Here’s why you should write for The Coventry Tab

The Coventry Tab is hosting an open meeting for new writers on the 25th of September on the third floor of The Hub September, so we thought we'd provide you with a few reasons to come along. It's an opportunity you don't wanna miss out on.

To write stories students actually care about

Just last term The Coventry Tab exposed the fake Fake Taxi driving around Cov and even spoke to the student behind it.

Whether we're announcing news like a gang wielding knives outside Gosford Sainsbury's or getting the inside scoop on a Coventry student who worked as a sugar baby, we're the ones giving Cov students the stories they care about.

There's a less serious side too, like our discussion of the spiciest confessions of Cov students – including a student who had sex in the Callice Court staircase. We've even had people begging to be featured in our infamous Clubbers of the Week series.

To get a head start in journalism

Tab writers have had their stories picked up by national media, with stories originally broken by The Tab being later reported on by The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Guardian.

Tab writers have gone on to write for Vice, i-D, The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Sun and The Mail – just to name a few.

Tab alumni have won awards such as the Young Journalist of the Year (Gabriel Proground, Tab UCL '16) and done cover interviews for UK Vogue (Ellie Pithers, Tab Cambridge '11) as well as many becoming editors at their resident publication.

Because it's really fun

We know all the hot Cov gossip before anyone else and everyone on the team is hilarious. So, what else could you need, really? And yes, there's socials too.

Come along Wednesday at 5pm to The Earl of Mercia if you want to find out more, or DM us on Insta!