When I tell people I’m a broadcast journalist in TV news most people usually respond with “that must’ve been very competitive”. And it’s true that when you go into journalism you expect to get knocked-back a fair few times. With yesterday’s BBC pay revelation news, transparency now seems to be trending… So I’ve decided to… Read More Broadcast Journalism: Handling rejection
The title: WHO WON THE TV ELECTION ON THE NIGHT? The guest speakers: all four editors of election night TV programmes. Sam Woodhouse from the BBC, Alex Chandler from ITV, Cristina Nicolotti Squires from Sky and Ian Rumsey from Channel 4 / ITN productions. The very hot and sticky room at the Groucho club on… Read More Media Society Event: Election night TV
During my two weeks of work experience at Channel 5 News in summer 2015 I was lucky enough to spend a morning at Buckingham Palace, help create news packages, book experts to appear on 5 News Tonight and see correspondents deliver live reports from Westminster. If you’re looking to do work experience there too, keep… Read More Behind the scenes at Channel 5 News
A seismic shift in outlook inspires Hannah to academic success This was an article written about me on the Sussex University website… *** The earthquake and tsunami in Japan in 2011 prompted Hannah Gray (nee Clifton) to give up a glamorous musical theatre career and pursue a career in journalism. Hannah’s previous line of work… Read More Well it’s not everyday you are in the news…
It’s two years since the Rana Plaza garment factory collapsed on 24th April 2013 and, in outrage, some of us have been avoiding stores that were producing clothing there; I’m wondering have these boycotts worked? The Rana Plaza Building Collapses. Photograph: Rijans/Fickr Over 1,100 people were killed and thousands more were injured after the factory… Read More Two years after Rana Plaza: Has fashion boycotting worked?
1. Once you have good command of the facts, think about how to MAKE THE READER CARE. 2. Draw the reader in by writing an introduction that reveals there is something really good coming up. The introduction is by far the most important part. If you don’t entice the reader, they’ll feel bored… Read More 10 Storytelling Tips I love
On Wednesday 25th February Professor Roy Greenslade held a journalism masterclass at Sussex University on ‘the British media landscape in 2015’. The media commentator for the Guardian, and columnist at the Evening Standard, has an enviable CV including the editor position at the Daily Mirror and is now a professor of journalism at City University. A… Read More Journalism master class with Roy Greenslade
Foggy Bottom, Pentagon, Friendship Heights, Crystal City & Arlington Cemetery, these are some of the names of Washington D.C.’s metro stops. Once I’ve successfully used public transport in a city, it’s then that I start to feel smug, lift my head high, and begin to assume the identity of an accomplished traveler. Actually, an 11-year-old… Read More Washington D.C.
Yesterday I was lucky enough to spend the day at Sky’s Westminster studio shadowing Sarah Hewson, news presenter of Sky News Tonight. I met Sarah Hewson 3 weeks ago at an event which launched work experience week. My husband and I had received an invite to this event as I would be featuring in a… Read More Shadowing a Sky News presenter
My internship in the news team at HeartFM has been great fun and an excellent opportunity to develop my experience in broadcast journalism as it involves researching, writing scripts and presenting local news in a fair, accurate and balanced way for radio news bulletins. My internship began in June and three months later I’m still… Read More Interning with Heart News
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