As part of an ongoing series on recent graduates who have gone into online journalism, Sonderborg portal web editor Kasper Sorensen talks about what got him the job, what it involves, and where it might go next. (Disclosure: I taught Kasper) As with most jobs, experience is always a problem for new graduates. Everyone has a degree, but what sets
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As part of an ongoing series on recent graduates who have gone into online journalism, The Guardian’s media reporter Josh Halliday talks about what got him the job, what it involves, and where it might go next. I did an NCTJ-accredited BA (Hons) Journalism degree at University of Sunderland, but it is what I did around my degree that landed
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As part of an ongoing series on recent graduates who have gone into online journalism, Midlands News Association online journalist Todd Nash talks about what got him the job, what it involves, and where it might go next. (Disclosure: I taught Todd) I started as a Community Moderator for guardian.co.uk shortly after graduating with First Class Honours from a Media and Communications
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As part of an ongoing series on recent graduates who have gone into online journalism, Guardian Beatblogger Hannah Waldram talks about her education and experience leading up to her job, and what it involves. I graduated from the Centre for Journalism at the Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies with a diploma in newspaper journalism in June 2009.
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Here’s a nice idea from Bad Science blogger Ben Goldacre: a repository of news ingredients: A website that gives each news story a unique ID. Any involved party can add / upload a full press release or quote to that story’s page Anyone can add a link to a primary source Anyone can vote these up or down like on
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Jack Kinsella writes with a unique opportunity at the Bolivian Express, an English language magazine set up by Bolivian graduates in collaboration with students around the world: “We have just started a journalism internship program in Bolivia whereby interns take Spanish classes, journalism classes, photography classes and cinematography classes. Participants are paired with Bolivians in La Paz and are then expected to explore
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Suzanne Kavanagh reports on key insights and highlights from the Periodicals Training Council (PTC) Academies and Industry Forum, at Bauer Media’s central London office. Editorial is at the heart of management at Bauer, said the company’s CEO, Paul Keenan, who explained how they work across media and events for brands and are embracing digital. Keenan provided several insights into the industry and
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This year was always going to be an exciting year for open data. The launch of data.gov.uk towards the end of last year, along with commitments from both sides of the political divide before the election that are continuing to be acted upon now means data is starting to be opened up -scruffily at first, [...]
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