Social media sites have hit like a storm in the last decade and we’re all guilty of using them. Most people make daily visits to Facebook or Twitter, compelled to find out what the latest gossip in the social media world is. We especially, as journalists, find ourselves relying on Twitter for the latest news […]
Happy New Year, chaps. I hope everyone is enjoying going to the gym and not drinking and doing all the other January things I definitely should do but don’t because I have no self control. I don’t know who decided that the coldest, wettest, poorest month should be the month we all try and drastically […]
First and second year students please note: there will be a debriefing session at 11.30am today to go through the newspapers you produced yesterday. Please do everything you can to attend.
The final deadline for submission of your final year projects is 5pm on Friday April 8. Suubmission will be a three-stage process. Read carefully: Copy the completed files for both your main output and your secondary output onto the new CfJ external disk drive in the folder with your name on it – Gerardo, Ian […]
Jon Slattery has all the answers!
The real age old question: when learning to play an instrument, is it better to take lessons or to be self-taught? When I first became interested in playing guitar, I couldn’t wait to learn the ins and outs of the guitar world, and when finally got my hands on the real thing, (after a […]
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When I left England in December, I was totally exhausted, disoriented, paralyzed by my anxiety. I had the feeling that the slightest obstacle was insurmountable, and I entered a spiral in which I created my own anxiety just by imagining it overwhelm me. Then I came back to France, I needed peace, my family, my […]
“The things people have said to me because I married a Traveller are unbelievable. They wouldn’t say it if he was black.” Romany people speak out about their experiences in 2020 As PC Andrew Harper’s killers, Jessie Cole and Albert Bowers appeal against their convictions, and in the wake of the Black Lives matter movement, […]
The UK economy has continued to decline, with the FTSE 100 Index dropping by 5.7%, as world markets fell sharply. According to a special live BBC Panorama program on Thursday evening, Government Debt has risen to £684bn, and will continue to rise at a staggering £80,000 per minute. Furthermore, bonuses in the City to workers last year totalled £17bn, according to […]
A reminder that there is a timed news writing assessment for all year one students in tomorrow’s Reporting and Writing session. The test is worth 15% of your final mark for the module so make sure you’re there on time, with a pad and pen to take down a verbal statement in shorthand.
Introducing your International Friends. Duarte, on the left in the photo, is from Portugal and Anita, on the right, is from Kenya. They are both in Stage 3 and will be based in the small newsroom this year. Duarte and Anita will be happy to chat and answer any of your questions in person or via […]
We all know what happened in Egypt. As journalists we are trapped in a current affairs knowledge competition. Knowing becomes a sense of professional pride. But how often do we question if the stories we are getting from a screen or a printed page tell the whole story? Or, to frame it differently, how much […]
The 2018 biographical film “Jan Palach” directed by the Czech filmmaker Robert Sedlacek has been screened on the second day of the Congress of Young Europeans in Prague. The 124-minute movie was officially premiered on 21st August in Czech Republic. Its director, Robert Sedlacek is a distinguished screenwriter who has studied documentary film at the Film […]
For my bachelor`s degree I did English and American Literature and Creative Writing. In my third year, one of the modules we were able to pick was called “The Book Project”. In this module we were going to spend a year producing, printing and publishing a book, before ending the year with a book launch. […]
There will be a short briefing session for first year students interested in applying for the Bob Friend Sky News scholarship at lunchtime on Tuesday. Last year’s scholar, Dan May, will also be on hand to give his perspective on the selection process and on the benefits of the scheme. Meet at 1pm in the […]
Kenn Toft has kindly offered to run some extra shorthand sessions for those second years preparing for their exams on Friday. He’ll be in the main newsroom from 9am until 9.30am on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday this week for anyone who wants some extra help. Please do take advantage of this – we’re very lucky […]
“Ring me if anyone bothers you” “Have you got your keys and rape alarm?” “Please go while it’s light, I don’t want you out when it’s dark” All phrases my boyfriend has to say to me before I leave the house. “I only had one person come up to me today” “Some guy wouldn’t […]
BBC Radio Kent is looking for a Kent grammar educated student who passed the 11+, for a BBC project called Crossing divides.You need to be a good talker and have some things to say.The format is to sit down and recording and film two students who don’t know each other to talk about the issue […]
As you know, on Friday first years will be making some more radio news programmes. Please everyone come to conference tomorrow, Thursday, and we will tell you who the editors are and how the day will be structured. Editors will be running their own conferences tomorrow and Friday, so everyone needs to come with ideas […]
A group of media projects and charities in Preston are going to receive funding from NESTA’s Neighbourhood Challenge, aimed at helping to change their community for the better. They plan on using the funding to train locals to produce their own content and aim to ‘provide communities with the toolsets, support and facilities to […]
While writing a very average essay about Public Service Broadcasting and the BBC in the digital age, I found it hard not to sympathise with commercial broadcasters. People like Murdoch believe in consumer sovereignty – what the consumer wants, the consumer gets – at a cost, obviously. Competition in the market place ensures that the interest […]
NCTJ Local Planning lecture Notes now available
Alan Rusbridger, editor of the Guardian, News of the World boss Colin Myler and Ian Hislop of Private Eye defended original reporting against the “chilling” costs of legal action yesterday before the House of Commons select committee on culture, media and sport. Rusbridger and Hislop warned that newspapers are becoming wary of controversies involving wealthy individuals and companies because of the potential legal costs involved. Highlighting the […]
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