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 [...]

My Online Brand Means Much To Do

December 18, 2008 in Journalism
Tags: branding, fabians, Journalism, liveblogging, marketing, Michael Haddon, Naomi Klein, newspapers, next left, No Logo, online, podcasting, qik, technology, tntj

Does anyone else remember falling under Naomi Klein’s spell after reading No Logo and deciding that brands were bad? Well that was then, and this is now.  Suddenly I’m all for branding, especially if it helps to improve my visibility and employability.  I would sell my soul to Starbucks for a job.
Despite this I haven’t put [...]