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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… »
Investigative journalism: waste of time?
Apologies again for lack of posts, preparation for Redbrick seems to consume most of my time.
I think I have alluded to the theme I am going to cover today before, but it is important and therefore should be explored properly. After meeting Ian Cobain almost two weeks ago and getting a brief but utterly illuminating… »
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… »
Student journalism – the (right?) approach to sensitive stories
I have been reading stories in the past few days where journalists have been recounting times they have had to source a photograph of a child killed in a car crash or a teenager that committed suicide. These journalists have highlighted the problems of dealing with a grieving family and the emotions that both sides… »
No Platform Policy
In an early Guild Council at the University of Birmingham the ‘No Platform Policy’ came up for renewal (all policy lapses after three years). Strong arguments were made, both in favour of such a policy and against. Some students were concerned by the groups on the list (the BNP, the National Front and Hizb ut-Tahrir)… »
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… »
Guild Council + Redbrick
I attended Guild Council tonight and we elected new independent chairs and elections committee members. I was twittering the goings on under #Guildcouncil as a bit of an experiment on behalf of Redbrick to see how feasible it is and would be for the future.
When the independent chairs were giving speeches and taking questions the… »
All of a twitter.
So why Twitter, who wants to hear about what the Editor had for breakfast?
This is the first in a series of posts designed to explain which technologies and ideas Redbrick is planning to use in the coming months, attempting to give you, the particpators some insight into what it is we want to achive and… »
Lets start at the end.
I think the most important question is where do I want Redbrick to be in a years time?
As I have mentioned in my previous post ‘Redbrick – time to start the conversation’ I want to encourage all of the students at Birmingham to participate in the ‘conversation’ and this is not some vague concept that… »
