Where journalists have greatness thrust upon them
Let's face facts.
My dad has been eyeing the iPad's shiny screen ever since it first came out, but could never find a good enough reason to justify the rather large expense of buying it. But now, with the newest version of the iPad boasting digital versions of the newspapers he buys weekly and the new iCloud allowing him to effortlessly sync up the data from his phone and computer, Christmas was the perfect excuse.
A brief interview with Journalism student Mhairi Beveridge from the University of Kent
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Earlier in the summer I saw a post on my Twitter feed about online portfolios. I meant to post it on here sooner but I got a bit side-tracked.
Reporting and Writing Lecturer Sarah Lonsdale won her third award for environmental reporting at a national press awards ceremony this week. Winning the award for 'environment and sustainability writer of the year' for her Sunday Telegraph weekly columns at the National Press Property Awards in London, Sarah was praised for her in-depth knowledge of the subject and her 'engaging writing style'. This is the third award for environmental journalism Sarah has won in four years.
NYT's Stephen Farrell goes over his equipment used in his coverage of Egyptian protests. Note the highlighting of the principle "it's not the gear that produces journalism" and that he uses the same Edirol as our course does.
His own article and explanation of what it means to do work in a hostile place and what not to bring with, can be found here:
http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/08/what-not-to-bring-to-tahrir-squ...
The students:
John Saunders, Third year, BA Journalism
Lucy Ross-Miller, Third year, BA Journalism
Simon Jayawardena, MA Multimedia Journalism
Sara Malm, Second year, BA Journalism
Sophie Jenkins, MA Multimedia Journalism
I spent Saturday with a couple of other CfJers at the NUJ Students' Conference in London.
During the day we heard from some inspirational speakers and they offered us some great tips for our future careers.
I have blogged about each session, which I've linked to below in case you missed the day and want to know what was covered.
This just landed in my inbox - anyone want to go?
The NUJ is holding a special conference for journalism students and new recruits into the industry on Saturday 20th November.
