BBC Director General Mark Thompson thinks the current generation of journalism students will be entering a world that is full of opportunities. Last night Thompson delivered the second Bob Friend Memorial Lecture at the University of Kent, which awards a scholarship in the former Sky News presenter’s name to a first-year undergraduate student every year. […]
adam yates art.jpg Copyright: Adam Yates Adam Yates – artistsourced.com Every form of art is critiqued by the precursor, artistic establishments as ‘worthless’, or ‘lacking in artistic merit’, ‘saying nothing.’ In the 1930’s and 40’s, the caped crusader was dashing from rooftops, the man of steel was bounding across chasms and a […]
The good news about Centre for Journalism graduates just keeps coming. Our latest success story comes from Mhairi Beveridge, who has secured a job as a news reader and video journalist for Brighton based Latest TV. The photo shows Mhairi in the studio on her first day at work.
The second year radio news day, originally scheduled for 25 March, is now going to take place on 4 March. Richard
via GIPHY Disclaimer – I wrote this on Monday, just uploaded it late. Hello all, I am writing to you on my second week anniversary of being locked up in my home. Today I have officially finished my mandatory 2 week quarantine after traveling from England to Latvia. Since England is in a much […]
The endgame for the newspaper is in sight, says Philip Meyer, hack-turned-professional-doomsayer and author of The Vanishing Newspaper. That 2005 book is commonly quoted as predicting April 2043 as the date on which the last New York Times appears – although in fact his model suggests the industry would have capitulated long before that. In […]
I figured I would take advantage of the increased first year activity on the site and just direct to the list of where I assigned you. I have updated it so the people who were unavailable before are now included. BANG! I will send you all an email but it will only be to alert […]
JOURNALISM DIVERSITY INTERN The NCTJ is to recruit a journalism intern to administer, promote and develop the Journalism Diversity Fund. There will also be an opportunity to write for the website, press releases and other projects where the intern can develop journalism skills and contacts.Applicants, who must have completed, or be about to complete, an […]
My weekend was full of ups and down. I had a great time cheering on my rugby team, which didn’t do too much good as we lost 40 something to 7. And I may or may not be on the outs with a family from the rugby club. See, I shouted at their child after […]
Just like Thierry Henry and Paul Scholes, NPLP is back for 2012! The new Indian Premier Football League is the hot topic for this week’s discussion, as well as the good old fashioned Barclays Premier League. Top Three is all about the Comeback Kings, whilst the transfer window gives the boys lots of gossip. You […]
Yep, you read that right! And it’s something I often don’t tell people. I like to freak them out when I do eventually them. But I feel like it is something I should open up about, and where better than on a blog where all the students who are studying my course and my lecturers […]
Can the students who have removed the telephone recording adapters from newsroom 1 please return them IMMEDIATELY. These should never be taken out of the newsroom.
The documentary that I worked on for the majority of my time at Sky News this summer is airing tonight. ‘A Town Like Merthyr’ is on Sky News (and Sky News HD so you can see the Chernobyl-like bleakness of Merthyr Tydfil in glorious High Definition) at 7.30 tonight. It’s a half hour documentary looking […]
This might interest third year and MA students. There are offering £400 prizes, plus work experience. Details follow, as we received them: Please see information below about the Voice of the Listener and Viewer’s 2011 Student Essay Competition. If you require any further information please contact Linda Forbes <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. Please encourage your students to enter. £800 […]
Attention second years! If you aren’t out shooting — or editing — something that you have already arranged with me, please come to conference tomorrow morning, Friday at 0900 in the UG newsroom. See you then Richard
Two stories stood out this morning on the Daily Mail’s website. So much so, I had to check the business news that Bill Gates hadn’t initiated a takeover of the newspaper. Both stories we’re fairly high up on the website, and both seemed to be following the current trend set by news outlets of rubbishing […]
I have word from Millbank that white smoke has just emerged from chimney above the glass box in the Sky News studio, meaning that this year’s Bob Friend scholar has been chosen. Many congratulations to Year 2 student Laerke Christensen, who has emerged just ahead after what I’m told was an incredibly difficult decision by […]
“I never really thought myself as a journalist,” British blogger Eliot Higgins says. And yet, he broke some of the most important stories on the Syrian conflict in the last two years, while working from his Leicester home. Eliot Higgins started his blog, Brown Moses, in 2012, as a hobby. Now, he plays a crucial […]
As some of you may know I am back at the Kent Messenger for a while and today met someone very cool. Today I was asked to go do a video in Maidstone town centre where Kent Police Chief Constable Mike Fuller was walking around “on the beat” with local cops. You may remember him […]
Many of you agreed to help Brenda Atuona with her study. Only a couple of you have booked slots. Brenda and I would appreciate it greatly if you would please book one now. Below is a link which will allow you to choose a suitable time and date to participate during the period between Wednesday 14 March 2012 and Friday […]
logo.png Have you published some work you’re really proud of this year? Would you like to win an award for it? You have until Sunday! The deadline for the Student Publication Association’s Annual Awards is at midnight on Sunday, March 1 and if you’ve done any work you’re proud of this year which has been […]
For anybody whose interesting in getting into radio, I came across this today… Simon Smith talks to three guests about getting into radio. The radio industry is as competitive as ever and demands an increasingly wide range of skills, so what can you do to convince someone to give you your first break? Our panellists […]
On my way to town to buy some lead, fortune cookies and red underwear for New Year’s Eve, I was wondering whether people in other countries are as superstitious and random as the Germans and Italians. In Germany we watch Dinner for One, open fortune cookies and melt lead. We predict the New Year by […]
Having woken yesterday morning to the news that the University of Gloucester was investigating the events of Fresher’s week initiations, I was immediately taken back to not so distant memories of similar team bonding rituals I had witnessed or taken part in. Being asked to play 1st XI cricket four years young was originally such […]
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