Posted by
Dominic Ponsford
on 3 October 2008 at 10:04
Tags: Broadcast, New Media, Student Journalism
Well done to University of Gloucestershire broadcast journalism student Natalie Sutton who secured a scoop with the BBC yesterday with her video footage of a student intiation ceremony involving students downing pints of beer with carrier bags over their heads directed by another student in Nazi garb.
Posted by
Patrick Smith
on 30 September 2008 at 09:30
Tags: Journalism, National Newspapers, Student Journalism
Journalism students at the NCTJ-accredited course at Highbury College in Portsmouth are to be taught the basics of writing press releases. Holdthefrontpage tells us that the would-be reporters are taking part in a scheme with the college’s marketing department to write press releases on its behalf and see what stories they can get into print. Some will see the scheme as a sensible idea - many journalists end up moving over to PR, lured by the shorter hours and better pay and it could benefit journalists to understand how communications staff work. Though no doubt some traditionalists would argue that the two disciplines should be kept as far apart as possible, especially during training.
Posted by
Rachael Gallagher
on 28 August 2008 at 15:58
Tags: Journalism, Student Journalism
Police are investigating claims that a female journalism student from a London college has been raped whilst reporting on an illegal immigration camp in Calais, reports The Telegraph.
The woman, said to be in her 30s, was working alone interviewing immigrants in the makeshift camp called “The Jungle”.
A local police spokesman said: “She appeared to be working alone, which was clearly a very dangerous thing to do.
“We fear that the men she was reporting on attacked her in the wood where they were staying.”
Posted by
Patrick Smith
on 4 June 2008 at 19:29
Tags: National Newspapers, Student Journalism
It may be the king of business newspapers but the Financial Times is set to get some help from a genuine royal.
According to MediaGuardian, Princess Beatrice, daughter of Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, and the fifth in line to the throne, is to join the old pink lady on work experience.
Beatrice, 19, will reportedly write for the paper’s Alphaville blog and How To Spend It lifestyle supplement, proving that even Royals have to do a little work for free to get a foot on the Fleet Street ladder.
The Guardian also reported in February that Prince William was considering a work placement on a national paper.
Press Gazette offers work experience to students from all walks of life - Royal Family members also welcome - and interested parties should read the guidelines and get in touch.
Posted by
Dominic Ponsford
on 20 May 2008 at 09:19
Tags: Broadcast, Journalism, Law, Magazines, National Newspapers, New Media, PR, Regional Newspapers, Student Journalism
A note from the Journalists’ Charity:
Some tickets are still available for the Journalists’ Charity’s summer party at the House of Commons on the evening of Thursday, 29 May. To purchase tickets, phone 01306 887511 or check the Journalists’ Charity web site.
Posted by
Martin Stabe
on 8 May 2008 at 09:17
Tags: Agencies, Journalism, Magazines, National Newspapers, Online, Regional Newspapers, Student Journalism
Journalism educators validating various courses yesterday discussed whether journalists still need to be taught shorthand, Charlie Beckett of the Polis journalism thinktank notes on his blog.
Beckett sums up the debate as being about course priorities when teaching time is limited: “In a world of new media where everything is digitised and where so much of journalism is about re-working material, do you need to devote 100 hours to teaching 80 words per minute of scribble?
Both he and the Observer sports journalist Denis Campbell were firmly in the pro-Teeline camp. But Beckett also wonders: “Those of us who have shorthand like to think that it is vital, but is it any more important than an ability to type fast enough for Twitter?”
Update 22/5: As the debate rumbles on, Beckett has noted in the comments below that he would not consider himself “firmly” in the pro-shorthand camp, as I wrote. He has also added a longer extract to the original post.
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