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- How social media is impacting football reportingby Gordon FarquharFootball fans can scarcely have failed to notice the anaemic newspaper coverage of matches and lack of photographs from this season's early football league games. It's not that there's been a sudden loss of interest, far from it. What's...
Examine the major issues behind the current debt crisis in the Eurozone.
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The revolution of 'word of mouth': the role of social media in the UK's riots.by Daniel BennettOn Monday evening I went for a stroll in south London. I saw a group of around 40-50 teenagers hanging around my local shopping centre....
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Getting news on the riots at homeby Matthew EltringhamI live in a part of London not (yet) directly affected by the riots that have spread across the city. I know well and regularly...
- How do I become a journalist at the BBC?by Jonathan Baker
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Video: Paul Mason Reflects
The College of Journalism's Matthew Eltringham spoke at length to Newsnight's Paul Mason in the latest CoJo 'Reflections' event from the Frontline Club in London.
Describing his brief as "people, planet and profit", Paul stressed the importance of knowing a story so well you could tell it to a man down the pub: "If I don't understand it, I've got no chance of explaining it - so I'll go back and work on it until I do."
Paul also outlined how social media and blogging are integral to what he does.
Video: Police Press Office
Reconciling the conflicting objectives of the journalist and a police press office requires tact, persistence and diplomacy, on both sides.
In this video CoJo goes behind the scenes at Greater Manchester Police to witness how the force's use of social media is transforming the way it briefs the press.
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