Ian Reeves's blog

There'll be a briefing for second year students by all members of staff on Monday 15th March at 1.30pm in the newsroom. This is primarily to give details of the choices for the 3rd year modules that we'll be offering, but also to answer any other questions you might have about the programme next year. Please all attend.

I haven't used Cover It Live before, so tonight's Bob Friend Memorial Lecture, delivered by the BBC director-general Mark Thompson, seems a good opportunity to experiment.

This is the programme that Sarah would like second years to watch this afternoon:

Storyville: the Most Dangerous Man in America.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00qvkrr

The Easter work placements for first years at the Kent Messenger Group have now been allocated. The list of dates and locations is below. If there is  a compelling reason why you can't fulfil  your allotted placement, please let a member of staff know immediately. You'll be required to make contact with your editor directly nearer the time - we'll provide you with the necessary contact details. And the KM Group's Lesley Bellew is coming in to talk to you on March 19.

Below are some of the stats from yesterday's online news exercise. The CfJ Newswire site was built, filled and managed entirely by second year undergraduates - who should be very proud of themselves. The team of 14 reported live between 8am and 5pm. Aside from producing some impressive rich content - which had to include international, national and local stories - they also used their social media skills to find and engage an audience from scratch.

The 30-minute radio programmes produced by Year One undergraduates are now uploaded to the site.

You'll find the show produced by Ella's team here

And the show produced by Jon's Team here.

Note that you'll have to be logged in to listen. I don't think the wider world is quite ready for these broadcasts just yet.

Daniel May has been named as the Sky News Bob Friend Memorial Scholar for 2010. He will formally receive the award from Sky News's editorial development manager Rob Kirk on the evening of March 3 at the Sky Bob Friend Memorial Lecture, to be delivered this year by BBC Director-General Mark Thompson. 

For the second year running, YouTube is offering aspiring journalists the chance to win big money - and more importantly, the chance to work on a journalism project with the Pulitzer Center. For the first round of the Project Report competition, entrants are required to submit a video package based on a day in the life of a person they feel should be brought to the world's attention. The deadline is February 28.

We are delighted to announce that the shortlisting panel has chosen the following three students to face the scholarship panel on Wednesday. Congratulations to Sara Malm, Daniel May and Melanie Wimmer.

Many thanks to everyone who took the time to submit applications.