I’ll be a running a couple of revision sessions for the postgrads and second years who have opted to take the NCTJ production journalism exam on May 25. It’s important that you attend both. The sessions will be on the following dates: 1. 11am on Tuesday 15 May. This will take the form of a […]
Business in Heels is a female empowerment conference coming to Nottingham’s Albert Hall on November 6th. They’ll be some celebrities at the event too, including Leanne Brown – star of The Real Housewives of Cheshire. They are looking for a budding and talented photographer to join us for the day (9:00-4:30pm) to take a number […]
Twitter has gone down for maintenance, despite pleas from the U.S. Government to keep it running for updates on the Iran crisis. The social media sites seem to be at the core of delivering information at the moment as Iran has shut down websites and closed newspapers, as well as banning foreign journalists. So, has Twitter turned a corner […]
Have you noticed that you are feeling tired even though your sleep patterns are completely normal? Have you switched to a plant-based diet and found yourself feeling tired, weak or confused? Well look no further because this blog could answer those questions for you… Click on the link below https://journalismwithmegan.wordpress.com/2021/05/28/my-family-and-our-b…
And big congratulations to Becci Hughes who filed copy on Mark Thompson’s lecture to Journalism.co.uk. You can read Becci’s account of the DG’s defence of public service broadcasting, and the steps he is proposing to preserve it in the twenty-first century, here. Extra bonus points for getting a second byline crediting the Centre for Journalism and the University […]
The rota for the Year 3 newsday for both terms is now on the convergent journalism 3 Moodle page.
With Twitter emerging as great source for rapid and concise news, many of the nation’s journalists have taken to the social networking site and now use it both an outlet aswell as a source for information. I found an interesting piece by BBC reporter, Philippa Thomas on how Twitter transformed her coverage of the Stephen […]
For the third straight year, the NFL has brought a regular season game to our shores in the hope of gaining popularity and treating long term fans to a taste of the glitz and glamour that oozes from every pour of ‘America’s game’. 84,000 people attended last nights match pitting the team of the […]
Continuing our open source experiment with the background colour of the CfJ web site, for the next few days we’ll be sporting this look suggested by postgrad teaching assistant Laura Garcia. She calls it ‘sexygrey’ or ‘Ted Baker’ grey (I’ve no idea why). We’ll have at least one other option at the end of this […]
Second year students at the Centre for Journalism are creating a news website for one day only! News will be published round the clock o as part of the Centre’s Online news day for second year undergraduates. We will be covering from 9am a mix of national and international stories, as well as stories local to Kent […]
Our meeting tomorrow, Wednesday, will be at 130pm in the big newsroom to give you a chance to get a sandwich first. And news conference on Thursday will be at 9am for those who are not already out on stories we have set up in advance. Richard
Lesley will not be in today but will be in the office tomorrow (Tuesday 22nd January) from 10am until 3pm.
What comes to mind on what it means to have a large family? The noise. The chaos. The rush. The challenges. Are there benefits of being in a large family and is there some disadvantages. Of course every family no matter what size is met with difficulties. Any size of family brings its own joys […]
With the release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the franchise has seen a bigger fan base as a new generation of people enjoy the film, some of whom haven’t seen the previous six films. These new fans took to social media, predominantly Facebook to express their interest. Sadly, they were met with (for some […]
Polley.jpg Congratulations to Centre for Journalism graduate Victoria Polley who has just become the first female presenter of the county cricket programme Around The Wicket at BBC Essex. Victoria has been a sports reporter for the BBC since she was 17, and she regularly returned home to do shifts during her three years at the […]
‘Of silence, its been 14 years of pain, It’s been 14 years that are gone forever, And I’ll never have again…’ The lyrics above are taken from the Guns N’ Roses track ‘14 Years’ and sum up quite aptly what die-hard GNR fans have experienced waiting for Axl Rose to unleash his oft-delayed album, Chinese […]
Mark Thompson, the Director-General of the BBC, is to deliver the second Bob Friend Memorial Lecture at the Centre for Journalism in March. At the same event one of our first year students will be awarded the Bob Friend Memorial Scholarship by Rob Kirk, Sky News’s editorial development manager. Both the lecture and scholarship were established in 2009 in a […]
The Print Futures Awards are now open for entries. I was lucky enough to win one last year, and would 100% recommend everyone from the CfJ putting themselves forward. Screenshot 2020-02-26 at 15.10.34.png In short, they offer people working in printing or journalism aged 18-30 up to £1,500 in funding for further training or anything […]
Big congratulations to Lucy Ross-Millar who has become the latest CfJ graduate to get a job in journalism. Lucy beat a shortlist of top graduates to win the coveted position as Research Assistant at the Society of Editors. She started work last week. The Society has issued a press release about her appointment as has the National Council for the Training of Journalists. I’m […]
For the first time, a survey reveals, more Americans are consuming news online than in print. Â The full story is on page 31 of the printed edition of this morning’s Guardian. Of course, you can also read it online, but I’m going to break with tradition and not insert a link on this occasion. This […]
Everyone should by now be aware that Leveson will publish his recommendations on the future of press regulation at 1.30pm on Thursday, with a televised statement. My afternoon Reporting and Writing session in the Newsroom will be brought forward to 1.30pm this Thursday so we can watch and discuss it together. Students in all years […]
I did not buy a copy of the News of the World when it hit the shelves for the final time earlier this year. I had no affinity with the paper – a source of some great stories and superb journalism it may have been, but it was not my first-choice Sunday. However, I do […]
Refuting the Huffington Post’s alleged plot holes Joshua Flores So Star Wars Episode VII came out last month and it’s taken the world by storm, and is on the path to being the top grossing movie in history. Obviously, one cannot reach that level of success without acquiring a few enemies — or haters as […]
Picture2.jpg As Marvel has released the trailer for Phase 4 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it’s an exciting time for devout Marvel fans, but what does this mean for the past, present and future of our beloved mad multiverse? Two years ago the Russo brothers delivered the conclusion of Phase 3 of the MCU with […]
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