On looking back to our first week of live shows for the interactive journalism module, I believe the progression made can be clear to see. At the beginning of the week we were all very hesitant about what was expected of us and how working remotely would be successful. We also had to get used to operating the equipment and software’s again after months of not using them. By the end of the we...
Read More »Roles: In Class: Yasmine – presenter Juliana – vision mixer Mahira – audio and autocue Ameera – director Offsite: Reporters: Jada Arun Kika Isabella Craig Seyi Miryam Uno Adan Summary: Today’s day started off with the class gathering at 10am to discuss the show. The director for the day decided to produce a social media show instead of a regular news sho...
Read More »Roles: In Class: Seyi – presenter Mahira – Director Yasmine – sound/autocue Yasser – Vision mixer Offsite: Uno and Alessia – Social Media Bulletins Jada, Juliana and Kika – News Bulletins Georgina and Miriyam – International Bulletins Arun and Adan -Reporter Summary: For today’s show, we gathered at 10 am like usual to discuss the...
Read More »As today was our first radio show this semester, the way our Newsday was structured – differed from the rest of the week. Roles: Newsreader: Charlie Scrase GROUP A Editor: Yasser Iqbal Deputy Editor: Miriam Rafo Newsroom Producer: Adan Wardhere Reporters: Uno Baker, Josh Mbu, Pedro Bisso, Yasmine Taviot GROUP B Editor: Marinka Gamtsemlidze Deputy Editor: Saffron Cut...
Read More »Roles In Class: Craig – Presenter Saffron – Audio and Autocue Isabella – Director Ameera – Lighting and Vision Mixer Offsite: Uno – Reporter Mahira – Reporter Seyi – Reporter Yasmine – Reporter Juliana – Reporter Kika – Reporter Bullletins: Georgina – News Bulletins Alessia – Social Media Bulletins Summary: ...
Read More »Roles In Class: Jada – Director and Audio Josh – Autocue and Stage Juliana – Reporter and Lighting Kika – Vision Mixer and Stage Offsite: Uno – Reporter Arun – Reporter Isabella – Reporter Georgina – International Reporter Miriyam – International Reporter Bulletins: Mahira – Bulletins Craig – Social Media Bulletins...
Read More »A scrap from the deep fat fryer that is my brain. My memory is absolutely rubbish. I struggle to remember anything wordy, which is a real pain for somebody who absolutely loves to sing in the shower. I suspect that I have never sung a lyric entirely correctly in my life. Friends will quote films, films that I’ve seen a half dozen times, and I’ll barely catch on, let alone be able to c...
Read More »The near week long campaign for justice witnessed in our newspapers and across social media is no longer just about the idea that Dominic Cummings may have ignored, stretched or reinterpreted the government’s lockdown rules. It never really was. Whether or not Dominic Cummings broke lockdown or should have resigned is a matter of opinion. The confirmation by Durham Police that he may ...
Read More »The second module of cross-platform journalism began in January and for this module, the aim was to take the lessons we’d been taught in semester one, then further develop them independently and use them more creatively. We were expected to run more regular shows and have more creative direction with the types of content we produced. We were given the option to decide what kind of work we wa...
Read More »Coronavirus has affected almost every aspect of our lives we can no longer go out and sit in cafes, we can’t go to visit friends and families in their homes and just generally can no longer live our normal lives. We have no idea how long the coronavirus is going to be affecting us, but for sure we know that many of the things that we used to enjoy are now going to be very different. O...
Read More »France has officially ended its Coronavirus lockdown today. Schools and businesses are allowed to reopen after eight weeks of strict restrictions. Last week the French government released a map designating counties as red or green. The colours are indicating the state of contamination of a region. Green designates areas where the virus has mostly stopped spreading and where most restrictions are b...
Read More »A 3-year undergraduate course for a UK university costs £9,25o. So for just shy of £30k you can walk away with that diploma paper and a big smile on your face. Now, as I am one of those who has “invested” in myself, one of my classmates and I thought let’s take a look at how our diploma will look like. So a quick search on google images led us to a discovery. You can buy ju...
Read More »The #MeToo Movement was revolutionary for women across the world but female artists within the pop music industry are still put under more pressure than their male counterparts. Could this be due to patriarchy and capitalism? It’s time the problem was acknowledged, and something was done about it. Beyoncé, Mariah Carey, Janet Jackson and Madonna are some of the women who have influenced society wi...
Read More »Kornelija Cecetaite is sat on her bed in her family home eating a yoghurt whilst we sit on opposite sides of the country for our conversation over FaceTime. Her silver hair back in a loose ponytail, bare-faced and in a baggy black jumper showed the realities of life in lockdown due to the current pandemic shaking the world and stealing normality. On your average Friday, you would find 19-ye...
Read More »A major reform hit A-level syllabuses nationwide in 2015 when all subjects were forced to give final exams to students after two years rather than grades based on different module assessments. Teachers and students say these changes have put them under far too much pressure. The changes made to the a-levels examination officially began in September 2015 where they were made linear with stude...
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