Summer plans and soul searching for jobless journalism graduates

April 14, 2009 in Journalism
Tags: blogging, Fabian Society, guardian, internship, Journalism, LinkedIn, podcasting, Press Association, telegraph, times, tntj, training scheme, twitter

This post was originally published at Tomorrow’s News, Tomorrow’s Journalists.
So there is to be more soul-searching about the lack of prospects for journalism graduates after our national news agency joined the long list of companies to cancel their trainee scheme.  I found out the Press Association’s decision on twitter thanks to a fellow applicant but [...]

Financial Crisis and Social Media Could Make Ownership Obsolete

January 5, 2009 in Journalism
Tags: Journalism, finance, business, guardian, technology, internet, new york times, social media, rupert murdoch, wall street journal, tribune company, media ownership, trusts, press freedom, networked journalism, community reporting, media

Economic crisis and financial mismanagement at some of the world’s most prestigious print companies has helped put their entire model of media obselete ownership at risk. Tribune, publisher of some of the most influential newspapers in America, has filed for bankruptcy. The value of British newspaper companies has plummeted. Even the venerable [...]

Build It Up And Knock It Down

November 17, 2008 in Journalism
Tags: berkeley, bob calo, city, david leigh, guardian, investigative, Journalism, newspapers, paul bradshaw, propublica

This was my November post for the ‘Tomorrow’s News, Tomorrow’s Journalists‘ blogring.
The question was ‘If you had a million dollars to save journalism, what would you do?‘
So $1,000,000 or £670,765.31.
I would spend it on investigative website which would perform journalism in the public interest. Very much taking its inspiration from ProPublica, albeit with [...]

Which Side Are You On?

November 4, 2008 in Journalism, UK Politics
Tags: bright, city, commons, guardian, hansard, lords, new statesman, stratton, watt, westminster, wintour

There we were, standing in the Commons Chamber, where vicious political battles have been taking place for more than a century. Unfortunately, and shamefully, we couldn’t quite remember which side of the House we were on. Admittedly Gabriele, being from Italy, had a perfectly legitimate excuse. The rest of us didn’t.
However, it [...]

Building Bridges

October 13, 2008 in Journalism
Tags: greenslade, guardian, harding, independent, internet, Journalism, lewis, newspapers, technology, telegraph, times

I wanted to quickly develop some ideas from my post for Tomorrow’s News, Tomorrow’s Journalists.  In response to some of the musings already submitted on the blog ring, I said:
“…there seems to be little discussion of actual publications, this may well be a pragmatic decision not to limit future job opportunities. However it seems to [...]

Tomorrow’s News, Tomorrow’s Journalists

October 12, 2008 in Journalism
Tags: blogs, city, guardian, Journalism, newspapers, politics, technology, telegraph, tntj, westminster

This post was written for Tomorrow’s News, Tomorrow’s Journalists, a blog ring for young journalists to debate the future of their profession. The topic was ‘What would your ideal journalism job be and why?”
Strangely only Daniel seems to have given an indication of the field he wishes to cover. I think it’s important that [...]