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What does a jobs crisis mean for journalism education?

With more students training than last year, postgraduate leaders share thoughts on paths ahead


Reuters backs multimedia journalism co-operative for Berlin Wall coverage

The Berlin Project will experiment with tools for next generation online journalism, says leader


A return to freelancing: Caroline White on retraining for a digital age

White tells us what she thinks of our training courses from a freelancer's perspective


News saturation doesn't mean driving out original journalism, says Jeremy Paxman

BBC Newsnight presenter criticised the 'sausage machine' production of news, calling for more time and scepticism


Wednesday October 28: Ways to follow 'Is World Journalism in Crisis?' conference from wherever you are

Talks will be livestreamed online from Coventry University


Current TV seeks freelancers to boost UK videojournalism team

Online and cable news channel looking for contributors to its Vanguard programming


British College of Journalism launches online-only course in freelance journalism

Distance learning programme aims to train freelancers and find paid work


Survey: What do UK journalists do after losing their jobs?

Journalism.co.uk and UCLAN launch new survey to find out what happens after the newsroom


Is there life after journalism?

Journalism.co.uk talks to ex-journalists about why they left for a new career


UCLAN prepares for second round of multimedia training for freelancers

Infuze scheme will offer paid placements and digital media training to 10 freelancers


Free human rights guide launched to help improve reporting

Media Trust advice available to journalists in print or online


Online video school launches in New York

Video evangelist Michael Rosenblum experiments with 'online bootcamp' venture


US universities launch online news site to combat reduction in science reporting

Thirty-five American research universities will publish findings themselves - bypassing press


Freelance focus: Debate and discussion at London's new magazine club

Journalism.co.uk talks to journalism student and freelancer Katie Rintoul about her new venture


Steve Schifferes to lead financial journalism MA at City University

Former BBC economics correspondent named as school's first Marjorie Deane professor


Visual Editors partner freelancers network Beamups for videojournalism training

Journalism.co.uk will report back from four-day programme for budding VJs


Regional reporter crowdsources ideas for Trafalgar square fourth plinth via Twitter

Doncaster Free Press journalist turns to readers to ask what she should do eight metres in the air


Q&A: Foundation for Public Interest Journalism in Australia - 'Our focus is on getting the journalism done'

New body will help bring public and journalism together without necessity of 'Big Media', says its interim chair


ITN's Ronke Phillips among international journalists to receive Ochberg fellowships

The Dart Center fellowships aid journalists' coverage of violent and traumatic events


Event: Guardian hosts live Q&A on careers in online journalism

Journalism.co.uk will join journalists from the Guardian and MEN to answer your questions


Liisa Rohumaa: 'Journalists need to reinvent themselves or they will miss the boat'

Former FT.com news editor on why journalists need to be entrepreneurs too


Meet the Trainers: Martin Cloake - How to pitch and market a book

Journalism.co.uk talks to Cloake about his course aimed at anyone who is planning to, or currently, writing a book


Behind the scenes: An internship at Sky News (part two)

Alan McGuinness talks about his time as the inaugural Bob Friend Memorial intern at Sky News


Behind the scenes: An internship at Sky News (part one)

Alan McGuinness talks about his time as the inaugural Bob Friend Memorial intern at Sky News


Journalism students must seek new opportunities in online marketplace, say industry experts

"There are very few jobs going, but that doesn't mean there's no opportunity," says Guardian's Joseph Harker


Journalism scheme for the young tackles media 'class imbalance'

Young Journalists' Academy offers state pupils a chance to break into journalism


NCTJ renews entry call for annual student awards

Trainees and students invited to enter Excellence in Journalism Awards


CIJ summer school line-up includes speakers from ProPublica, the New York Times and Wikileaks

Sixth annual conference will bring together leading investigative journalists


George Brock to replace Monck as head of journalism at City University

University V-C hopes the former president of the World Editors' Forum will 'inject a heightened spirit of internationalism' into school


Newspaper Education Trust closes after 15 years of newsroom taster days

30,000 school students visited the centre during the charity's lifetime


Meet the Trainers: Colin Meek - Advanced Online Research Skills

Meek on the best tools to get the most from your online research


Trainee journalist wins grant to study Amish media

Jessica Best will report on her experience working with The Budget in Sugarcreek, Ohio


Meet the Trainers: Guy Clapperton - Online marketing skills for freelancers

Freelancer of more than 20 years Clapperton on how to - and how not to - make an impression online


AJE: Now is most exciting time to become journalist, says Jon Snow

Graduates and trainers can change industry and the world in which we live, says broadcaster


AJE: 'There is an element of fraud in journalism education', says leading professor

Few journalism students will make grade in the industry, says University of Kent's Tim Luckhurst


Meet the Trainers: Stephen Kahn - How to get a head start as a financial journalist

Former Express City editor on the challenges of reporting the economic crisis


Meet the Trainers: Murray Dick - Search engine friendly journalism

Dick on the paradox of SEO for news stories


Coventry University launches iTunes U site with more than 150 lectures, talks and debates

The 'Coventry Conversations' media series will be featured, as part of the new facility


Meet the Trainers: Richard Scrase - Podcasting for journalists and other communicators

Scrase on the benefits of podcasting for journalists and where to start


Meet the Trainers: Martin Belam - Learning how to blog smart

Belam on how blogging can help you professionally and how to get started


Trainee journalist gains exclusive access to Number 10 for Gurkhas story

Laura-Jane Hawkins on 'sweet-talking' her way to her biggest scoop so far


City University's Adrian Monck to head World Economic Forum communications team

Monck's new media experience will aid 'global conversation,'says Forum


'You're either a journalist or not a journalist': Parky on journalism, jobs and training

Sir Michael Parkinson talks to Journalism.co.uk about the changing face of journalism and a new training centre for Nottingham


How can new journalists face the recession?

Journalism.co.uk speaks to young journalists and new graduates about how they're faring in the current climate


PA cancels multimedia training scheme for 2009

Three-year graduate scheme will not take new intake this year, because of industry pressures


FT's Newsroom 2009 to focus on staff, explains executive editor

Training and feedback key in shaping digital newsroom changes, says Hugh Carnegy


Could newspaper industry benefit from tax breaks for training?

Corporate tax relief would be long-term investment not bailout, proposes journalism academic


Birmingham City University to launch new online journalism MA

Course will be led by Paul Bradshaw and focus on experimentation and entrepreneurship


Expect to work for free for two years, magazine editor tells students

Two speakers offered advice to students at a Women in Journalism event


New Coventry Telegraph editor says he won't be paper's last

David Brookes spoke to students at Coventry University about the challenges ahead


DNA09: BBC's Virtual College of Journalism creates global training network

Soon-to-be-launched college site is at heart of multi-lingual training microsites, says Kevin Marsh


New York Times launches hyperlocal news pilot

Newspaper takes on journalism students as part of The Local project


School students to contribute to Teesside hyperlocal websites

Trinity Mirror's new partnership will aid new diploma


ProPublica hires journalism-programming graduate

Brian Boyer, co-founder of News Mixer, takes on paid internship


Guardian owner launches technology bursary scheme

New fund recognises growing demand for technology specialists in media


Project:Report finalists will shape future of journalism, says YouTube's Olivia Ma

Journalism.co.uk talks to the organiser and winner of YouTube's first videojournalism competition


Update: UCLAN and BBC training course open to freelancers from March 23

New six-week multi-platform training course open to applications


City University journalism department begins move into new facilities

The new rooms are part of £12 million development project


'To succeed online student journalists must collaborate outside their own university'

Greg Linch, community manager, CoPress


Arabic journalism 'by the region for the region' at Abu Dhabi's new training centre

Journalism.co.uk talks to Wayne Borg, COO of new journalism training centre twofour54 tadreeb


Student journalist of the year: "Journalistically, I wouldn't really say I'm surviving"

Azeem Ahmad tells Journalism.co.uk about his struggle to find a permanent job despite digital training


New one-day masterclass to teach investigation methods

Nick Davies and David Leigh join forces in new investigative class


Trainee journalists: How to stand out from the crowd

Online skills and specialisms can help set would-be journalists apart from the pack, say industry experts


Former BBC journalism trainer joins investigative journalism school

Murray Dick will develop the Centre for Investigative Journalism's computer-assisted reporting training


Welsh freelancers offered 80 per cent funding for training

Skillset initiative open to journalists accepted on training courses


Free places for journalists on refugee issues training course

The Exiled Journalists Network will train journalists in covering asylum and refugee issues


UCLAN and BBC to host multi-platform training for freelancers

Scheme will offer paid-for places for journalists looking to 'upskill'


SoE08: NCTJ Awards for Excellence winners announced

Trainees and students were rewarded at the annual Society of Editors conference


SoE08: New multi-platform journalism forum will 'converge' journalism training

The Society of Editors will chair a new forum bringing together the NCTJ, the BJTC and the PTC


SoE08: Employers report multimedia 'skills gap' in new recruits, says NCTJ study

NCTJ report shows that 71 per cent respondents disatisfied with multimedia training


How best to train the multi-platform journalist? This year's Journalism Skills Conference

A range of speakers will take the stage at the 'convergence of journalism' two-day conference


Programming journalism: 'Literacy in technology is the baseline now for getting a job in journalism'

Journalism.co.uk talks to Medill's Rich Gordon about journalism courses for programmers


How to: write for the web (part 2)

Christian Dunn, digital editor of NWN media, explains why headlines, intros and structure matter


How to: write for the web (part 1)

Christian Dunn, digital editor of NWN Media, explains why journalists should adapt their writing style for the web


PNG's News Manual goes global with online edition

News resource first published in Papua New Guinea, but which quickly gained global popularity, has moved online


Campaigner calls for end to unpaid work in the media

Mark Watson has submitted his dossier of evidence to the Low Pay Commission


Reporting from YouTube: 'We want to break down the barriers to entry to traditional journalism'

YouTube's Steve Grove and the Pulitzer Center's Jon Sawyer talk to Journalism.co.uk about Project:Report, a contest for aspiring journalists


NCTJ announces shortlist for Awards for Excellence in Journalism

The NCTJ published the shortlist for their 2008 awards last week, which includes five categories, three performance awards, plus an award for one individual's outstanding contribution.


Journalism Diversity Fund pockets an extra £100,000

Donation from Newspaper Licensing Agency (NLA) boosts fund for trainee journalists


BBC targets diversity in the newsroom with talent pool scheme

Working journalists with disabilities, and from different social and ethnic backgrounds will be put forward for BBC jobs through the pool


NCTJ to investigate state of journalism training

Online survey will question journalist employers and educators across print, broadcast and online


NCTJ updates examinations process in response to industry feedback

Changes to exams will better reflect employers' demands of trainees, says council


Review: Ifra Newsplex's training for newsroom integration

Journalism.co.uk reporter Judith Townend joins a group of print journalists to find out about reorganising a multimedia newsroom


Journalism students will learn to adapt to changing industry, says Harlow's Phil Hall

The new ambassador for Harlow Journalism Centre talks to Journalism.co.uk about getting trained - and getting a job


YouTube launches video journalism competition

Submissions from aspiring reporters wanted for first stage of new journalism programme


Glasgow Caledonian University launches first Scottish multimedia journalism masters

Postgraduate degree will have its first intake next month


New multimedia journalism degree for Canterbury University

Undergraduate course will prepare students for digital future of the industry


Phil Hall joins Harlow Journalism Centre as part of multimedia revamp

Former News of the World editor named ambassador for the centre


American University's J-Lab awarded $2.4m grant

Funding from the John S. and James L. Knight foundation will expand the project


NCTJ creates new board to oversee multimedia development of qualifications

The Journalism Qualifications Board will assess the content of NCTJ exams to ensure they meet multimedia demands


South African journalism students expand Nokia's mobile journalism experiment

Following Reuters' trial of the mobile journalism kits, South African students are taking it a step further


NUJ launches handbook to tackle bullying at work

New handbook to provide advice for union reps and victims of bullying


Poynter receives $1.4m grant for online journalism training centre

Poynter will expand its interactive NewsUniversity with the help of the Knight Foundation funding


New York journalism schools to get $8m in innovation grants

CUNY and Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism to share the money


New IFRA training course on multimedia newsrooms

Workshop will tackle moving from print-only newsrooms to multimedia production


New press photography course to be run at the East Coast Media centre

The Press Association an East Coast Media centre join forces to offer new course


ABC to set up university news bureaus at five US journalism schools

The news network, in return for filing stories for digital and broadcast platforms, will mentor a paid staff of students


Social media training course for journalists launched

One-day London course designed to help journalists follow online breaking news


London School of Journalism to offer lectures in Second Life

Students in the virtual world can attend a series of sessions over the next six months


British entrants selected as finalists for journalism innovation prize

Two projects from Paul Bradshaw and Nick Booth selected for Knight News Challenge


Guardian offering insight into a national newspaper's newsroom

Budding journalists to gain insight through various internship and work experience schemes


PPA to train editors in site optimisation and sticky content

One-day courses to develop the way editors produce and use content


Scott Trust expands bursary scheme with online journalism element

Scheme extended from six to ten places with new awards for broadcast journalism and technology courses


PPA to train editors in managing online editorial teams

One-day course to focus on developing unique online teams


NCTJ launches new sports journalism qualification

Sports journalism qualification to be offered as optional extra to trainees


Bright Picture Journalism Training company launches

Two-day intensive training courses on offer at newly launched Bright Picture Journalism Training


New training courses from Periodical Publishers Association

The PPA has announced its new series of one-day training sessions for 2008


How to: set up video for newspaper websites on a budget (part three)

In this concluding article Andy Dickinson looks at approaches newspapers can take to web video that could have them looking like pros


How to: set up video for newspaper websites on a budget (part two)

To follow up his look at super-cheap approaches to video for newspapers websites Andy Dickinson looks at the offerings for the cheap-to-budget range


How to: set up video for newspaper websites on a budget (part one)

Andy Dickinson looks at the super-cheap approaches newspapers can take to capturing video for their websites


NUJ report into multimedia highlights 'great concerns' amongst journalists

Three quarters of respondents reported that integration has brought increased workloads


Students sit first NCTJ online journalism exams

Up To Speed training centre students first to sit exams in online


Where next for the Sky News bandwagon? - The student union

The broadcasters rolling project to develop on new platforms and broaden audience reach makes it to the student union


Frontline Club launches video training courses

New courses address the increased demand for journalists who can produce video content


SoE: Cub reporter tells editors conference his peers have no long-term plans to stay in journalism

Newbury Weekly News multimedia reporter Liam Sloan says prospect of low pay is making new reporters consider alternative careers


PPA launches first digital publishing qualification

Diploma in digital publishing aimed at senior managers


Press Association adds video module to training course

PA introduces video journalism to its foundation course


Current TV relaunches website to let users define news

Al Gore-founded Current says site is first fully integrated online and television network allowing users editorial control


BBC launches Indian citizen journalism project

Project will recruit Urdu-speaking citizen editors from India to provide user-generated content


NCTJ drops consultant after child porn conviction comes to light

Former deputy editor of the Sunday Express Andy Bull failed to tell training body of his past actions


NCTJ revamp of photojournalism courses starts with blog

Consultation process to modernise press photography qualifications begins online


Trinity Mirror and UCLan to train senior editorial staff in multimedia

Regionals Editorial Leaders Programme replaces Trinity's in-house Today's Editor training scheme


Journalism.co.uk has made a few changes

The site has relaunched with changes both cosmetic and under-the-bonnet, let us know what you think…


Knight International to develop Egyptian digital training project

One-year programme aims to develop virtual newsroom training


NCTJ introduces online element into journalism exams

NCE test will now require reporters to produce and file a story for same day online publication


Sports journalism online training guide launched

SJA site to carry advice for budding sports hacks


Trinity Mirror forms partnership to devise multimedia journalism degree

Partnership between University of Teesside and Teesside Gazette to train new reporters


US training programme based on Telegraph integration model

IFRA to export European knowledge of newsroom integration to the US


PA to train subs in multi-media

One-day course toward PA diploma for trainees


Journalism.co.uk wants YOUR questions for crowdsourcing experiment

In the spirit of collaboration we want YOU to set the questions for an interview next week


Sri Lanka annoints eJournalists

Newspaper and radio reporters go multimedia after completing a state-sponsored qualification in online journalism.


"Photographers can work successfully with both still and video cameras"

Journalism.co.uk talks to Randy Covington, director of Ifra Newsplex (US)


Blogging not the cure for ills of political journalism, claims editor of BBC College

Kevin Marsh tells Frontline Club that political blogs replicate traditional journalism


Old film on journalism - fundamentals anyone?

Have a look at this film from the 1940s alongside one about the arguments on the changing state of journalism


Stuck in a Google rut?

Get the full story by attending our special one-day course on advanced online research


New media skills are key to editorial quality, editors' poll finds

Senior news executives want more new media skills and more journalists, according to WEF survey


Trinity Mirror launches ultra-local citizen journalism sites

Teesside Gazette plays host to five postcode based sites with 18 more to follow


PA Group launches media management qualification

'Industry first' for NCFE-accredited certificate in media management


Ho Ho Ho…

Merry Chistmas and thanks for reading in 2006 - we'll be back in the New Year


BBC starts experimental citizen journalism project

Collaborative project using GPS and mobiles aims to find new forms of story telling


'Mid West Mafia' and the Readers' Revolution

Journalism.co.uk hosted its first speaking event on Monday night. Get a flavour of the debate here


BBC to run blogging workshop

Manchester blogging project to encourage greater use of new technology in local communities


Journalism fellowship extended

Templeton-Cambridge fellowship in science and religion to move into third year


Ten steps to better newspaper sites

Bivings Report suggests how to beef-up online output


Citizen journalism film released online

Mini-documentary charts the rise of anti-establishment journalism in the US


Sportsbeat wins NCTJ accreditation

Press agency's full-time newspaper journalism training courses get approval


Workshop explores use of news sites to promote Yemeni women's rights

Online reporting seen as tool for highlighting Yemen's growing reform issues


US journalism site offers tips on online reporting

Online Journalism Review aims to improve the transparency of journalism with new strategies


Online journalism school achieves ODL QC accreditation

Cleland Thom gains recognition from the Open and Distance Learning Quality Council


UK students offered £3K bursaries to study photography

Ten grants available to study for MA in China and England


Jobs boom in online media sector, AOP poll finds

Skills shortage and rapid growth leaves online publishers struggling to fill roles


BBC Hindi offers training for web journalists

Site partners with Webdunia for university workshops


UNESCO guide helps journalists to navigate web

Online research manual aims to help reporters in developing countries


journalism.co.uk launches journalism study guide

UK's leading journalism courses now listed right here!


Print hacks turn their hands to video

Local papers could become a serious threat to broadcasters, says videojournalism trainer


Video course targets hacks

Press Association helps newspaper reporters become multi-media journalists


Brush up your web writing skills with journalism.co.uk

Join us on 16 November for our first training workshop


Press Association boosts multimedia training

Web and digital skills as essential as print, says news training chief


BBC course reveals TV production tricks

Online sessions share expertise for free


Bursary honours brave BBC web columnist

Ivan Noble's legacy offers career boost to aspiring tech journalists


BBC announces freelance training discounts

London freelancers eligible for 80% off broadcast courses


BBC opens doors to trainee journalists

Paid work experience scheme launched for broadcast students


BBC offers discounted courses for freelancers

Trial scheme provides last-minute deals by email


Web writing course boosts essential skills

Workshop responds to increasing demand for online journalism


BBC war project urgently needs volunteers

Last chance to help gather WW2 stories


Journalism students offered £10K bursaries

UK publisher calls for applications for graduate traineeships and sponsored post-graduate study


Museum scheme offers student journos a leg-up

Last places up for grabs on six-month reporting project


Course reveals secrets of foreign corresponding

Assignment in Prague to test would-be journalists


US initiative to fund 'hyperlocal' news sites

Big bucks up for grabs in citizen journalism


BBC hotshots to lead interactive TV courses

New initiative pushes digital Britain agenda


Baghdad training project forced to close

Journalists move out amid fears of abduction and beheading


Beebie freebie at broadcast conference

Brush up your skills for free, courtesy of the BBC


Undercover in Iraq

Safety slowly improving for Iraq's home-grown reporters


Kenya gets first online journalism course

Nairobi-based course aims to address continent's skills shortage


Germans offer free training

German training organisation the International Institute for Journalism (IIJ) is offering free places on a five-week course in online journalism


Training for African women

Africa's male-dominated media organisations often leave female journalists without adequate training and support, according to the African Women's Media Centre (AWMC), which has launched a new online resource


Native Americans convene

The fourth annual American Indian Journalism Institute is underway at the University of South Dakota


Register launches training

Technology news website the Register has launched a new range of online technical training courses


A lesson to be learned online

University offers free multimedia journalism training


Be trained by the BBC - for free

Broadcaster opens journalism training to the world


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