Comments for Nick Petrie

Comment on Churning leads to depression by Dominic Haigh

Dominic Haigh — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 20:56:31 +0000

You may also find Bad Science by Ben Goldacre interesting.

Comment on Churning leads to depression by Pope

Pope — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 18:15:00 +0000

Amen to that. However, churnalism only exists as a result of the business instincts which drive papers nowadays. They are used as money making ventures, which makes the content of the stories suffer. Like Davies says, the need for high output and low production costs make it necessary to use the PR stories rather than follow leads. It's a sad state of affairs which is likely to persist.

Comment on Sticking at it by petren

petren — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 23:39:14 +0000

Text being awaited with bated breath..

Comment on Sticking at it by Pope

Pope — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 19:55:16 +0000

Yes Project London. This is rousing to say the least. I've had a few thoughts, conceptual more than content based, but we need a meet up to brainstorm. Expect a text.

Comment on Sticking at it by petren

petren — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 03:32:34 +0000

Dave, very impressed with your new site, it is a great bit of work. I am taking the internship approach at the moment – although I have lost count of the organisations I have applied to now (all within a short space of time). I have my first interview tomorrow, so fingers crossed. I don't have shorthand yet, but I have been looking at teaching myself, yet at times I have convinced myself it is a skill of 'old' journalism (not that it isn't eternally useful) but I have wondered about how best to utilise my time (with regards to what I am learning). Then there is getting the full portfolio online, developing project london etc..

Please keep me up to date with what you are up to.

Comment on Sticking at it by Dave Molloy

Dave Molloy — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 03:17:00 +0000

Good stuff, Nick! I am in much the same boat myself, finding that despite my hard work and experience gained, the free market is tougher than I expected, and I am not sure where to turn. But we'll all find our feet one way or another. A postgraduate course in journalism is certainly tempting, but at €8500, it might well be better value to move to London and work for free! Like you, I am spending my time between paying jobs on improving my skills. I've knocked CSS off the list (I recently redesigned davemolloy.net from scratch, my first project of that kind) and am looking to move on to re-learning my forgotten shorthand, followed by audio and video skills.

Best of luck with your own attempts, and make sure to keep us updated.

Comment on One year of Redbrick by petren

petren — Tue, 18 May 2010 01:11:45 +0000

Thanks Nick, it has been a tremendous year and there is more to come before it is over. There is also a great team in place for next year, so the innovation and experimentation should continue.

Comment on One year of Redbrick by Nick Booth

Nick Booth — Tue, 18 May 2010 01:05:05 +0000

Congrats – that's a hugely impressive effort.