I’m too disheartened to re-write the blog i just spent half an hour writing and accidently deleted so my view in short is that Obama’s journey to Presidency is at risk of overshadowing his Presidency itself. I doubt it but this can often be the case regarding Woodrow Wilson. Ask me tomorrow if you would like me […]
The Centre for Journalism’s BA in Journalism and the News Industry has been recognised as Britain’s top performing undergraduate degree in journalism. At an NCTJ awards ceremony in Belfast City Hall last night Prof. Tim Luckhurst and Ian Reeves were presented with a certificate confirming our top ranking in academic year 2010/11. Tim Luckhurst said: “This award is an immense tribute to all the excellent […]
To many, the idea of a long distance relationship is enough to send them running for the hills. So what the hell was I thinking when I decided to start a relationship with someone over 500 miles away? Hi, my name’s Beth and for just over one whole year I have been in a long […]
Many congratulations to Jay Akbar, Peter Brown, Scott Mitchell, Danielle Morris and Tania Steere who have all made the shortlist for the Bob Friend Memorial Scholarship 2011. The standard of submissions was particularly high and I am grateful to everyone who made a submission. The shortlisted candidates will meet the selection panel on […]
Once again a very small attendance at today’s NCTJ Law session – just 6 people. If you intend to take the Court Reporting exam then you need to know that you have already missed three sessions. This exam syllabus is being taught this term – if you don’t attend the sessions you will not be […]
Gas bombs and public hangings are not two things you would associate with the deputy prime minister in this day and age, but both are in a days’ work for Nick Clegg. The Hugo Young Lecture, unwittingly attended by the Centre for Journalism’s own Clare Rose Freeman and Nick Duffy, was the victim in the latest […]
Grants for university students are having to be cut by the government from next year, after they had reportedly made an overspending blunder. Although poorer students are unlikely to be effected, the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS) said they found a financial deficit of £200m. Despite the DIUS improving student financial grants this year, according to […]
Centre for Journalism undergrads may remember that snippet from the Tom Cruise film Minority Report that I showed them in week one’s first lecture. Cruise is a cop on the run from his own police force in the year 2054 and jumps on a tube train. The guy sitting opposite is reading a copy of […]
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Second year undergraduate Tania Steere has been shortlisted in The Guardian’s International Development Journalism Competition, which aims to highlight some of the issues that are faced by developing countries and are under-reported in mainstream media. Tania’s submission, Escaping poverty on the back of a chicken, was based on a programme of education and support for […]
Screenshot 2020-02-03 at 16.29.25.png This is a nine-month programme starting on Monday 28th September 2020 and we are looking for 12 talented journalists, seven of whom will work in one of our English Regional newsrooms in ITV Anglia (Norwich); ITV Central (Birmingham); ITV Granada (Media City, Salford); ITV Meridian (Nr Southampton); ITV Tyne Tees & Border (Gateshead, nr Newcastle); ITV West Country (Bristol); or ITV Yorkshire (Leeds). Two trainees will […]
There are very few Sunday nights that I look forward to in a year, but the second Sunday in December is definitely one of them. The weather outside might be dark and murky, but inside Christmas trees will be up and fireplaces will be filled with slowly burning logs giving the room a festive […]
I’ve just returned from a 218-mile journey to take an NCTJ shorthand exam (100 words per minute, if you must know). It involved a two-and-a-half-hour car journey taking in the beautiful sights of Surrey, Hampshire, and Dorset from the motorway, and a night’s stay in a barebones Travellodge next to a fairly dreary looking stretch […]
BBC journalists have demonstrated yet again that they have no idea as to how the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA 1998) works. Reporting on the UK Supreme Court ruling last year that sex offenders have the “human right” to apply to have their names taken off the Sex Offenders register, BBC Breakfast News said that […]
“We cannot be what we want, by remaining what we are” Max Depree I was born and raised in Jamaica. Age 3, my mum decided its best if my grandma looked after me. She decided to come to the UK with hopes of bettering her life, so that eventually she can take care of […]
Following News International’s decision that the Times and Sunday Times will charge for online access, the news industry is dividing into distinct camps over the question of whether journalism is worth paying to read. Everyone inthe Centre should know my view: the idea that journalists can gather facts and hold power to account on a charitable […]
Archant is looking for a keen trainee to join Kent’s only county-wide paper, the award-winning Kent on Sunday. The successful candidate will also gain experience on the local Kentish Times titles covering Gravesend, Dartford, Bexley and Bromley. To apply please send a CV and cover letter ASAP to the Editor Chris Britcher at [email protected]
Further quantitative easing appears to be coming up, and I wanted to look back and brush up on my knowledge of the events that led to the global financial crisis in the first place. I found this site from Reuters: http://widerimage.reuters.com/timesofcrisis/ It offers a step by step account of all the significant and related events, […]
They have traded barbs throughout the presidential campaign, but last night, the two candidates for the US presidency – John McCain and Barack Obama -Â put that aside and gave humorous speeches at the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner in New York. Below are the YouTube clips of their speeches, both of which are […]
Didier Drogba and Nicolas Anelka struck in either half to give Chelsea a comfortable victory over neighbours Fulham at Craven Cottage as Carlo Ancelotti maintained his impressive start to life at Stamford Bridge. The Blues continued where they left off against Sunderland in midweek, spraying the ball across the pitch and dominating possession. Fulham’s players […]
For the second time already this term a Medwire story has made it onto the pages of the national media. This interview by Matt Charles featured on our homepage a few days ago and quickly amassed over 170 Facebook Likes and over 300 500 Views. It’s now made it onto the pages of the Daily Mail Online courtesy of […]
Take a look at this Twitter post if you love radio news. CfJ grad Alfie Tobutt was working on this kind of area at the BBC and would be a good person to ask if you are interested. https://twitter.com/tomroles/status/1493537319894274056
The UK is having a referendum TODAY to decide whether the current voting system of First Past the Post (FPTP) should be changed to the Alternative Vote (AV). I fear apathy will win today as it appears that the people of Kent are either unaware of what AV is, or are uninterested in electoral reform. AV could be voted […]
I realise this is a little old now, but I’ve had a lot to do. Better late than never, as they say. I went to the annual NCTJ student council meeting a few Fridays ago. For those that have been sleeping, it’s a forum for feedback. You can read my round-up here. Take note of Brien […]
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