Archive for September, 2008
MAC373 and MAC381 clash
We are aware that some L3 students have a timetable clash between MAC373 Media Ethics and MAC381. We are rescheduling 381 but for this week go to the sessions indicated on your timetables (373 will end early). You will be informed of the new arrangements shortly. Any problems, contact Philip (373) or Alex (381).
Knife crime: epidemic or moral panic?
Inside Stories on Radio 4 this morning featured a fascinating debate about the portrayal of knife crime in the media. I was driving at the time but I am sure I heard a man from the Telegraph explain that it was their job to reflect not the world as it was but the world as [...]
Buy the Guardian today
If you are doing Journalism or PR, buy the Guardian today (Thursday) and read the free booklet, How to write: Journalism. It is full of really useful tips from Simon Jenkins and Peter Cole that will be worth reading whether you are L1 or MA.
Posted by Philip Young
Win £100 (book tokens) with CricketWrite.com
And another prize for budding sports journalists. ‘Young writers’ could win £100 in book tokens if they enter cricketwrite.com’s new short story competition. This is the blurb:
We are looking for stories from writers aged 25 and under and the challenge is to be creative. The stories could feature a favourite player or team, most memorable [...]
Job: Reporter, global real estate
If you’re thinking a globetrotting journalism job is up your street, this opportunity (Level 3 graduated or MA) might be interesting:
Reporter, global real estate
A financial media company with offices in London, New York and Singapore is seeking an ambitious reporter to cover the private equity real estate industry. The position will have a particular focus [...]
Make friends on Facebook… but be careful
We have just set up a Facebook group for any doing PR at Sunderland – please join PR@Sunderland (http://www.new.facebook.com/pages/University-of-Sunderland/PRSunderland/40502727183?ref=share).
If you are thinking about blogging or using any social networking tool – MySpace, YouTube, Flickr etc – do remember that one day you will be looking for a job, and that HR departments can use Google [...]
Scholarships in sports journalism / media
Two fantastic opportunities for budding sports journalists / sports PR are on offer from Uni Sport Sunderland. One is a year long placement of creating articles for the press linked to the Sport Universities North East England (SUNEE) project. The other is a sports media and communication scholarship, working in the media office. Cash on [...]
One for the girls: the Mary Stott prize, £500
Another competition for journalists, the Guardian is seeking articles of up to 1,500 words for the Mary Stott prize, in honour of their campaigning journalist who died in 2002. This is the blurb:
We are seeking entries for this year’s Mary Stott prize, awarded in honour of the pioneering journalist who edited the women’s pages of [...]
A note to tutors: new tutor group categories
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Thanks to Julie’s great idea, we now have categories for all tutor groups at L1, L2 and L3 to which we can post articles when relevant. If only Patrick was called Joe, the categories would line up a bit nicer, like (see the next column to the right, down a bit). Patrick, can we call [...]
New BBC opportunity: star in your drama
What’s that you say? Your life is a drama? Well, why not be famous for it then.
Forget social networking. The future is in social television making, according to the BBC, who are launching what they call the first “socially created drama”, called To Be Continued.
Now you could argue that all drama is social, harking right [...]
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