journalism

Young yeti seen in Leeds

Last week Rich Leigh, account director at Gloucester based 10 Yetis PR and newly named in PR Week’s 29 under 29 list of young PR talent, spoke to the Journalism and Public Relations (JPR) society at Leeds Metropolitan University. Matt Silver reports.

Write an essay, save a life, win an editorial internship

The Telegraph is offering students the chance to win a two week internship in its editorial team, by submitting a 200 word essay on blood stem cell donation, in support of blood cancer charity Anthony Nolan.

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.