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The Observer relaunches on Sunday
Especially for those journalism students who answered the essay question last semester on the future of the Observer (MAC381), this piece of news is very timely — the Observer is to relaunch this Sunday:
The Observer’s mission statement from its inception in 1791 reads: “Unbiased by prejudice – uninfluenced by party. Whole principle is independence, whole [...]
Digital Event for graduates
An interesting looking event for graduating students:
The North East is packed with creative talent. You’ve probably played some of the video games designed here, visited websites built here, and seen the TV ads created here. Now you can meet the brains behind the big ideas.
Created for students, graduates and entrepreneurs looking to embark on a [...]
Transfer deadline day
Follow our live transfer deadline day coverage here.
Guardian Careers – Professional Copywriting online Q&A
Guardian Careers is running a FREE online Q&A this Friday for people who want to make a career out of writing.
Between 12-3pm, a panel of experts will be fielding questions on how you can break into the lucrative business of professional copywriting.
Copywriting is an opportunity for journalists and writers to hone their skills and make [...]
Covered live: News:rewired
While head of Journalism and PR Chris Rushton and Magazine Programme Leader Alex Lockwood are tweeting away at the Association of Journalism Education’s ‘The Future is Entrepreneurial’ event in London this Friday, Level 3 student Josh Halliday is already covering-it-live at the Journalism.co.uk event News:rewired.
Watch news:rewired all unfold here:
(and remember, if you’re interested in learning [...]
Transfer deadline day – live coverage
Interested in reporting the latest footy gossip to an audience of thousands?
We’re teaming up with the Sunderland Echo to provide live coverage of the next transfer deadline day – and we need your help.
If you’re interested in getting involved then come along to find out more:
2pm on Wednesday, December 9 in the newsroom (room 106)
Here’s [...]
The PCC, privacy and Facebook
Interesting news from the Press Complaints Commission today, which has:
rejected a complaint on behalf of a serving police officer about published comments in The People that he had made on Facebook about the death of Ian Tomlinson during the London G20 protests.
The article reported that the police officer had posted a message which said: “I [...]
Follow the liveblog from Guardian Student Media Conference
You can follow the event via JoshHalliday.com
Students: how to start getting yourself taken seriously as a journalist
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 [...]
‘Learn how to learn’ – Dominic Cameron
The Digital entrepreneur Dominic Cameron visited the University yesterday to give the students a taster of the online media world.
For a man who best describes himself as an engineer, producer and entrepreneur, Dominic has an impressive CV that includes roles as co-founder of Beeb.com. He now heads up ITV.com.
Living by the motto ‘Love, Simplicity, Optimism’, [...]
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