BBC Work Experience opportunities

If you’re doing MAC204 or MAC317 and want to get some work experience with the BBC, then they’ve created a site that will tell you all you need to know. They’ve got opportunities in just about every area of the BBC. And if you’re not doing a placement yet, you can still log in and [...]

If you like music, vote for this

The Music Magazine is the excellent creation of Level 3 journalism BA student Scott Goodacre, and he’d like your appreciation of his work in the BT Digital Music Awards. Take a look at his site and then, if you like what you see, make sure you vote and give Scott your support.

Interview with Head of Internet, TES Online

“When we launch, we’ll have the largest single professional network online in the UK. The community lends itself to a social media network.”
Building a framework for half a million users to share and rate teaching materials is now the focus for the Times Educational Supplement, the PPA Business Media Brand of the Year in 2008. [...]

NCTJ Awards: looking for entries

If you think your work is a class apart and deserves some recognition, then why don’t you think about entering the NCTJ journalism awards? They’re looking for entries in five categories:

News reporter
Sports reporter
Top scoop/exclusive
Feature writer
Images of the year

If you’re going to enter, though, be quick – the deadline is 3rd September. If you’re looking for [...]

Sunderland Echo: digital and hyperlocal

Journalism Lecturer Alex Lockwood spent an instructive couple of hours in the offices of the Sunderland Echo talking with their digital editor about sport, hyperlocality and what goes on inside Blu Bambu…
It was an excellent opportunity to get inside a changing newsroom, with pressures of integration, industry sales and, even, writing copy. The paper is [...]