Interactive event in Kent: Transformed by you
There’s a potentially interesting and interactive event happening in Kent happening on Saturday 20th March called ‘Transformed by you’. Organised by Kent County Council and Medway Council, it involves using the web and other technologies to improve your area. You can read more about it on Simon Wakeman’s blog. Simon is Head of Communications and Marketing for Medway Council. Might be a perfect chance for the CfJ to plug an idea for a hyperlocal website which will incorporate any ideas raised at the event..? Anyone want to come? If only to get a story for your...
Read MoreAllan Little’s top tips for student journalists
BBC correspondent Allan Little visited the Centre for Journalism today for the second time. Unfortunately this time, Little’s visit was declared ‘off the record’ by the gods of journalism at the CfJ. This therefore ruined my planned blog for the day. However, Little did advise never giving excuses for failing to get a story. So whilst I won’t report on the more topical issues discussed in a Q&A session, I will point out five of his top tips for student journalists as his talk was largely covered on the BBC College of Journalism website anyway: Have something to say. He...
Read MoreMark Thompson’s salary
Last Wednesday Mark Thompson visited the University of Kent to deliver a lecture at the Centre for Journalism’s inaugural Bob Friend Memorial Scholarship event. You can view the CfJ’s coverage on our website. And you can read my piece on Journalism.co.uk too. If you scroll to the end of the Cover It Live section you’ll find Ian Reeves’ question unanswered. Seeing as the CfJ itself hasn’t actually enlightened you on Thompson’s answer – I will. However, someone seems to have taken my notebook, thus it will be from my rusty old memory. Thompson started by posing the rhetorical...
Read More