Finished for Christmas

Two weeks at the Lancaster Guardian are completed successfully.  On Thursday I finished the feature/splash on the opening of Royal Lancaster Infirmary’s Coronary Care Unit. Also wrote a story about a Church which could close because it owes too much money and one about a church which is raising money to restore a vintage organ.     
 Friday was a [...]

Wednesday round up

This morning I finished a story about Lancaster University students who have won an award for a documentary about the local football team. View Lancaster City FC: In The Blue.
After this I started work on a Christmas drink driving story. Unfortunately the Lancashire Police press office were awful in getting back to [...]

“Hi, can you put me through to your press office, please.”

Second day of week two at the Lancaster Guardian. Been trying to get a quote from a shopping centre in the city. Press relations do not exist for these buffoons. I’m not putting the name because they don’t deserve the publicity. Done a couple more stories today. One about a kid  [...]

BBC changes homepage

The BBC has re-jigged its homepage. It’s now…..drum roll….interactive! You can change what you want on the page and where it appears. It’s pretty fun to play with.

Richard Titus, who designed the page, said:
From a conceptual point of view, the widgetization adopted by Facebook, iGoogle and netvibes weighed strongly on our initial thinking. We [...]

Llama generated contet

The Lanacashire Evening Post splashed a decent example of user generated content today: Llama runs amok in school playground.
A pupil recorded the deranged llama running its mock around the school car park. Screams are heard as it charges a crowd.
Would this story have been as good without the video? I think not.

Recovering pupils have commented [...]

End of week one

Juts worked a week at the Lancaster Guardian. Although it’s a weekly I’ve been kept busy. I’ve got a front page by-line in the recent edition. Story about a vintage bell stolen from a farm! (It’s not online yet)
Yesterday I did a vox pop and a picture story. Today I wrote a [...]

Work placement postings

For the next few weeks I’ll be posting about my journalism work placements. I’m three days into a two week stint at the Lancaster Guardian. It’s a very small set up in the middle of town. They produce a weekly broadsheet. On Monday I went to an inquest. On Tuesday [...]