Archives for “Student Journalism”

J-students must stick around and clear up the mess

It's May. And, tough as the journalism market is right now, it's about to get tougher. Journalism schools around the UK are about to spit ...

5 Comments. Posted by Dave on Wednesday, May 6, 2009 at 1:24 pm.

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The depressing but inevitable demise of Press Gazette

Today, Wilmington Media announced that Press Gazette, the UK's journalism trade mag, will be closing. It's a sad day -- Press Gazette has been a part ...

10 Comments. Posted by Dave on Monday, April 6, 2009 at 2:07 pm.

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Not convinced? 10 things to change your mind about Twitter

Yesterday I went up to Birmingham to visit Paul Bradshaw and his online journalism class. Knowing Paul's area of expertise -- social media, web 2.0 and ...

16 Comments. Posted by Dave on Tuesday, February 17, 2009 at 5:51 pm.

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NUJ follow up: I’m still not convinced

I've been doing some thinking about this whole NUJ thing. My post the other night reads very ranty -- indeed, I guess it is very ...

11 Comments. Posted by Dave on Thursday, February 12, 2009 at 4:54 pm.

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Join the NUJ? Why?

A colleague suggested to me today that I renew my NUJ membership. I've let mine lapse since my student days -- the £10 or so ...

26 Comments. Posted by Dave on Tuesday, February 10, 2009 at 9:31 am.

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The new way to learn journalism

There's a very interesting piece in a Guardian supplement today about something they've labelled University 2.0. Annoyingly -- and surprisingly, considering it's the Guardian -- the ...

6 Comments. Posted by Dave on Tuesday, January 20, 2009 at 1:19 pm.

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Johann Hari on exploited interns and workies

The Independent's Johann Hari has written a great piece blasting unpaid internships. I agree with every point he makes: This is happening all over Britain's professions. ...

2 Comments. Posted by Dave on Wednesday, January 14, 2009 at 7:43 pm.

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Earthquake video back to haunt me

Seems Radio 4 did a 2008 Now Show round up and our 'quake video was on it. I've been trying (a little) to shake off that ...

0 Comments. Posted by Dave on Sunday, January 4, 2009 at 9:21 pm.

Filed under Citizen Journalism, Student Journalism, TV, The BBC.

More positive work experience tales

Here's the other email I received after posting about work experience, this time from Katie McGonagle, who studied History at Cambridge: Hi Dave, I just saw your ...

2 Comments. Posted by Dave on Tuesday, December 9, 2008 at 6:32 pm.

Filed under Newspapers, Student Journalism.

Through the worries of exploitation, positivity shines

Last Thursday I wrote a post about exploited journalism students. There are loads of them. I vowed to make a website so that those students ...

3 Comments. Posted by Dave on Tuesday, December 9, 2008 at 10:00 am.

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Justice for exploited journalism students

Today I was interviewed by Gemma Pritchard, the editor of the Inquirer -- City University's independent student paper. She was preparing a piece of coursework about ...

6 Comments. Posted by Dave on Thursday, December 4, 2008 at 6:08 pm.

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Patience is key to online networking

In the past year, I've had the pleasure of teaching lots of people about online journalism. First, a guest lecture at the University of Lincoln about ...

0 Comments. Posted by Dave on Thursday, November 20, 2008 at 6:28 pm.

Filed under Blogs, My Work, New Zealand, Social Networking, Student Journalism, The Web, , , , .

Publisher wanted: The New Blogger’s Handbook

Here's something I've been thinking about a lot recently. The sort of thoughts that plonk themselves in your mind just before you're about to go ...

12 Comments. Posted by Dave on Monday, November 10, 2008 at 1:56 pm.

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TheMoveChannel.com, shame on you

I've just seen this on the Journobiz forum. Sadly, someone out there will do this for them. In some ways, it sums up everything that ...

1 Comment. Posted by Dave on Friday, October 17, 2008 at 3:02 pm.

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The Great Journalism Job Drought 2008

I am unemployed. Now I'm not whinging -- I'm confident my qualifications, contacts and experience will get me something sooner rather than later -- but ...

11 Comments. Posted by Dave on Thursday, September 4, 2008 at 4:37 pm.

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Young journalist blog ring now open

Just a quickie to let you all know that the 'Tomorrow's News, Tomorrow's Journalists' blog ring is now open for business. Click here to get involved ...

1 Comment. Posted by Dave on Tuesday, August 19, 2008 at 2:16 am.

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How to be a good journalism student

One of my best students in NZ has posted this cheeky video about being a good journalism student. Enjoy... Ain't that great? Read Luke's blog here. On ...

1 Comment. Posted by Dave on Thursday, July 24, 2008 at 1:51 am.

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The bashing together of young journalism heads

Every month I take part in the Carnival of Journalism. It's a fun little event where a selection of invited bloggers bash their collective heads ...

21 Comments. Posted by Dave on Tuesday, July 15, 2008 at 5:49 pm.

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Introducing NewsWire: If you run a journalism school, you need to do this

NewsWire.co.nz is the new news website for the Whitireia Journalism School, New Zealand. I built it. And, aside from the fee for hosting (pennies) and my ...

30 Comments. Posted by Dave on Tuesday, July 8, 2008 at 10:33 am.

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Me on Radio New Zealand’s Mediawatch

Yesterday, I shared the bill with Paul Bradshaw on Radio New Zealand's Mediawatch program. Paul was discussing Jolly Journalists -- of which I am one! -- ...

4 Comments. Posted by Dave on Monday, July 7, 2008 at 1:56 am.

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It’s the journalism that counts, not the technology

G'day and Kia Ora from Down-Under. (See... picked up the lingo and everyfink.) *ahem* Right, we're verrrry close to launching the news website that I have built. ...

4 Comments. Posted by Dave on Monday, June 30, 2008 at 10:47 am.

Filed under Debate, Ethics, Multimedia, Social Networking, Sport, Student Journalism, TV, Tabloids, The Future, The Web.

Thisishowyousortyoursiteout.co.uk/listen!

I hate the 'ThisIs' series of websites. I hate the name. I hate the designs. Urg urg urg. Many of these local sites would benefit ...

2 Comments. Posted by Dave on Friday, June 27, 2008 at 4:56 am.

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Can you make a great news website for free?

Assume you have a workforce. And premises. And equipment. Those are things you don't have to worry about. But imagine you cannot spend ANYTHING on your ...

4 Comments. Posted by Dave on Monday, June 2, 2008 at 9:38 am.

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Give all journalists their own ‘20 per cent time’

Ever since I first heard about the concept I've been intrigued by '20 per cent time'. It's an initiative spawned by Google, who urge all ...

7 Comments. Posted by Dave on Wednesday, May 7, 2008 at 10:45 pm.

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Adrian Monck speaks at Cambridge WordFest ‘08

I've just got back from seeing Adrian Monck give a very thought provoking talk at Cambridge WordFest. The previous 'fest' I'd attended was BurgerFest, hosted by ...

9 Comments. Posted by Dave on Sunday, March 30, 2008 at 7:10 pm.

Filed under Blogs, Ethics, Newspapers, Student Journalism, The Future, The Web.