Twitter’s Schiphol aircrash scoop

If you want to see how Twitter is changing news reporting go to http://twitterfall.com/ and tick #schiphol

Isolationalist mag looking for writers

Isolationist, the Newcastle-centric web magazine/blog that covers news, media, arts and events around the black and white striped city, is looking to strengthen its writing team. In their words..
“If you have a burning passion – or indeed a complete disdain – for what is happening in the local arts and media worlds and want to [...]

Twitter for beginners

Quite a few people are experimenting with Twitter, but maybe some are wondering where to start. This might help.

Win tickets to see Oasis, Take That with NSS

The National Student Survey is still looking for all final year students to give feedback on your programme here at Sunderland. This is THE biggest student survey, and the one that universities, the media and the government listen to when talking about the ’student experience’.
There are prizes on offer for filling in the questionnaire–the prizes [...]

Graduation!

If you are in Level 3 and have just seen your S1 results on Evision you might be starting to think about graduating. This year’s ceremony for Arts, Design and Media will begin at 10am on Thursday, July 16. The web page with booking details etc will be online before Easter. Good luck!

Uni Opportunities: volunteer fair

Another opportunity available to all students that might be of interest to one or two of you in Journalism / PR.
There’s a volunteer recruitment fair to celebrate National Student Volunteer Week.  The event is open to all students and provides a fantastic opportunity to speak directly to local organisations offering voluntary work experience including COCO, [...]

Want to meet Jon Snow and judge a media award?

Are you 21 or under, and interested in the media and young people’s issues around the world? You could sit on the One World Youth Jury and choose the media that changes people’s minds.
The One World Media Awards is a leading awards event in the UK, open to films, radio programmes, newspaper articles and websites, [...]

Exclusive to Sunderland: BBC Work Placements

That’s right, exclusive to our department–the BBC are offering University of Sunderland Media Department students absolutely ridiculous good things at the launch of the 2009 BBC Work Placement Scheme. This could be the biggest break in your career. The scheme is hugely rewarding and can lead to regular paid work at the BBC straight afterwards. [...]

InJournalism meeting, editorial contributors: Mon 1pm

Do you want to gain some editorial and team experience working on InJournalism.co.uk? If you do, you’ll join a group of Level 1, 2 and Level 3 students creating an independent online magazine to showcase new writing and talent.
The new editorial group is holding a meeting this Monday at 1pm in the Newsroom (now also [...]

Newspapers worse than banks

People think our newspapers are even worse than our banks, according to new research.

Only 7% of the public trust newspapers to behave well.

75% think newspapers regularly publish stories they know to be wrong.

The findings come from a new report by the Media Standards Trust.
The report also claims that press self-regulation is failing. Take a [...]