I am currently reading Nick Davies’ ‘Flat Earth News’ and I am only a chapter and a half in and I am already more depressed about the prospects of a career in Journalism that I have been for a long time. I had not realised the decline in proper fact-checked journalism was so widespread and …
I have been home from university approaching two weeks now, although I do not graduate until the 12th of July. I picked up a 2:1, which when I look at what else I had on my plate in 3rd year is something I am very proud of, but now I have nothing.
Now that is not strictly true, a couple of weeks work experience here and an interview or two there (fingers crossed) but nothing concrete or confirmed. A large part of that is I am not quite sure what I want to do. I know my passion lies in journalism – my undying love for Redbrick and the experiences I had with the paper have taught me that. Yet I am not sure where within journalism, especially in this world of uncertainty within the media industr
Having spent the day at Jeecamp, I wanted to share a few of my thoughts on the day. This year the (semi) Unconference feels like it has focused more on the business / innovation side of journalism than ever before. It was a very different experience to the unconference of a year ago, however I do not think the more formal nature of the event is entirely to blame.
When attending last year I had been elected as Redbrick editor only days before and as such I had a platform with which I could experiment. This time around I have nowhere to try-out the ideas and possibilities that have come out of the discussions I had on Friday
So, on the 10th of June I shall put my final issue of Redbrick to bed, it is the final issue of the year and my 59th involved with the paper.
As I have mentioned before I have lost all of the posts I wrote about my plans and hopes for Redbrick this year, so all I can do is talk you through what we have achieved and where we think we can go in the future.
I see a lot of potential in the UK’s student media scene, I think it is woefully underdeveloped and many universities and their media groups should have better links with each other and better links with the industry. The student media scene is a great place for experimentation because the business model is different. It is an environment where risk should be encouraged and entrepreneurship supported.
So, it has been a year since I attended my first Jeecamp – At the time I didn’t really know what to expect, I was just ready to learn. What I found was a melting pot of ideas, challenges, uncertainty and inspiration; I left Jeecamp overflowing with plans and possibilities to take back to Redbrick.
Student media should work together
(I am cross posting this from Ones to Watch where it was originally published) Student media is an interesting world; our problems are very different to that of a regional or a daily. Whilst we often worry less about making money (most only need to break even on printing costs) we can struggle to get …