums in the nude.

We even spotted some guy pulling down chimneys in the Holylands.

Whether it’s our clubbers of the week or QUBLove's spiciest confessions, The Belfast Tab is always reporting on the things that QUB students actually give a fuck about.

To get a head start in Journalism

Tab writers often get their stories picked up by national media, and have broken stories later picked up by The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Guardian.

Tab writers have gone onto write for The Times, The Telegraph, VICE, The Sun and The Mail to name a few. Rosin Lanigan, current junior editor at i-D and VICE contributor, is a former editor for The Belfast Tab.

Flo Perry, Editor at Buzzfeed, and a former Tab writer said: “The Tab is a unique platform for students to get their voice heard. There is no other organisation offering such creative freedom with such a big audience. It was the most fun thing I did at uni, and I wouldn’t have the job I have now without it.”

Other Tab alumni have gone onto write for UK Vogue (Ellie Pithers, The Tab Cambridge, ‘11) as well as the New Statesman (Patrick Maguire, The Tab UCL, ‘16).

To have fun

Where else can you rinse cultchies and literally everyone you'll see in the PEC? We do socials as well, don't worry.

If YOU want to write for The Belfast Tab: Click attending on our event, or DM us on Insta!