City St George’s
Posts about City St George’s, London and its journalism department in particular
Launching the Institute for Creativity and AI Paid Members Public
What happens when you take academics from across multiple disciplines, and let them explore the intersection of creativity and AI? We're about to find out…
The critical need for verification skills in modern journalism education Paid Members Public
A talk by the BBC's Mark Frankel reinforced the critical need for more verification skills in modern newsrooms
Fake News - and how to fix it: a journalism debate at City University, London Paid Members Public
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 48 hours. Jonathan Hewett, our chair, isn’t keen on
Budget 2016: live coverage with financial journalism students Paid Members Public
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 [https://www.city.ac.uk/courses/postgraduate/financial-journalism] students on their live coverage of the budget. You can follow them at their Budget
Autumn Statement: student journalists at work Paid Members Public
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 [http://www.citybudgetreport.com] – I’d love to hear your feedback.
Morning nostalgia Paid Members Public
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 suggests: > 12 years ago today… http://t.co/6pEPQB5AIB—
Freedom of Information at 10: a debate Paid Members Public
A panel discussion on the Freedom of Information Act after 10 years, held at City University, London. [https://i0.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2015/02/city-uni-foi-at-10-panel.jpg] As Chair Roy Greenslade [http://www.theguardian.com/profile/roygreenslade] points out, we’re meeting in the shadow of Press
Interhacktives: the resource for digital journalists relaunches Paid Members Public
Like The Doctor in Doctor Who, every now and again, the Interhacktives website [http://www.interhacktives.com] falls over, and then gets up looking different, with a changed outlook on life. Except The Doctor does this at irregular intervals. And Interhacktives does it once a year. Abandoning metaphor. Interhacktives is
