“A jack of all trades. A master of none.”

If I had a pound for every time I’ve heard that since enrolling on a journalism course, I’d be free of student debt.

Student journalists are constantly being reminded that in order to succeed in the world of journalism, one must be a highly-skilled and multi-talented – showing the ‘old-school’ journalist the new-media skills that will pave the way for the future.

Customising a Google Map.

FOR ONE of my Digital Newsroom module assignments, I have to prove my ability to perform as a multi-skilled journalist. For this individual part of the assignment, I had to show my proficiency at using Google Maps, creating a custom map, using stories I found in the Lancashire Evening Post, then locating the online article, [...]

5 tips for writing online headlines…

AS PART of the BA (hons) Journalism course here at UCLan, we delve into a module called Digital Journalism, which takes a look at optimising the internet for Journalistic use. In last week’s workshop, we looked at effective headline writing for the web, and an article by “the guru of web usability” Jakob Nielsen. Tweet This [...]