Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech’s lack of confidence has been there for all to see in recent weeks. Against both Bolton Wanderers and Liverpool the Czech international had many a Chelsea fans heads in their hands. Over those two games he conceded an astonishing seven goals. In this game his flagging confidence was given a huge […]
I have uploaded a brief aide to module notes outlining the key areas you will need to cover in preparation for the NCTJ Essential Public Affairs exam. Paul
Many congratulations to Year 3 undergraduate student Karina Pavlova, who has just been announced as the 2019 Sky News Bob Friend Scholar. After a tough interview process, Karina emerged as the successful candidate just ahead of shortlisted students Jess Sharp, Sam Baker and Joe Dawson – all of whom gave superb accounts of themselves for […]
Hopefully, an invitation to tomorrow’s Investigative Journalism Masterclass with Rosa Furneaux has dropped into your Teams Calendar. Rosa works for the Bureau of Investigative Journalists. She will join us online from 11am to noon tomorrow (Weds) on Teams. Everyone is welcome and if you are in the YiJ or MA group, this will be part […]
Event date: 23 January 2013 – 1:45pm
This is a copy of the presentation from my session on Thursday January 22, introducing local goverment and explaining the differences between different types of authorities. Paul Attachment Size counciltypesjan09.ppt 1.93 MB
Last night, the National Television Awards took place and it was a poor excuse for an award show spectacular. What baffled me the most however, was my lack of concentration towards the endless amount of terrible gags and pathetic, badly orchestrated jokes being thrown about because there was a much bigger underlying issue which seemed […]
I suppose if you want to try and engage that tricky demographic of 18-20 year old males, then having a director of hardcore porn films standing in an election is probably the way to go. That’s what the Liberal Democrats in Gravesham have done. Anna Arrowsmith managing director of adult film company, Easy on the […]
Social workers and failings in the system of caring for vulnerable children are all over the news today, emphasising exactly how and why this is such an important subject and why journalists need to know how things work and who does what. The first story is close to home and relates to the death of […]
16 years later and the Met have finally and admitted their mistakes by apologising to Colin Stagg after they wrongly took him to court over the murder of Rachel Nickell. Didn’t take too long then, did it?! Paul Britton, the forensic profiler, that falsely led the police to believe Stagg’s guilt has yet to apologise. […]
At the start of 2009 I decided to buy tickets to see U2 at Wembley stadium. My main motivation was not what I thought of their latest album but mainly due to the fact I tried getting tickets to the Vertigo tour in 2005 and failed miserably. Once ordered, I was initially pleased, but, as […]
The third-year students who will be assessed as reporters for Friday’s online news day are: Stuart Wilson Jaak Pardi Rob Hayes Lucy Ross-Millar Zehra Mullick Nick Poskitt Mylo Wilkin
Don’t forget that Paul Francis is running this week’s Year 1 Public Affairs class at 1.30pm today in the main newsroom.
Hearty congratulations to the MA and BA students at the CfJ who sat their NCTJ court reporting exams last month. There were 33 passes, of which 14 were at grade A and 14 at grade B. Particular mention goes to those students who got into the 80s with their marks: Alice Hamilton-Beer (86%); Emma Biginelli […]
It’s not very often you nearly see history be made, but I , and the millions of Sky Sports 2 viewers almost did on Saturday evening. England’s lowest every total in a Test Match is 45, so at 26 – 7 in the 2nd innings of the first Test in Jamaica records were definitely […]
As I’m sure you are all aware, the BBC is facing severe protests outside Broadcasting House amid calls for it to air an appeal to the British public to help those in need in Gaza. The DEC (Disasters Emergency Committee), an umbrella organization that represents UK charity agencies including Oxfam and the Red Cross, had […]
UK Mental Health Awareness Week took place from Monday 10th to the 16th of May in 2021. Since this week is Mental health awareness week, I thought It would be an excellent idea to call out the romanticism of mental illnesses and break down some stigmas! (I intend to create a post that will not only […]
Event date: 30 January 2012 – 1:00pm Where: old PG newsroom, first floor When: 1pm Monday 30 January Richard
With occasional exceptions, British journalism is not at its best when reporting science. Usually we ignore it. When we pay attention we have a tradition of laziness and misunderstanding that too often leads to entirely deliberate hyperbole e.g. GM/Frankenstein Food, Y2K/Global Catastrophe, Embryo Research/Monster Babies. This morning’s Today Programme contained a welcome exception to the rule. Jim Naughtie’s interview with Professor Brian Ford (broadcast between 07.21 and 07.27) […]
A digital art exhibtion sponsored by the Kent Law School has gone live. ‘The Human Experience: Know Justice, No Peace’ can be found here: http://artsteps.com/view/60467a63083e051baf704ffb?currentUser Featured in the exhibtion are photos from Year 3 student Lily Morl, taken from work she did at the CfJ for a piece called ‘Class of Covid’. Is your work […]
Times Higher Education invited me to review a collection of essays taken from Cardiff University’s conference on the future of newspapers and edited by Professor Bob Franklin. The collection contains some fascinating and valuable contributions. You can read my review here
After the regular League One season came to an end at the end of last month, Charlton Athletic supporters were left with anger and frustration towards the plsyers, coaching staff and owner, as the club sank to a 13th place finish with 21 defeats in the season; their worstt season to date. Charlton were easy […]
William Hague’s newly appointed special adviser Christopher Myers was forced to resign today after a whispering campaign over whether he was Hague’s lover. The allegations were started by blogger Guido Fawkes. William Hague has had to release a statement denying everything and listing very personal information about his relationship with his wife. Guido’s story is essentially this. This […]
I ask for a little sympathy at the start of next term, as the chances of me being able to confidently write 60wpm in shorthand or to have read all the politics books by the 19th of January are increasingly looking quite bleak. As most of you are aware at this time I have a friend […]
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