Cricket was invented in England nearly two centuries ago, but, unlike football, rugby and golf, didn’t reach many countries around the world. Afghanistan, a country ravished by war and poverty, have very few national teams, but now their 17-man squad is just seven matches away from reaching the world stage at the ICC Cricket World […]

Sales of Scottish newspapers have fallen steeply in recent years leading to job losses and a new democratic deficit. Debate has started about independence and the future of the union, but are there enough journalists to cover it and enough readers to take it seriously? The Independent on Sunday asked me to write about it. There is interest in Edinburgh. Feel free to participate in the debate.   

Please note that the printer in Newsroom 1 is now called dpjournstudent2. The old printer, dpjournstudent, has been removed. If you send documents to print to this printer, they won’t appear. There is a new printer in the new postgraduate newsroom. This will be dpjournstudent3, and should be available on the network shortly.

I begin my first day of my placement at Sky News as a result of winning the Bob Friend Memorial Scholarship. http://taniasteereskynews.blogspot.com/2011/07/day-one.html  

A handout on planning now available in module notes. Paul

is on the calendar here

I sat inside court 1 at the Supreme Court in Westminster today, eagerly awaiting a verdict from five Law Lords on who was entitled to what share, in a three bedroom bungalow in Essex. Something as common as the breakdown of a relationship and the sharing of assets should never have reached the dizzy heights of ‘Supreme’ […]

Morning everyone! As you probably know we have an online Newsday today and we would all be very grateful if you checked out our site and looked and all the wonderful reporting we’ve been up too! Keep checking throughout the day and leave comments if you wish. From the latest breaking news to fun features, […]

Those of you with long memories may remember that back in the heady days of 2008 I rashly promised a glittering array of prizes to encourage thoughtful student blog postings on this site.  Some of those, covering the Christmas period, have already been announced. And I’ve kept a couple of other awards up my sleeve […]

I don’t how many first years heard about the hoody idea but we’re thinking of getting a class hoody with Journalism on it and other exciting things… I don’t want to go ahead and pick something without all your consent so, on Thursday, once we’ve finished convergent journalism (so at 12pm), can we all just […]

Conference will be at 08:30 on Wednesday. Section Editors will be in for 8:15. If you do have a laptop or a camera, bring it in. You all have my number (if you check your emails), so it would be useful to me if you send over a quick text with your name. Let me […]

When I was 5, my source of entertainment came from puzzles, train sets, playing football and repeatedly watching Lady and the Tramp. I have a five year old brother who can do all these things on a brilliant multimedia machine; the IPad. I use the word brilliant reservedly, as for adults like myself, yes it […]

Lesley Bellew from the Kent Messenger Group is coming to the Centre on Friday, 19 March at 11.00 to talk to year 1 students about the forthcoming work placements.  She will explain how everything works and will answer any questions.  Please ensure you are in the Newsroom by 11.00 on that day as it is important that […]

Attached is schedule of revision sessions and rooms.  Please note that shorthand will continue at the usual times in the Summer term but rooms are different.  Attachment Size Revision Room Schedule.docx 14.3 KB

Please don’t forget that you MUST see Anastasia and hand over your money (where necessary) for January’s Essential Media Law exam by NEXT FRIDAY. If you don’t you won’t be able to sit the exam on January 22nd as the NCTJ needs your entries three weeks in advance – and it’s Christmas!

My dad has been eyeing the iPad’s shiny screen ever since it first came out, but could never find a good enough reason to justify the rather large expense of buying it. But now, with the newest version of the iPad boasting digital versions of the newspapers he buys weekly and the new iCloud allowing […]

  It’s been a tough month for women in the media. First the Samantha Brick fiasco, perhaps the Daily Mail’s finest attempt at professional ‘trolling’ and the Telegraph ‘critic’ (I use the term lightly) A.A Gil condemning the brilliant historian, Mary Beard as “too ugly for tv”.

This evening’s Panorama deals with one of the most controversial issues facing journalism: privacy. The Human Rights Act guarantees two competing rights viz: freedom of expression and the sanctity of private life.  In the competition between them, where does the public interest lie?  Many editors believe that the courts’ interpretation of the right to privacy in cases such as that of Max […]

I will be calling a meeting in a few days for the selection of students who said they would take up our offer of help to secure a BBC placement. In the meantime if this applies to you, would you please start thinking about choosing where and when you want to go. A good time […]

We will have two classes on TV, one on 12 October and the other on 19 October, both at 3pm. Please read the chapter entitled: The Use of Words in John Simpson’s News From No Man’s Land book before class on 12 October. Then, also before class, please watch this piece by Jeremy Bowen. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/378013.stm […]

Just a reminder that the deadline for the Reporting and Writing long feature is 13.00 on Friday 21 January 2011. 

The National Publishers Association has launched a scathing attack toward the BBC, just hours after it announced that it would be launching three mobile applications.  At a time when mobile platforms are being explored for commercial news models, this announcement  deals a crucial blow to advocates of paid content.  The BBC site is often cited as […]

University of Kent student: If you are a FRESHER and just joined university, you need to sign up to Milkround now! If you haven’t already heard of us, Milkround is already the number 1 choice for thousands students looking to get internships and graduate jobs. So in short – if you are a fresher, a […]

Some of you were asking about the possibility of bringing guests to the Christmas Party on 10 December.  The Gulbenkian Cafe will not permit more than 100 people for health and safety reasons.  I will therefore need to know by Monday 29 November if you intend to come so that we can see how many places […]