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 [...]

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 [...]