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Student journalism: Podcasts galore
Hey all, I am making a new pledge to myself which is to try and keep this blog updated once a week (not at the same time) in an attempt to force me to write and reflect on how things are going. With Redbrick and essays I am finding it far to easy to be… »
Where are we now?
This weekend I have sort of had a couple of days off and although relatively relaxing I couldn’t help but take stock of where we are in Redbrick this year. I have been in Birmingham since the 5th of September, so pretty much 6 weeks of hard work are sitting behind me now and it… »
3G Dongle frustrations
So this blog is supposed to be about the good and the bad when it comes to Redbrick successes and failures, here is some of the bad.
As most of you will be aware I am in the process of trying to put a blogging kit together, including a 3G Dongle and Netbook. Whereas I have… »
Students: Local news or international campaigns.
Today was the NUS Media and Democracy day and i thought it would be a good idea to share some of my experiences from the day and what i took away from it.
Hosted by Amnesty with NUS the day provided the opportunity to network with student television, radio and publications from around the country. We… »
Project Domino – Pete Blakemore races in India
Project Domino
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Pete Blakemore – Twitter @peteblakemore #projectdomino
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Why student journalists should rule the world
The world of print journalism is not collapsing, it is mutating and as student journalists we are in the best possible place to take advantage of the changes. We are freed from worrying about pay walls, micro payments and the bottom line. Instead we can focus on more important aspects, such as quality, the story… »
JEE Camp interview – Future of Redbrick
I have been absent on my blog for far to long, but to quote one of my deputy editor’s twitter feed ‘Pete Blakemore @petren Glad your account is quieter than usual, does this mean you finally got your well deserved rest?’
It has meant that, indeed fully rested I am attempting to return (to my blogging… »
Review: Live blogging Guild Council
As some of you may have noticed, we tried a basic version of live blogging (when i say basic i mean one man, one laptop and twitter) at the last Guild Council of the year. It proved to be a very valuable experience which we will use to outline our strategy for coverage in the… »
What is the role of facebook?
Networks and connections - life is about who you know. Facebook is a fantastic tool for building and maintaining contacts – however how will it feature in our attempt to provide real time content and to develop our web presence – especially when it is essentially playing catch up when it comes to the ‘real… »
Nothing without content
With all the talk about new social media and the projects that new technology is going to allow us to embark on in the coming year, I thought it would be pertinent to talk about content. Content is king, no matter how good the website is or our means of communicating are, it is the… »
