Floods bring a torrent of user generated content

This was possibly the best (or worst) week to have done work experience in Derby, Sheffield, Nottingham, or any other region affected by flooding. On Tuesday when the floods hit, the Derby Telegraph newsroom was frantic. It is next to a river which was overflowing onto the road outside. This caused much anxiety [...]

Derby Day

Today I started work experince at the Derby Evening Telegraph. They are more accomodating to the work experince student than the Nottingham Evening Post. This morning I was swiftly collected from reception by a reporter and introduced to my work experince co-ordinator, a news editor called Suzanne Harrop (UCLan graduate in 2000). After a friendly [...]

News Sources

The internet is a brillaint place for journalists to find stories. These stories can be very strong, too. In April I had a front page lead in the LEP with a story I found on the City Council’s website: www.preston.gov.uk. Admittedly this did involve trawling through a tiresome report on ‘urban potential’ ( how many [...]

One of my favourite comedians died yesterday: Bernanrd Manning. I was lucky enough to see him two yeas ago at the Cabaret in Nottingham. Despite his old age and ill health he performed brilliantly. The venue was sold out. Every gag was hilarious.
I really admire the way old school comedians perform one liners. Bernard was [...]

The people’s blogger

Last week I did work experience at the Nottingham Evening Post (see below). You can read my controversial front page lead here. On June 25 I am going to the Derby Evening Telegraph. Keep reading to see how it compares to Nottingham. I think that my blog is credible enough to give [...]

Work Experience Review

Working for five days at the Nottingham Evening Post has been tremendous. It helps no end to see journalism in action rather than just learning about it at university. And the experience has shown me the negative points of my journalism course and the good points.
Tecnological change is an issues in journalism. At university it [...]

The NCTJ exam was a lot harder than I thought it would be. There were some very obscure questions. The one about wards of court had me stumped. And they asked about the Press Complaints Commission Code of Practice: What are the three points that are defined as public interest? I had a [...]