Law Revision

The last few weeks have been an intense period of law revision. In fact, I’m sick of media law. Last night I’m sure I was vomiting statues. The contempt of court act 1981, Sexual offences ammendment act 2003, Children and young persons act 1933 etc etc. The list goes on. And so does the revision. [...]

Media Law

I hope that this post will benefit any journalism students that are considering the importance of media law. (For articles on media law see the Press Gazette special reports.)
I was in an NCTJ accreditation meeting today and the four newspaper editors that were present gave a valuable insight for any aspiring journalists. One of the [...]

Workshy journalism students.

From what I am aware journalism is one of the most competitive professions. So you would think that journalism students would be hardworking, ambitious and eager. But this is not the case.
On a journalism degree we are required to learn media law and advised to take the NCTJ exam on media law. Basically we have [...]

Watcing TV on a PC

I am one of the lucky few thousand who were at BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend yesterday. It was brilliant. The music, atmosphere and weather all rocked. It was also enjoyable to observe the camera work. Each tent had big screen TVs showing the action on stage for those too far away to see. And [...]

First Post

Attending the Sixth Journalism Leaders Forum at The University of Central Lancashire last night has motivated me to start a blog. I hope that my blog will give a different insight on the media industry. This Summer I have work experience at four regional papers (and possibly one national). I will post my observations here.
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