Journalism & PR at Sunderland

The Observer relaunches on Sunday

By admin ⋅ February 18, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

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 [...]

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 [...]

InJournalism wants student bloggers

By admin ⋅ October 14, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Student bloggers: InJournalism wants you!
Are you a University of Sunderland student? Do you have a blog? If you answered yes to both of these, InJournalism.co.uk wants you.
InJournalism, soon to undergo a name-change and wholesale revamp, is looking to publish your blogposts and link out to your blog – think Huffington Post style -driving lots of [...]

What’s wrong with WebCT? Help us change it

By admin ⋅ May 22, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

We are in the process of reporting to our Faculty’s Student Experience Committee about WebCT. What’s good about it (and there are some good things – you know, at least, where module guides are for you module)… and what’s frustrating about it? COMMENT ON THIS ARTICLE !

Module Fair this Thursday: L1 and L2 students

By Alex Lockwood ⋅ May 11, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

The Module Choice fair for current Level 1 and 2 students will take place this Thursday 14th May 2009. Current level 1 students need to attend at 10.00am and current level 2 students at 11.15am in the Cinema.
We understand that this may cause some disruption to classes but we have tried to minimise this as [...]

What skills do journalism students need?

By juliebradford ⋅ May 10, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Let us know what you think. Journalism student Josh Halliday and lecturer Julie Bradford are carrying out a survey into what students think is important and what they’d like to see more (and less) of on their journalism degrees.
The survey results will be presented at The Future of Journalism Education conference in London on June [...]

Win a Flip camcorder: Sunderland survey

By Alex Lockwood ⋅ April 28, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Welcome back, and welcome to the 2nd most important survey of the year. The University and the Students’ Union want your opinions about your experience here at University. The information will help students like you get the most out of your time here by identifying ways in which the student experience can be improved.
Results of [...]

BBC Blast Reporters: summer work placement

By Alex Lockwood ⋅ March 25, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

The BBC are hosting summer placements though BBC Blast for people looking to build their skills in the media. The BBC Blast Reporter scheme is an opportunity for young journalists to learn the tricks of the trade in hands-on work experience that will enable you to build on your skills, providing “fresh and exciting” opportunities, [...]

Iterative journalism, iterative teaching (esp. for MAC238ers)

By Alex Lockwood ⋅ March 24, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments

If you’re doing MAC238, please read this post. If you’re not, feel free to read it anyway.
Last week I got an email from one of the module students. It was feedback on the module I run – MAC238, Magazine Writing – saying that there was a general feeling that the leap from reviewing to writing [...]

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, [...]

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