Journalism & PR at Sunderland

Students: how to start getting yourself taken seriously as a journalist

By juliebradford ⋅ November 18, 2009 ⋅ One comment

Want to start getting noticed? Here’s how our third-year student Josh Halliday made the most of the opportunity when ex-Mirror editor David Banks came to Sunderland University to give a lecture.
Step 1 .. Seize the opportunity when someone like Banks comes to visit. Ex-editor, broadcaster, columnist, he is someone who is listened to in the [...]

CollegeJourn comes to Europe – take part

By Alex Lockwood ⋅ March 19, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments

The widely respected #CollegeJourn is coming to Europe thanks to a Sunderland student. #CollegeJourn was established as the real-time online discussion for members of the college journalism community in the US. It runs in the early hours of Monday mornings, which often stops people from this side of the Atlantic attending.
So our own Josh Halliday, [...]

Social networking shows its age (sadly)

By Kevin Overbury ⋅ March 11, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments

So you thought social networking was young and cool, did you? Well think again. According to the latest research it’s us oldies who are taking over social networking sites – and we’re doing it in droves.
Media researchers Nielsen Online says in a report that over two-thirds of web users worldwide take part in “member communities”, [...]

Six reasons why magazines have a future

By Alex Lockwood ⋅ March 4, 2009 ⋅ One comment

“The future of magazines is glorious,” said Simon Wear of magazine house Future UK, wrapping up the industry event ‘What Happens to Magazines?’ held in London last night. “Both print and online,” he added.
He would say that, though: Future has been selling a successful 1.7m magazines a month through the recession with its hobby and [...]

Interview coaching sessions for final year students

By admin ⋅ March 4, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Need to polish up your performance in interviews? The university careers service is offering individual ‘practice interviews’ with their careers coach, aimed at helping students anticipate questions, practice answers and get advice on how to improve under pressure. Useful if:

Good news for students – spend more time on Facebook!

By juliebradford ⋅ December 10, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

The Sunderland Echo’s digital editor Lee Hall told journalism and PR students today they should be spending MORE time on Facebook for the good of their media careers (though try telling that to your irate tutor . .)
Lee came along to Sunderland University to talk about how newspapers are making their web presences felt and [...]

Echo boss outlines digital future

By juliebradford ⋅ December 9, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

The digital director for the Sunderland Echo, Lee Hall, will give a guest lecture in the cinema at 12-1pm this Wednesday (Dec 10). Lee will be talking about how journalism and PR are adapting to the online world, and what works well on the web. He’ll be stressing that online and video skills are something [...]

Six of the best… student portfolio sites

By Alex Lockwood ⋅ December 9, 2008 ⋅ 7 comments

For the web session I am running later today for Level 3 and MA students, I thought it useful to share with everyone the different examples of student portfolio sites that we’ll be looking at.
It can go without saying (because it has already been said, by Martin Stabe, Mindy McAdams and the Iconoclast, amongst others) [...]

Nick Davies’ Flat Earth News and Education

By admin ⋅ September 16, 2008 ⋅ One comment

Last Friday I heard Nick Davies present at the Association for Journalism Education annual conference in Sheffield. My piece for Journalism.co.uk is over here, looking at Nick Davies’ 11th hour call to journalism educators to be the guardians of the skills needed to “find out the truth”. This was the essence of Nick’s message:
“If we [...]

Interview with Head of Internet, TES Online

By admin ⋅ August 30, 2008 ⋅ One comment

“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. [...]

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