the group blog of the MA Journalism/Magazine Journalism cohort Sunderland 2016–17

Oct 27, 2016

Reviewing my reviews

I love reviewing. Maybe it’s somewhat narcissistic of me, but I always feel more of a rush when I see my opinions published than just a regular news story. (Plus, reviews are far less stressful to write for the socially awkward!) So I was pretty excited when Alex told us that this week was…

Exploding ideas

So it’s already week three and day two in the busy, bustling, noisy media hub. It honestly feels like we’ve been here forever- by Christmas it will probably feel like a couple of life times.

I’ve built on from what I learned last week- tracking down people to talk to, doing it within…

I eat too fast to be a journalist…

I’ve just eaten a boxfull of rice, peas and leftover mushroom burger in the time it’s taken me to write this first sentence. It was meant to last me the whole article.