For third year students: On offer: BBC work placements organised through the BJTC. You need to apply through the website below: https://jobs.bbc.co.uk/fe/tpl_bbc03.asp?newms=jj&id=35096 Follow the website’s instructions carefully. Most placements are in BBC local radio across the UK. A few are in television and radio news in London. You might share more actual work with a […]
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Hello First Years! On the 3rd, 10th and 17th of December we are very much looking forward to meeting our prospective UCAS journalism applicants for 2009 and we would like you all to be involved in this year’s recruitment process. I’m looking to employ six student guides for each of those days to conduct tours of the […]
For a lot of teenagers, secondary school is about making friends, exploring your talents and for some, it’s a time when they begin to explore their sexuality. Growing up in this generation, I’ve seen a lot of my friends go through the stages of exploring their sexuality, having boyfriends and girlfriends- and a lot of […]
Now I understand why they call Paris the city of love. I know, it’s such a cliché…but let me tell you something: Paris is not called the city of love because you go there and see couples everywhere, or because you go there and find the love of your life, now don’t get me wrong, […]
Here are the slides from my presentation. Good luck to all. Remember, you have to be in it to win it! Attachment Size Tim’s 2019 Sky Bob Friend Scholarship presentation 547.87 KB
There is often a tendency for people to direct their energies towards the most visible issues, rather than the ones that stand to cause the greatest impact. People also have a tendency towards vilifying easy targets and thereby signalling their own piety to whatever audience they might have. A recent example is the virulence of […]
GE2019.jpg The date has been set for the 12th of Dec and in CFJ tradition, many of our students will join the ranks of journalists all over the world covering overnight counts. Fueled by coffee and snacks, our brave NCTJ students will help tell the story of the 17 constituencies heading to the polls in […]
The Stationers’ Crown Wood Academy is keen to hire a CfJ student to make a short video (c. 2 minutes) to promote the facilities and opportunities available in their new Digital Media Centre. Emma Smith, Deputy Principal of the Academy, which is located on the Greenwich Peninsula, would like a classy piece of film including shots of students […]
Anyone who passionately feels they want to become a ‘conflict reporter’ should seriously read this article about a forthcoming film documentary “Under Fire” on the subject of war reporting and the psychological effects it has on those at the Front-Line. It states that “Only 2 journalists were killed covering World War 1. Almost 900 have […]
Handouts on the two lectures on social services now available. Paul
Can all year 1and MA students please meet outside the Gillingham building at 6.45pm on Thursday, 20 September. Tania Steere and Jemma Collins will meet you there and lead the way to the Historic Dockyard where the Dinner will take place.
Very good luck to everyone in the Centre for Journalism who is involved in coverage of the general election count tonight. Election 2010 has turned out to be an intriguing contest, and I am proud that so many students are helping to report the results. In our representative democracy, few duties are more important than […]
Is it possible to write about art without sounding pompous? That’s a genuine question. I’ve written this intro about twelve-hundred times (well I’ve got time for it now) and I just end up writing in Tory. I always sound a bit like Boris Johnson explaining the artistry of building models out of matchsticks, although […]
First year/MA/YIJ TV assessment deadline EXTENDED To mitigate the impact of me having been on strike please now submit your TV assessment on the Wednesday of the week we come back after Christmas, ie 15 January. The new deadline is 5pm that day. Use the extra time well though by emailing me cues/low res timelines/scripts […]
The twitch of his cap, the finger in his ear and the staring at the floor. Whether Fernando Alonso’s reaction in a post-race interview with BBC Sport reflected his discomfort after the controversial result at this Sunday’s German Grand Prix remains unclear. But clarity is evident in the rulebook of Formula One’s governing body the […]
We are witnessing a tipping point in American journalism in which the balance of power is tilting decisively towards new media, Financial Times editor Lionel Barber writes today. In particular the 2008 presidential debate – already dubbed the YouTube election – has “revolutionised the terms of political engagement”, he says, as the mainstream media’s imperial status has […]
LaerkeChristensen_PeterDiapre_AmolRajan.jpg Laerke Christensen became the tenth* Centre for Journalism student to recieve the unique Bob Friend Sky News Scholarship last night, at a glittering event on the Historic Dockyard at Medway. Sky News assistant editor Peter Diapre presented Laerke with her award, following which BBC media editor Amol Rajan delivered a brilliant lecture ‘The Tortoise […]
Tomorrow, as you know, Julian Waters from Sky Sports News will be working with us. As we talked about yesterday, you need to dress for the camera. Here’s what we will be doing. Julian will give you feedback on the recordings of the presenter/reporter two ways we have been doing. We will then spend the […]
This commercial radio station in Surrey is looking for student journalists to help them out with their election coverage. They are based in Guildford. Election nights are exciting to cover, so this could be another work experience good opportunity. Contact Jim Latham at the BJTC if you want to do this. His email is [email protected] […]
Here is a striking front page design, and an interesting approach to bringing petitions to life in news stories. The South Wales Argus collected 5,345 names on a petition in favour of free parking in Newport – and printed every single one of them in its paper. A good sample of them are on the […]
Radio Five Live’s debate hosted by Victoria Derbyshire yesterday asked the question; what is art and is it worth billions of pounds? Recent cultural additions including the infamous plinth in London’s Trafalgar Square and the numerous collections by Tracey Emin, Damien Hirst and Charles Saatchi for example have lead to thought-provoking discussions as to what can be regarded […]
The progressive reform of the House of Lords could reach a quick conclusion if only we choose to follow the single-chambered footsteps of countries like New Zealand. This was the tongue-in-cheek thought of Baroness Hayter who, addressing a group of first-year students from the Centre for Journalism at the University of Kent, admitted she […]
How often do you see people writing in their social media profile bio: ‘citizen of the world‘? I do see a lot and probably some of us would prefer to have a World Passport at the cosmoplitan age, which was founded by Garry Davis back in 1954. You can get it even nowadays for only […]
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