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Confessions of a First Year Student - A Loud and Sloppy Spirit

Eve Betts | Posted 30.04.2013 | UK Universities & Education
Eve Betts

If I'm honest, I'm really pleased I have so much practical stuff to do for my degree. It makes me feel as though I'm actually working towards something real rather than sitting in my bedroom staring blankly at a text-book. This attitude can't be said of everyone at university.

It is Tough to Be a New Age Journalist

Preetam Kaushik | Posted 22.04.2013 | UK
Preetam Kaushik

In the global village the rules of conventional journalism have become redundant. The grammar of what passes for journalism has been completely re-written.

What Kind Of Week Has It Been? 8 February

Paddy Duffy | Posted 08.04.2013 | UK Politics
Paddy Duffy

On some level, you have to feel sorry for Chris Huhne.

Anthony Mundine Apologises to Nation - 'Hey Australia, Sorry for Being a D*ckhead'

Xavier Toby | Posted 03.04.2013 | UK Comedy
Xavier Toby

After weeks of spraying incoherent insults like a broken sprinkler, and then refusing to shake hands with Daniel Geale following their fight, Anthony Mundine has today released a simple one-sentence statement.

I'm a Confessional Journalist: Why Do Other Confessional Journalists Think My Commissioning Editor Is Fair Game?

Christopher Beanland | Posted 21.02.2013 | UK Comedy
Christopher Beanland

Lately it's felt like every other female confessional journalist in the world has been trying to steal my commissioning editor's attention - and commissions - from me.

Ask a Silly Question

John Rentoul | Posted 03.02.2013 | Home
John Rentoul

One of my early favourites was "Is the Turin Shroud Genuine After All?" a lovely question in the Mail on Sunday in April 2009, especially for that highly-collectable "After All" at the end, which brilliantly implies that the Mail on Sunday knows perfectly well that the shroud is a fake, but that some startling new evidence has come to light that suggests that the fruitcakes had been right "all along".

Why Leveson Doesn't 'Get' Journalism and Cannot See the Wood for Dead Trees

James Alan Anslow | Posted 02.02.2013 | UK Politics
James Alan Anslow

There will always be times that journalism tests and even breaks the law: whether to expose corrupt MPs by buying stolen data or to unveil royal hypocrisy by procuring a transcript of an adulterous phone conversation.

Humans on Tubes

Chanel de Yong | Posted 30.01.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Chanel de Yong

The London underground! It looks like a transportation link merely used by humans for a journey from one place to another, but it's actually a circus of entertainment and embarrassment for you and everyone else!

Leveson: Does the Sentence Fit the Crime?

Des Freedman | Posted 30.01.2013 | UK Politics
Des Freedman

We need far more than the Leveson Report is ever likely to give us: ownership caps to break up giant concentrations of media power, a call for unionisation to protect the rights of journalists, and more democratic forms of governance to take control away from all-conquering proprietors.

FT's Paywall and the Twin Revolutions

Garrett Goodman | Posted 21.01.2013 | UK Tech
Garrett Goodman

The Financial Times made media headlines in June 2011, when the business paper launched an HTML5 app and began selling subscriptions to readers directly via mobile web, opting to avoid the hefty 30% cut Apple requires for doing business inside its virtual gated community.

What Did Murdoch Say 17 Times At Leveson?

Posted 22.01.2013 | UK

For your average punter, the Leveson Inquiry seems have gone on and on and on and... Well, the hacks at Press Association have clearly had some tim...

Leveson: Over the Regulatory Cliff?

Sir Christopher Meyer | Posted 12.01.2013 | UK
Sir Christopher Meyer

The pips are squeaking. As the deadline approaches for Lord Justice Leveson to make his recommendations on press regulation to the government, the public debate gets more strident. Rumours abound that he will recommend a role for the state. The chairman of the Press Complaints Commission urged him in a speech last night not to go down this path.

Battle To Save The Ash Trees

PA | Posted 07.11.2012 | UK

Environment Secretary Owen Paterson will hold a summit today to discuss ash dieback which is threatening to devastate one of the UK's most common nati...

Revealed: The Newspaper of the Future

Christopher Beanland | Posted 26.12.2012 | UK Comedy
Christopher Beanland

What will the newspaper of the future look like in - say - 2086? Media experts share their prophecies.

The Page 3 Uplift - An Asset to the Sun.

Rita Pal | Posted 20.11.2012 | UK
Rita Pal

I do not see why there is an objection to women who are confident enough to voluntarily show their beautiful assets in public.

Lessons Learned for Media Working With Startups (From the Horse's Mouth)

Dr Johnny Ryan | Posted 14.11.2012 | UK
Dr Johnny Ryan

The Irish Times Digital Challenge is an initial experiment in which five startups entered the Irish Times building for eight weeks.

Bare Boobs and Bare-Faced Bullies

Caroline Criado-Perez | Posted 19.03.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Caroline Criado-Perez

Step forward the No More Page Three campaign, which has recently exploded onto a laptop near you. It has already received thousands of comments from its signatories explaining why they have signed. They range from simple statements, such as ''Because boobs aren't news", to more disturbing ones like, "no male friends who look at these pictures say 'I respect her'"...

Has Digital Killed the Print Media Star?

Brian John Spencer | Posted 30.10.2012 | UK
Brian John Spencer

I'm undecided on the future of print journalism but I'm sure of one thing: ever increasing digitalisation, which has spawned the blog and twitter, has brought about the democratisation of reporting, journalism, writing and commentary.

Lord Leveson Will Decide Whether Britain's Press Will Publish Those Naked Prince Harry Photos

Neil Wallis | Posted 22.10.2012 | UK
Neil Wallis

It is truly amazing that, despite the pix already being up on US sites like TMZ, the world's biggest and most tabloid newspaper MailOnline hasn't dared to run them at the time of writing.

Week Two in The Irish Times' Experiment With Startup Incubation

Dr Johnny Ryan | Posted 09.10.2012 | UK
Dr Johnny Ryan

The Irish Times, the newspaper and media organisation for which I work, has embarked on what might be termed a "slightly radical" initiative.

Eight Week Experiment as Startups Enter The Irish Times

Dr Johnny Ryan | Posted 30.09.2012 | UK
Dr Johnny Ryan

Some months ago I set up The Irish Times Digital Challenge to invite digital entrepreneurs to propose ways to work with The Irish Times.

Stealing Her Recipes? Delia Smith Amongst Celebs Named As 'Phone Hacking Targets'

The Huffington Post | Jessica Elgot | Posted 24.07.2012 | UK

Celebrities, politicians and victims of terrorist attacks are among those whose phones were allegedly hacked by the News of the World, the CPS has sai...

Job Losses Expected At Guardian After £44m Losses Revealed

Press Association | Posted 17.07.2012 | UK

Journalists at the Guardian and Observer newspapers have been asked to consider taking voluntary redundancy after they reported losses of more than £...

Newspaper Groups in Four Countries Show How to Thrive in the Digital Era

Colin Morrison | Posted 16.09.2012 | UK
Colin Morrison

Daily newspapers will one day provide the most intriguing episodes in the story of how traditional media was tortured and tamed by the digital new wave. But the winners are starting to draw away from the losers in a race many will not finish. Try this hot four of traditional media companies in Europe and the US.

Has Rupert Murdoch Made Britain Stupid?

Thomas Church | Posted 07.09.2012 | UK
Thomas Church

London's most important event, Gay Pride, was on last Saturday but Rupert Murdoch's The Sun dedicated just 57 words to it. Instead, on the opposite side, they published a full-page 'interview' with a woman who "can't hear telly" because her neighbour, Susan Boyle, sings too loudly.