The shortlisted candidates for the 2013 Sky Bob Friend Memorial Scholarship are: Georgia Fry, Cecily Snowball, Stine Wannebo, Victoria Polley, Michelle Gleaves and Clara Easthill. Many congratulations to all of you. The standard of entries was exceptional. We are sincerely grateful to all who submitted proposals. Competition is essential to success in journalism and the competition this year has been impressive. At the next stage the shortlisted candidates must sit a test set by Sky News and face an interview panel chaired by Neil Dunwoodie of Sky News. Academic staff in the Centre are available to offer advice and guidance to shortlisted candidates. I know everyone in the Centre will want to join us in offering congratulations to all who made the shortlist, and sincere thanks to all who submitted entries.

Congratulations to Victoria Polley in our first year, whose terrifying story of a student who was home alone when a burglar burst in has been picked up by the Kent Messenger.

Third year undergraduate students are running a news web site for one of their coursework assessments today. Check out Buzz News today for all your latest news and entertainment! 

As we've already lost one session due to exams and I'm not in on February 15th, an extra NCTJ LAW - COURT REPORTING - SESSION has been arranged. Your Valentine's Day present is a law session from 1100 - 1300 in Room G4-03 on Thursday February 14th.  

Here's the Medway Mail's arch-rival publication, the Daily Meow, produced by a team of first and second year undergraduates last Friday. Team details below.

The Medway Mail, one of two newspapers produced on Friday by first and second years on the undergraduate journalism degree. Team details below.

Hello people who've never heard of me (hey Bill)!

I'm a graduate of the first ever undergraduate cohort at CfJ. This coming summer will be two years since I finished.

It's not a barrel of fish looking for jobs at the moment (lots of NEETs around), but I found a few round here (Wales, but not the bit with strong accents).

What quickly became apparent was that I had three years' work experience, doing things that you need to do in almost any job:

- get people to help you for free (like be on camera, or tell you their life story)

My dear MA students

The Reading Chronicle newspaper is looking for a trainee reporter to join our recently graduated Nick Gutteridge, one of last year's MAs. Coincidentally the Chronicle was my first newspaper, where I spent two extremely happy years learning the trade before graduating onto the Observer. The paper is looking for people with their 100 wpm shorthand and NCTJ diploma, once again emphasising the importance of getting your qualifications!! You can read the details here

Sorry I can't be with you for either of your radio classes this week. I have been called away urgently to be with my family. I plan to be back next Monday.

 Would you mind using one and a half hours of class time this week to complete this radio exam? All files attached. We'll look at it together next week.