A talk by the BBC's Mark Frankel reinforced the critical need for more verification skills in modern newsrooms
The critical need for verification skills in modern journalism education
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Fake News - and how to fix it: a journalism debate at City University, London
Liveblogged notes from the “Fake News” event at City University, co-organised by The Media Society and the Student Publication Association. Prone to error, inaccuracy, horrible typos and screaming crimes against grammar and syntax. Post will be improved over the next…
Budget 2016: live coverage with financial journalism students
It’s budget day, and the chancellor is up and speaking. And that means I’m in a room at City University, working the MA Financial Journalism students on their live coverage of the budget. You can follow them at…
Autumn Statement: student journalists at work
It’s my biannual spell in a student newsroom, as the financial journalism students at City University do frantic live coverage of the Government spending review: You can see their work at the Autumn Statement site – I’d love to…
Morning nostalgia
I am having a deeply nostalgic day right now. Not only am I provisioning a new blog – just as I used to back in my days as RBI’s blogmeister – but today is a day of note, as this tweet…