Journalism course applications rise as jobs fall

Increasing job cuts, tighter deadlines, restricted resources, endless rewrites of press releases and a lowly pay packet at the end of it all. Read more

Alistair Robinson’s Stereograms of the Dead launch in Sunderland

Last night saw the launch of Alistair Robinson’s new poetry book Stereograms of the Dead at Waterstones in the Bridges Shopping Centre. Read more

Niall Hickman sports reporting talk at University of Sunderland

Niall Hickman, North East sport reporter of the Daily Express, is in town today talking sports journalism, advice for hopeful hacks and, most probably, that encounter with Joe Kinnear. Read more

Journalism students get advice from award-winning regional reporter

Emma Andrews is a regional journalist of nearly 20 years and currently writes for the Hexham Courant. She has won the Tom Cordner Women’s Writer of the Year award three times and a BT Feature Writer of the Year award. At the University of Sunderland, Emma offers her advice to those wanting a career in journalism. Read more

Cram gives master class in sports journalism

By Graeme Cook

Former Olympic medalist Steve Cram celebrated his new role at Sunderland University by giving students a master class in sports journalism.

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Hard times for US journalism

Just as is happening here in the UK, the burgeoning importance of the internet as a news medium, and the continuing recession, is beginning to have serious repercussions for the American print media.

Recent months have seen the publisher of the esteemed Chicago Tribune filing for bankruptcy, resulting in the resignation of its editor, and the credit rater Fitch claiming that the American press is in such a bad financial state that some US cities could be without a single daily newspaper as soon as 2010.

The Wall Street Journal, the New York-based financial bible, has shed 25 journalistic jobs after parent company News International announced a 42% drop in operating income for the last quarter of 2008.

Sunderland journalist Ray Nichols, whose son Adam works for the Murdoch-owned New York Post, said: “The American industry reflects a similar climate to what we have in Britain. There is a new momentum now with the crisis.”

But he held out some hope for those who want to work in the US one day. “The American industry is tough to get into, but if you have any kind of track record in Britain then it goes a long way in America,” he said. “New York has a fair proportion of UK print journalists because they are trained in shorthand.”

Student Journalism: Getting ahead of the curve

Journalism is changing. For the prospective journalist, this means moving with those changes. Enter ‘Journalism Plus’ – the evolution of storytelling. Read more

Women’s football team on a roll

Sunderland University’s women’s football team are flying high as they continue their undefeated season.
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Hilary Alexander: On fashion, her career and her world

Hilary Alexander sits patiently while a manicurist applies a sparkly silver, and somewhat tacky, varnish to her nails. Her hair and make up are faultless and the baby pink, glittery dress she is wearing looks rather unassuming next to the huge silver tribal necklace above it. Read more

More time on facebook for a successful career in Media

Students spending more time on facebook could find it beneficial to their future careers in media it emerged. This comes as good news for students right across the media department within the university, as their large amounts of time spent on the social networking site could actually be doing them the world of good.

The Journalism and PR students of the university received a talk recently from the Sunderland Echo’s digital editor Lee Hall. Lee talked to the students about how newspapers are becoming big online and that social networking is key. On the internet newspapers are certainly making their presence known and are receiving many more viewings than the newspapers themselves. This shows how big the internet has become, however Lee says how students shouldn’t become hung up on the technology side of it all. Read more

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