I’ll be holding a briefing session for Year 3 students on Wednesday morning at 11am to go through the format of the new print newsday assessment. We’ll meet in the small newsroom. Any students who are unable to make it should let me know and I’ll try to arrange an alternative time.
NPLP takes an in-depth look at, what is set to be one of the biggest football tournaments in recent memory – Euro 2012. In the final episode of a two-part series, the boys preview Group C (Spain, Italy, Croatia and Republic of Ireland) and Group D (England, France, Sweden and Ukraine). There is also a […]
SKY PLACEMENTS SKY is able to offer a limited number of editorial placements at the SKY NEWS CENTRE in west London to talented students on courses aged 18 or over who wish to make a career in broadcast or online journalism. The scheme is open to first degree students and post-graduates determined to work in […]
I am snowbound in the wilds of east Kent and unable to get in today (Thursday Feb 11) for the scheduled session at 2pm. The lectue will be rescheduled. Please also note that next week’s session willl now be on WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 17 at 2pm in the NEWSROOM. Please make a note of this change […]
TorontoSkyline.jpeg Goodbye Tampa, We Want To Go Back North Tampa Bay, thank you for taking us in when the Covid pandemic meant we couldn’t play in Toronto this season. Thank you, not because you were a welcoming city whose fans embraced our team after years of begging for your own NBA franchise – […]
Can British newspaper journalism’s watchpoodle, the PCC, grow to become a formidable and widely trusted provider of self-regulation in the public interest? I believe it must, and following last week’s report by the Commons Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee, The Independent asked me to write about it. My view is that ethical standards are becoming more important in the […]
Heyy guys, let’s discuss pregnancy! The moment when a woman finds out she is pregnant should typically be one of the happiest moments for her as it means bringing a new life into the world. Unfortunately, That is not always the case for new mothers as they are stuck focusing on the economic factors such […]
If you look under the module notes for the NCTJ I have now set out the timetable for the remaining politics sessions this term – including the extra lecture on the NHS. I have outlined which areas of the syllabus we will cover and the timing for the mock exam which is now on April […]
A briefing for all year 1 students will take place in the newsroom tomorrow, Wednesday, 27.01 at 13.00. Tim, Ian and Richard will be available to explain the procedure for submission. At 13.30 Alan McGuinness will talk about his experience as last year’s Scholar.
(Continued from Part 1). Rupert Murdoch is no fool and surely realises that the internet is rapidly destroying the traditional journalistic function of newspapers, radio and TV (i.e. to break news stories and tell us what’s going on). But his speech to the Federal Trade Commission’s Workshop seemed reluctant to admit it. This is what […]
The PCC code is clear about uses of misrepresentation and subterfuge to obtain stories. Such antics can be justified “only in the public interest and then only when the material cannot be obtained by other means.” Among the primary public interest justifications are the exposure or detection of crime and preventing the public from being misled. So, have the rules been […]
LakersSuns2021.jpg The King has fallen, Phoenix rises For the first time in his eighteen-year career, a LeBron James led team has lost in the first round of the NBA Playoffs. Following Thursday night’s 113-100 loss, the defending Champion L.A. Lakers have fallen 4-2 to the Phoenix Suns. LeBron led the way […]
Media regulator Ofcom’s 2008 proposals of the BBC subsidising rival media organisations with a possibility of £150m being offered to commercial channels’ regional news output and children’s television programmes is becoming a reality ahead of the 2012 Digital Britain switchover. Those proposals have since been transformed to government plans issued by John Whittingdale, the chairman of the House of […]
The BBC is left devastated as it has been announced that there will be a high profile resignation… by Russell Brand of Radio 2. No, just kidding, who really gives a…well quite. The announcement really comes from the actor David Tennant, who has stated at last night’s National Television Awards, that he will not reprise […]
It’s been good to see some new student names contributing to the CfJ blog during the holiday period – don’t forget there’ll be prizes for the best first year contributions when term resumes, so keep those blogs and comments coming in. Meanwhile I’ve been working on better integration of external student blog and Twitter accounts […]
There is a glimmer of hope this morning for budding investigative hacks depressed by declining editorial budgets and the rising tide of churnalism. Following the launch in the USA of dedicated investigations funds at ProPublica and the Huffington Post, four journalists, Stephen Grey, Phillip Knightley (author of The First Casualty), Misha Glenny (former BBC Balkans Corr) and David Leigh have set up a […]
Famous for going viral on social media…and for being super cute, The Notorious Puggy Smalls from Cranbrook has been described as the internet’s beloved pet for the last 3 years. His owners Nick and Charlie started making cute videos of their dog when they first got him, and he suddenly shot to fame when a […]
Mitochondira – Another way of saying I don’t want this child? When a couple has to go through the IVF process it must be because it is their last resort, with the inability to conceive. Then when they have their child, it has a severe condition, Downs Syndrome, Cystic Fibrosis or have […]
Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt arrives at the University of Kent to discuss his plans for local television. Meeting him are MP for Chatham and Aylesford Tracey Crouch and Professor Tim Luckhurst from the Centre for Journalism. Footage filmed by first year CFJ student Tom Rowse. You are missing some Flash content that should appear here! […]
According to the Cambridge English Dictionary, democracy is:’the belief in freedom and equality between people, or a system of government based on this belief, in which power is either held by elected representatives or directly by the people themselves.’Great Britain is a country which has prided itself upon being able to stand on the world […]
The changing of the guard that saw us enter 2017 from a year notorious for how it inflicted tragedy on the famous, is a significant moment to reflect on how far the genre of Grime or UK Hip-Hop as it has been mistakenly referred to, has come. 2016 again was a year of excellence for […]
After a week of US public relations triumphs courtesy of Pepsi and United Airlines, The White House didn’t want to feel left out. In his latest press briefing Sean Spicer proved just how competent he, sorry, Melissa McCarthy is. No, the outstandingly competent White House press secretary didn’t get (too) angry at reporters and throw things, […]
Photography right off the bat is an incredibly skilful artform to me, it brings things to life and is so much more than just ‘point and shoot.’ It can capture a moment which may seize to exist ever again, it can proceed to manifest the exact emotion of that moment felt by those who are in it and finally, it […]
Please will third year students join Tim, Ian and myself tomorrow, Tuesday, afternoon at 4pm in the main newsroom for a debrief of Friday’s news day. Also, so you can talk to you us about how your projects are going. Richard
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