....is the drumming Gorilla in the Cadbury's advert.
I remember the first time I saw it I was in Magaluf on a lads holiday and we were all watching the TV like: "What the hell is this?" but we watched it all the way through and I have to admit its a great advert as I remember it and am posting about it but it doesn't make me want to eat anything Cadburys!
Just have to add to this short post and say: "Isn't YouTube and BlogThings great? You can pass many an hour just doing nothing on them websites...."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdOIhtrP360
Friday, November 16, 2007
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Breaking the code
I have a bit of spare time on my hands for once before knuckling down later on to do my essay so I thought I'd browse a few internet sites and see whats going on in the industry I want to get into.
On the Press Gazette website I came across this little story by Dominic Ponsford about the revealing of a source by the Lancashire Telegraph.
It is an example of why we do journalism at university and go through the theory side and the law side of the industry we are trying to get into. We are going to make mistakes as trainees so its best off to make them at University and learn them so most can be avioded in the "real" world.
You can read more by following the above link but the story is about the PCC (Press Complaints Commission) criticising the Lancs Telegraph for failing to protect a source.
Clause 14 of the Editors’ Code states that journalists have a duty to protect confidential sources.
But the newspapers argument was that the reporter had not known, and had no reason to know, that the man was one of only two employees at his workplace.
Tricky business, the PCC and law as I found out by only passing half of the NCTJ. You really have to be so careful about identifying your sources, Jigsaw Identification, if I remember correctly.
Just interesting to realise that by around June/July next year that is going to be us lot out there in a position of serious responsibility knowing what we write or don't write as the case may be can affect so many people and can lead to so many different outcomes.
On the Press Gazette website I came across this little story by Dominic Ponsford about the revealing of a source by the Lancashire Telegraph.
It is an example of why we do journalism at university and go through the theory side and the law side of the industry we are trying to get into. We are going to make mistakes as trainees so its best off to make them at University and learn them so most can be avioded in the "real" world.
You can read more by following the above link but the story is about the PCC (Press Complaints Commission) criticising the Lancs Telegraph for failing to protect a source.
Clause 14 of the Editors’ Code states that journalists have a duty to protect confidential sources.
But the newspapers argument was that the reporter had not known, and had no reason to know, that the man was one of only two employees at his workplace.
Tricky business, the PCC and law as I found out by only passing half of the NCTJ. You really have to be so careful about identifying your sources, Jigsaw Identification, if I remember correctly.
Just interesting to realise that by around June/July next year that is going to be us lot out there in a position of serious responsibility knowing what we write or don't write as the case may be can affect so many people and can lead to so many different outcomes.
Monday, November 12, 2007
I am an idiot
I might be in my third year of journalism at University but I still know how to bugger it up!
With only 4 weeks to go until my first placement we are working on portfolio's (2 self-generated, 1 council, 1 vox pop and 1 feature article) and today I interviewed someone for one of my self-generated stories.
I spent Saturday and Sunday checking my questions and finding out where the place is using google maps, their own website and the Preston A-Z I have. Well, it all went wrong, lesson learned, I should have gone down their on foot sometime over the weekend as I got lost rang him up making me sound like a complete idiot. I finally arrived about 20 minutes late and had broke into a sweat! So I had a chance to re-deem myself with my questions but oh no, I had to screw it up again and look like I hadn't put in the background research and I didn't know what sort of angle I wanted for the story. All in all, this interview was the result of shodiness on my part - thats why I am only at Uni though. I can now (hopefully) learn from my mistakes....
In an update about what I am doing at the moment, we have 2 hours of Shorthand per day which I am gradually getting the hang of and I am half way through an essay about how technological advances are helping/hindering the quality of news journalism so third year is going ok mostly. My involvement with Pluto, the student paper, has been non-existent which I know I should be kicking myself about but my involvement with Frequency, the student radio station, is going as strong as ever. The weekend show 9-11am, soon to be changing to 10-12 is going as strong as ever. Makes me think I yearn to do broadcast more than print? Who knows, guess we'll just have to wait and see.
I think this is a point to put in my essay. I have just ranted my thoughts in my head and typed them up, I am soon to post this so that everyone, everywhere can see - I don't think anyone realises the potential implications the internet has. I'll that for another day though....
With only 4 weeks to go until my first placement we are working on portfolio's (2 self-generated, 1 council, 1 vox pop and 1 feature article) and today I interviewed someone for one of my self-generated stories.
I spent Saturday and Sunday checking my questions and finding out where the place is using google maps, their own website and the Preston A-Z I have. Well, it all went wrong, lesson learned, I should have gone down their on foot sometime over the weekend as I got lost rang him up making me sound like a complete idiot. I finally arrived about 20 minutes late and had broke into a sweat! So I had a chance to re-deem myself with my questions but oh no, I had to screw it up again and look like I hadn't put in the background research and I didn't know what sort of angle I wanted for the story. All in all, this interview was the result of shodiness on my part - thats why I am only at Uni though. I can now (hopefully) learn from my mistakes....
In an update about what I am doing at the moment, we have 2 hours of Shorthand per day which I am gradually getting the hang of and I am half way through an essay about how technological advances are helping/hindering the quality of news journalism so third year is going ok mostly. My involvement with Pluto, the student paper, has been non-existent which I know I should be kicking myself about but my involvement with Frequency, the student radio station, is going as strong as ever. The weekend show 9-11am, soon to be changing to 10-12 is going as strong as ever. Makes me think I yearn to do broadcast more than print? Who knows, guess we'll just have to wait and see.
I think this is a point to put in my essay. I have just ranted my thoughts in my head and typed them up, I am soon to post this so that everyone, everywhere can see - I don't think anyone realises the potential implications the internet has. I'll that for another day though....
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