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Today I found this illuminating article on the Guardian website.

It is a warning against the growing power of the ‘tech titans’ which, given their huge economic resources, have begun to make their way in the American political arena.

Second years were set the challenge of producing three news paper supplements for their final district challenge of the year - and the results are hugely impressive.

The three publications - an Easter events pull-out edited by Lydia Hamilton, a style guide edited by Kirsten Ringelmann and a preview of the Medway Festival of Sport edited by Josh Morl - are available here in an interactive magazine format.

I have managed to persuade Estates to open the Gillingham building on Bank Holiday Friday and Monday from 09.00 - 3.00 to facilitate students who have end of term deadlines.  This was the best deal I could swing and you must be out on the dot of 3.00

All journalists should know exactly what their rights are to attend and report council meetings.

Not just because it's where good stories invariably come from but because the media is the public's watchdog and plays a crucial part holding democratically-elected decision makers to account.

Social media could be the antidote to "churnalism", allowing time-constrained journalists to juggle multiple contacts and interviews without leaving their desks, according to the editor of the North Wales Daily Post.

Alison Gow has written a blog post challenging the concept of churnalism as defined by Nick Davies in his 2008 book Flat Earth News.

She will also talk on the subject at the free Polis journalism conference being held at the LSE on Friday, April 5 - which will be well worth checking out for any students who have cleared their end of term deadlines a day early.

A wave of recruitment is continuing at the Kent Messenger, which is advertising reporting jobs in Maidstone and Whitstable.

The jobs would include producing stories for print, online and radio. The deadline for applications is April 1. As you have come to expect, NCTJ prelim exams and a driving licence are both required.

It would be a perfect first job for anyone about to graduate with a BA or MA. Applications by email (a cover letter and CV) to kdunstall@thekmgroup.co.uk

And, in the spirit of objectivity, I should mention that other jobs are available. Anyone about to graduate should by now be a regular visitor to Gorkana, Press Gazette, Hold The Front Page, and The Guardian.

For a major news source, severely biased news is one way to get disgruntled viewers and depleted credibility. CNN has recently learned this the hard way.

After two young men were convicted last week of raping a 16 year old girl at a party in Steubenville, Ohio, CNN covered the horrific case; however their sympathy was not placed on the young woman who experienced unimaginable suffering, but the budding sports stars who ruined their lives after they raped someone at a party while she was passed out.

Keeping up with last term's tradition of the Medwire setting the national news agenda, a story first written by one of our own, Michelle Gleaves, has today been published on the BBC (3rd top story in England), MailOnline and the Huffington Post and on the Press Association's Mediapoint.

Over the next couple of days, we'll do a series of briefings for Year 2 students about their elective choices for next year.

On Friday at 12noon in the main newsroom, Sarah Lonsdale will talk about her module the Depiction of the Journalist in Fiction (JN510), and Rob Bailey will talk about his Sports Journalism module (JN512).

On Monday at 2pm in the main newsroom, I will talk about Advanced Multimedia Storytelling (JN506) and Richard will talk about Reporting Conflict (JN509).