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Year 3 project supervisors

Supervisors for the Year 3 journalism projects are as in the table below. Remember that it is the student’s responsibility to set up appointments with their supervisor. You should arrange to see them at the earliest opportunity. Supervisor Students Rob Bailey Brad Gray   Jess Sharp   Joe Dawson   Louie Elmer   Max Meads […]

A sense of belonging… in Covid-19?

The coronavirus outbreak has saturated the news agenda recently and will continue to do so for quite some time. The virus is a real threat to people’s lives and as of 26 March 2020 it has killed 578 in Britain, and probably permanently damaged thousands more lungs of the survivors. The fight against the virus […]

The Leveson Inquiry and press ethics

I am watching the Leveson Inquiry and as I type the McCann’s are giving evidence. The press it seems had no ethics or morals when it came to this case – they have broken defamation and contempt laws repeatedly, misinformed the public constantly, clearly invaded the McCann’s privacy and even fabricated stories. For what end? […]

Revision Classes Summer Term

All years please note that revision classes have been scheduled for the Summer term.  These have been entered on the website calendar so please look at this to see what, when and where revision classes are being held.  They may not necessarily be in the room in which they were normally timetabled.    

Lost Property

A bunch of keys  has been found in one of the kit bags (blue Garrison key and two smaller ones plus a white cat with Marie written on).

Unbearable tedium of consensus

Is coverage of Britain’s new coalition politics hitting the mark? Are old editorial habits, more applicable to left/right polarity, proving less than ideal in the ConDem Nation? Kevin Marsh of the BBC College of Journalism started a debate about this last week on his blog. I decided to take it on in my column for The Independent. What do […]

How NOT to do mobile journalism

After spending several hours at the Chatham Historic Dockyard on a freezing cold Wednesday morning, my group partner [who I won’t name and shame] and I walked away like we had just made it as big-time journalists. We had turned up at the dockyard with a clear plan of action: to find the BBC comedy, Quacks, film-set […]

Year 1 – Submission of work – Friday 20 November

As I shall not be in after 2pm on Friday afternoon to collect your work for Richard, please put one copy (in plastic folder) in the drop in box which is situated in the Medway building, to the left of the entrance opposite the Reception desk.  The building closes at 9pm.    

The Smiths: Return of the charming men?

For you old lecturer croneys out there (naming no names Ian and Richard) :)… The Smiths have a lot to answer for in music. If not just for Stephen Patrick Morrissey’s (or Morrissey as he is better known) hair, vulgar nylon shirts, dubious dancing and discordant vocal, but their ability to stand out from the crowd […]

Worth a listen: Going ‘on patch’

  If you are new to the CfJ and are bemused to hear about ‘going on patch’, this radio programme on BBC Radio 4 today might help. https://bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0001cv9 In it, a reporter is given a random postcode and has to go to that area and find stories – which you will do in Medway.  The reporter […]

Shoddy prose bespeaks intellectual insecurity

And deprives us all of the public space created by good, clear verbal communication.  So wrote Tony Judt, the brilliant historian who died last week, aged 62, of motor neurone disease in a final essay published in today’s Guardian. It advances the most passionate argument for the teaching and deployment of rich, plain English since […]

So about this deadline…?

Are we going to hear any time soon when the second reporting conflict essay is due as the first week of January has now passed and there has been no word?

Vacancies at Newquest, Weymouth Dorset

There are vacancies for Graduate Copy Editors at Newsquest in Weymouth.  Newsquest is one of the largest regional newspaper publishers in the UK with 18 daily and 230 weekly and monthly titles.  They are looking for graduates with journalism degrees who have done media law and public affairs.  Start date 8 July with interviews 22 June.   […]

Who’s Who at this years Brit Awards

Brit Awards.png Last years Brit Awards came just before the UK Coronavirus lockdown and saw Billie Eilish, Lewis Capaldi and newcomer Dave scoop up the big 3 awards: International Solo Artist, Breakthrough Artist and Album of the Year respectively. But this years Brits see a change to accommodate the new measures as a result of […]

NCTJ law revisions sessions

Year 2s  and MAs sitting or re-sitting NCTJ law exams on June 5th please note there are revision sessions on May 29th. EML: 1030 – 1230 Room G1-03 Court Rep: 1400 – 1600 Room G1-03 Please remember to bring with you your McNae. And access your Uni of Kent email to see information about the […]

CFJ football date?

We managed to look at everyone’s timetables and we figured the best day to play this game will be Friday 9th November at 4:00pm. It will be on the Hillyfields Community Park in Gillingham, but if everyone meets in the newsroom, whether you are playing or you want to watch, at 3:30, then we can walk there […]

Irish Support for Native American Tribe Withstands Centuries

The Kindred Spirits Choctaw Monument art installation in Midleton, Ireland, commemorating the Choctaw donation during the Great Hunger. More than 170 years ago, the Choctaw Nation raised $170 to send to starving Irish families during the ‘’Great Hunger’’. In 2017 a sculpture created by artist Alex Pentak was unveiled in Bailick Park County Cork to […]

Global Health Student Journalist Competition

For any of you interested in Global Health issues, this competition may be of interest to you:  http://blog.results.org.uk/2011/09/30/student-journalism-competition-delegation-to-south-africa/ 

The power of Photoshop

For those of you still not convinced by the wonders of Photoshop – check this out.  My poor Clive Owen! =[  

Radio News day: uploading to radio studio

Log on in the normal way at a PC: My computer Drop down menu: Tools: Map network drive You need to map the drive on the PC in the radio booth to upload your audio (this also works for video files). In Folder box, type:  \audioplayoutuploads. Click on Connect using a different user name in […]

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