journalism

Hacks and flack jackets
David Piggott reports on the Maggie Nally Memorial Lecture given by Richard Gizbert of Al Jazeera. Lottery to fund citizen journalism
The Media Trust has today received £1.89 million from the Big Lottery Fund to support citizen journalism and to create an innovative UK network of local community news hubs that will support and empower local groups to tell their stories for online, broadcast and print media. Tomorrow’s media world
Richard Bailey recommends Dan Gillmor’s self-published book which calls on us all to become mediactivists. The Sun seeks Column Idol 2010
Media Trust has joined forces with The Sun to offer 16-21 year olds the chance to write their own column with the support of some of the Sun’s top journalists, including seasoned political columnist Trevor Kavanagh and Bizarre Editor Gordon Smart. Save Our Stories
Eileen Jones makes a plea for newspaper readers to join battle to save our print media Journalism’s place in business
A new course sets journalism alongside public relations and places it within a business faculty. Flat Earth News
Richard Bailey finds some flat earth views hidden in this commentary on the sorry state of journalism and public relations.