Credit: Ethan Hoover on Unsplash News New virtual work experience scheme connects students with freelance journalists The pandemic has left some young journalists unable to find internships and training. Freelancing for Journalists came up with a new idea on how to help them get their foot in the door By Sophie Aristotelous • 2 min read
Credit: Wes Hicks on Unsplash News A journalism student’s survival guide to online lectures Isolation and Zoom lectures are not the typical idea of 'university life'. But you can still acing e-learning By Emily Redman • 2 min read
Credit: Edart13 on Pixabay News New online tool helps journalists report on suicide ethically Despite existing guidelines, one in four stories published in the UK still provides explicit details of the method and more than a half of articles do not contain helpline information. This guide aims to tackle the problem By Marcela Kunova • 3 min read
News Seven tips for journalism students to ace their virtual courses University is going to be a bit different this year. Here is how to get the most of Zoom lectures By Jacob Granger • 5 min read
Credit: Courtesy Create with Mobile News New mobile journalism learning tool is set to win hearts Want to try your hand at smartphone storytelling techniques? With this deck of cards, you will always have a MoJo trick up your sleeve By Marcela Kunova • 2 min read
News Bangladeshi reporters now have a mobile journalism guide written in their mother tongue To end the era of poorly-translated foreign manuals, this new book by the mobile specialist Jamil Khan teaches local students and citizen journalists to use a smartphone for field reporting By Jacob Granger • 2 min read
Credit: Photo by Kayla Velasquez on Unsplash News Misinformation vs. media studies: on teaching to fish How can we give young people the critical skills to become resilient to information disorder? By Julian McDougall • 3 min read
Credit: Photo by John T on Unsplash News New BJTC scheme helps disadvantaged journalism students afford work placements, whether that is paying for their commute or a new pair of shoes The scheme will fund to up to 250 budding journalists as newsrooms strive to diversify their teams to better serve under-represented communities By Jacob Granger • 2 min read
Credit: Flickr News Regional journalism students to cover UK election results for younger audiences More than 25 universities teamed up with BJTC to take part in reporting on counts from across the country during an eight-hour local community radio programme and to better represent the under-25s By Daniel Green • 2 min read
News World News Day: Misinformation, mobile journalism and mental health To mark the day which celebrates the impact of news organisations everywhere, Journalism.co.uk rounds up ten of the most important industry trends By Daniel Green • 5 min read
News What more can newsrooms do to tackle the issue of social mobility? When diversity initiatives are not enough, leaders from Financial Times, Newsquest, Women’s Health and CNN discuss how else they can open up their newsroom to working-class journalists By Jacob Granger • 4 min read
Credit: Photo by Colin Watts on Unsplash News HuffPost UK launches two new sections that will pay contributors To compete with rival self-publishing platforms and social media, the website is experimenting with a new, sustainable way to source stories from marginalised groups By Daniel Green • 2 min read
