Still hanging on to the forlorn hope that you can get by in journalism without passing your shorthand? Take a look at this new video put together by Sky for the National Council for the Training of Journalists, featuring some of the biggest names in the business.

The revision session for Reporting and Writing I will need to be pushed back a little on Tuesday, as there's a meeting in the morning I need to go to. Can we get together at 11am in the main newsroom?

Thanks

Rob

Marks and feedback forms for Year 3 projects are now available. You can collect them from me any time today.

For more detailed face-to-face feedback, set up a meeting with your supervisor.

The Kent Messenger's pages were stuffed with stories by Centre for Journalism students during April and May - including bylines on the front and back pages. Here's 10 of the best of them. 

Placements are available to every student at the end of their first year, giving them two weeks of reporting experience on a major regional newspaper.

Your friendly neighbourhood Multimedia Newsroom Technician needs to audit our CFJ equipment and account for broken, missing and otherwise absent parts.

PLEASE could ALL students return all kit no later than THURSDAY 30th MAY to Gerardo (only).

You need to ensure that all parts are present (hopefully correct) and it is essential that you check in your own kit - I cannot accept equipment returned on behalf of other students.

The revision class for JN501 has been rescheduled to Thursday 9 May at 12.00

After seeing friends sharing the pictures claiming to be the killers of 2-year-old Jamie Bulger, I waited for something to happen about it.

So last week Neil Harkins and Dean Liddle were given nine month sentences (suspended for 15 months) for publishing the photos - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22310412

We've always known we're providing exceptional journalism teaching here at the CfJ, and it seems that our students agree too.

No fewer than six members of Centre for Journalism staff have been nominated in Kent Union's annual teaching awards. These are the awards run entirely by university students to recognise and reward those academics who are committed to delivering excellent teaching.

Our nominees (in strict alphabetical order) are Rob Bailey, Gerardo Calia, Ron Green, Sarah Lonsdale, Richard Pendry and Lesley Phippen.

Congratulations to all.

Index on Censorship, the Non-governmental Organisation dedicated to freedom of expression, has launched a student blog competition on freedom of expression around the world today.

This week, two journalist unions claimed that “citizen journalism” project, GuardianWitness is a threat to freelance journalists.

Launched on 16^th April 2013, GuardianWitness is the next level in social media citizen journalism, but both the Chartered Institute of Journalists (CIOJ) and the National Union of Journalists were expressing reservations about the scheme. Anybody can contribute videos, pictures and text to fulfil ‘assignments' set by the Guardian team who will review the submitted posts. Posts they deem suitable will be put up on the Guardian Witness site (witness.guardian.co.uk/) and even shaping the news agenda that will appear on the main Guardian site.