This picture is my favourite picture I’ve seen, just thought I would share with everyone, and also promote the exhibition at the Natural History Musuem, its amazing!

  The deadline for signing up for December’s NCTJ Essential Journalism and press relgulation exams is fast-approaching. Please check your emails. Nicola will be looking for confirmation that you want to do the exams by Wednesday 15 November.  Angela    

So many touching tributes came in on social media following the very sad news about our former colleague Ron Green that became hard to keep up with them. I’ve made a collection here of the ones that I saw on Twitter – but it’s possible I missed others. Let me know if that’s the case. […]

This is Matt Frei’s prose poem on the financial cataclysm. I think this is wonderful writing to pictures, and both words and pictures have great rhythym: “the SUV, the large TV”. Also, Frei is good with pauses: he lets the pictures breathe. Wonderful. Scroll down on this page to “Rotten Roots of the Crunch” to […]

We talked a few weeks ago about how one Frontline News cameraman, Peter Jouvenal, failed to get the credit for his footage from the fall of Kabul and missed out on an Emmy award. The other surviving Frontline founder member, Vaughan Smith, wrote this piece in today’s Guardian on the same theme. As a freelancer, […]

Please note room for Friday’s combined shorthand class has changed to PK014.

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Faima Bakar, who writes for The Metro, will be discussing The State of Racism and young BAME voices in digital media in an online talk organised by the university’s School of European Culture and Languages. It’s on Thursday 4th June at 5.00pm-6.00pm via Zoom.   The school writes:     Faima works for The Metro newspaper and has recently been involved in […]

  Universities at Medway may lack nightlife, but three students from the campus entertained themselves on a drunken night, by charging at bollards and getting arrested. The first-year students had drunk heavily in the campus’ pub Coopers, before spending a night in a cell after causing the disturbance outside the Medway Campus. Despite nearly half […]

I always knew it was writing I wanted to do. As a kid I always had my head in a book and I thought this is what I want to do; the idea that I could write whatever I want, any story that came to mind and I could actually be paid for it seemed […]

On Friday afternoon the Centre for Journalism welcomed Sarah Ivens, editor of OK! Magazine in the US, to the newsroom. With her she brought experience of working in multiple publications across this country and abroad, and an obvious passion for journalism that was evident throughout the Q&A session. A University of Kent graduate, Sarah agreed […]

This is the piece about the Madrid bombings that I discussed at conference. This is a picture from the scene with the body part clearly visible.  Reuters/El Pais 

Breaking News (18:17 GMT) BBC Radio 2’s David Barber has resigned following last week’s disciplinary action against offensive prank calls made by Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross, according to the BBC News Channel. Barber is the second BBC executive to resign in the past two weeks after last Thursday’s resignation by Radio 2 controller, Leslie Douglas. He […]

IIHFCanada.jpeg   Canada’s comeback run to win IIHF Men’s World Championship     Canada equalled the record for the most International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) gold medals with a 3-2 OT win over Finland last night.   Canada’s twenty-seventh gold medal has tied them in first with Russia – now being represented as the ROC […]

A nature research journal has revealed that the worldwide love for burgers, steaks and dairy products is draining the freshwater in the western US and putting native fish species at risk. Nature Sustainabilityexamined the link between water shortages in the 17 western states in the US and beef production, and it can prove that irrigation […]

IncisiveMedia.png Professional Adviser is looking for another talented, all-round journalist who can break news and write probing analysis and also has the potential to chair events and present video items. They are a resource for financial advisers in the UK and produces easily accessible, need-to-know news, features and analysis focused on financial solutions, business development […]

With all this talk of scholarships and job opportunities, it has got me thinking about what sort of job I want to have after completing this course. I’ve reached the same conclusion that I always do, the first thing I would like to try would be to work for a national daily newspaper. However, as […]

Poster.png We know many of our students have been deeply affected by the appalling killing of George Floyd and by the anti-racism protests. Some of you have told us of issues this has made you think of regarding your experiences at the Centre for Journalism, at university and about the media in general.   Thank you […]

As a university student I am often asked by my family or friends, from back home, what I do at uni apart from studying. I usually simply answer that I either go to the library, hang out with friends or go to a few house parties.  However, I am well aware that if you aren’t […]

Latvia is an independent republic in the Baltic region, bordered by Estonia, Lithuania, Russia and Belarus. It became a member of the European Union in 2004 and signed the Lisbon Treaty in 2007. Its capital Riga was named the European Capital of Culture in 2014 and the recent UN Human Rights Development Index categorises it […]

Sainsburys Magazine is seeking an enthusiastic and organised graduate to work as its Editorial Assistant. The job descripton says: Are you a great organiser, a stickler for detail – a people person with a passion for magazines? Sainsbury’s magazine has an exciting opportunity for a bright, enthusiastic graduate looking for an entry level role in magazine publishing. You’ll […]

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For all year 2 students: Please come to the small newsroom at 1100 on Thursday 10th, for a Convergent revision class. Richard

On first impressions, many would look at me and categorically not strike me as the type to listen to a bit of garage punk now and again. I can’t say I blame them – every mosh pit I have encountered I’ve had to assign a personal body guard to act as a barrier against alcohol […]