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Who’s watching Newsnight? Who knows…
Ask any journalist why you should listen to them and, eventually, most of them would say the same thing… We are in touch with what our readers / viewers / listeners want to hear. Some may say they even represent their audience. And this is a fundamental part of how the media works. Journalists, producers […]
Degrees give no guarantees of success in the media
August 26, 2011
Over at the Independent, Rizwan Syed criticises Jan Murray’s development of an Apprenticeship for journalists. I praised Jan for this move, part of what I believe is a vital shift toward creating more routes to enter media professions. I did respond on the Independent, but my comments seem to have disappeared. So, I’ll re-post my […]
Sexy A-Levels are not the worst media crime today
August 18, 2011
With phone hacking and riots, this has hardly been a normal ‘silly season’ for the media. But, like Christmas ‘last day rush’ and Bank Holiday ‘getaway travel chaos’ stories, A-Level results can be relied on to fill plenty of media airtime and column inches. In all this coverage, a recurring media crime is to use […]
The Apprentice revolution is coming, but slowly
August 16, 2011
Guardian journalist Jan Murray‘s announcement that she is taking on an Apprentice is another sign that the attitude toward vocational qualifications is changing. Degrees churn out indebted graduates who, in the PR industry as in journalism, spend the immediate aftermath of their degree on post-graduate qualifications or as juniors learning their trade. Indeed, those graduates […]
What makes sports ‘news’?
July 24, 2011
Sport is an important part of British life. The economic impact of football alone is massive with the world’s richest club worth £1.16bn, to a non league club still turning over £200,000 a year. And that’s not to mention the revenue generated by businesses as a direct result of sports events being staged. Yet despite […]
More from The Rooftop – news worth shouting about
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- New institute launched to help savers invest in good causes 17/06/2019
- MPs put their foot in it – new poll 14/06/2019
- Council reduces unhealthy packed lunch consumption by 300,000 13/06/2019
- Sex toys and hand grenades show vital work of airport staff 12/06/2019
- London community farm recruits Chair of Desmond Tutu Foundation 11/06/2019
- Guide set to get older people active 10/06/2019
- Honour for female apprenticeship champion 08/06/2019
- Recycled packaging raft race 07/06/2019
- Social impact of coworking revealed 06/06/2019
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