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Calling all CfJ students past and present.
We’d love to collect your messages about why your time with us was special/valuable/fun/helpful for your careers. Whether you’re working in journalism or not, we’d appreciate hearing from you.
Why are we asking now?
👇🧵Read on.. 1/
Profound thanks to the very many students, graduates, friends and followers who responded so touchingly last month with stories of how the CfJ had been a force for good in their lives.
Sadly, we learned today that our fight to stay open has been lost. 🧵1/
Today we bid a fond adieu to
@kenntoft
, one of the CfJ's original (and most colourful) team members , as he heads for a new life oop north. Many's the student he's cajoled and inspired to achieve their best shorthand speed over the past 14 years.
Thanks from all of us.
PS...
SAVE THE DATE: Saturday July 13 2024
Attention all students, apprentices and friends of the CfJ past and present.
We're planning a celebration of 16 fabulous years - and a farewell to some of our long-term colleagues - as the CfJ era sadly comes to an end.
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Delighted to announce that the global premiere of the Oscars-tipped movie Laurevoir Garseeyalater, starring CfJ starlet
@lauragrb
, will take place in the main newsroom today at 5.15pm. There may not be a dry eye in the house. Drinks party afterwards at The Deep End. All welcome.
She did it!! Our star grad
@kboglarka_
has won best student project of they year at the
@NCTJ_news
excellence awards!! Congratulations!!!! You can watch her excellent project here —>
A Top 3 ranking in the
@guardian
university league table for journalism courses is great news. As usual we'll ask them to explain their steadfast refusal to give us a score for 'career after 6 months' (a measure in which we absolutely excel).
But trebles all round!
#cfjfamily
It’s a hat trick! 🎉 🥇 🎈
@isabel_eidhamar
’s amazing story about Cyprus has won the Best Student Project award 🌟
She follows in the footsteps of CfJ grads
@Michael_Haff16
and
@kboglarka_
READ and watch her incredible work here —>
We’re delighted to announce we’ve appointed award-winning multi-media journalist and author
@dhrutishah
as an Honorary Fellow (Practitioner) here at CfJ
@UniKent
After months of hard work, chasing interviews, fighting with camera kits, staring at screens and many rewrites - our yr3 students handed in their final year projects!!!! Here’s a little timeline of the room as it happened.
CONGRATS 🥳 to our media law lecturer
@_DavidAcheson_
!!! his paper about damages awards in internet defamation cases was shortlisted for the Legal Scholars Best Paper Prize 2019!!!!
CfJ staff Ben Cocking,
@TCHL
,
@Robert_Bailey_
and
@reevesian
at Westminster this morning launching their report into BBC 5Live's public service commitments at the all party media group breakfast briefing chaired by Rosie Cooper
@rosie4westlancs
.
Just as Centre Court isn’t Centre Court without its players, this newsroom isn’t a newsroom without its students. So roll on Monday when we’ll be welcoming our newest
@unikent
undergrads for their first session.
Look hard and you’ll spot the new Covid screens.
The accolades just keep on coming for Escaping The Chaos, the Year 3 project by our own
@kennethsanchezg
- and this one is HUGE!
He's only been shortlisted for the Amnesty Media Awards - alongside some of the biggest names in journalism.
Couldn't be more pleased for you, Ken.
Need some
#JournoInspiration
? To mark
#IWD2019
@lauragrb
has drawn up a list of 19 fearless female journos 🌟that you may or may not know about. Pulitzer winners, war reporters, 📷s, columnists: this list has it all. (It's obvs not a full list so send us your
#JournoHeroes
) 1/23
Fabulous to see our very own Sarah Fuller recognised in the NCTJ's celebration of outstanding and inspirational women involved in journalism training. Sarah has made an immense difference to so many CfJ students, so we're feeling very proud.
#InternationalWomensDay
To mark
#InternationalWomensDay
we are celebrating outstanding and inspirational women involved in delivering NCTJ journalism training.
We asked our students to tell us who they felt deserved recognition. Find out what they had to say here:
@JoeCoshan
@itvmeridian
@KMTV_Kent
Congratulations, Joe. Seems like an unmissable opportunity to dust off this little beauty from your admissions interview for our BA Journalism back in 2015.
Your hair control is much better these days.
And you've learned a bit about delivery energy too...
The
@unikent
has been shortlisted in the Guardian University Awards 2018 for its partnership with the KM Media Group to establish
@KMTV_Kent
, the UK’s first university-led local television station.
#ProudToBeKent
He's only gone and won it!
Fabulous news for
@kennethsanchezg
- winner in the best education story category of the Shorthand Awards. The judges' comments are well worth a read. 🥇🏆🥇🏆
#CfJWorldDomination
Congratulations to
@kennethsanchezg
for winning in the student journalism category in the
#AmnestyMediaAwards
- an amazing achievement, and thoroughly deserved. Next stop a Pulitzer?
Who could this be standing by for her live debut on
@KMTV_Kent
? Why it’s only our very own CfJ legend Nicola Johnson with her daughter Amy.
Tune in in 8 minutes.
It's not too late to apply to join our BA or MA programmes in September.
Need persuading that journalism is still a fantastically rewarding career? Some of our former students are here to help. Watch to the end for their hottest tip:
You know how we hate to tell you what to do, but... EVERY student and former student of the CfJ should retweet this. It's such an important message to get out to anyone who might be thinking about studying journalism.
#chooseNCTJ
By choosing an NCTJ-accredited university course, you will study for the all-important NCTJ Diploma in Journalism alongside your BA.
Throughout today we'll be hearing from employers, students and alumni about how important it is to choose an NCTJ-accredited course
#ChooseNCTJ
We can't switch the TV on these days without seeing some of our awesome students in action.
Check out these familiar faces on tonight's
@bbcsoutheast
South East Today talking about the student experience under coronavirus.
@Ayotheprcrstntr
@EstherOkusaga
@ellie_mak
Our next award is for the student project of the year which goes to
@AdamNLandau
, from
@CfJKent
, now an aviation videographer. The judges said this was a highly professional piece of documentary journalism – well done Adam.
#NCTJawards
VOTE NOW!! 🗳️
CfJ student-turned-teacher-turned-verification-guru
@lauragrb
is up for a webby People's Vote award for her part in this 'How to Fact-Check like a Journalist' video.
So watch this space. We'll find a date this summer, and find a suitable way to celebrate the many outstanding achievements - in many different fields - of the graduates of this most special of places.
The Centre for Journalism. 5/5
More details very soon, but it's likely to be a central London location afternoon/evening of Sat 13 July. Nothing formal (surprisingly the uni is not giving us any budget...) and very much a more the merrier situation.
So mark the date in your diaries and watch this space.
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What a team! Here’s just part of the amazing group - including
@KMTV_Kent
staff, interns and CfJ students - who put together 3 hours of brilliant live TV as the results of today’s local elections came rolling in. Public service broadcasting, uniquely served to the people of Kent.
It's been a year since Kim Wall disappeared while covering a story - Listen to her mother, Ingrid Wall, tell how it all unfolded for her. (Also donate to the
@TheKimWallFund
)
Delighted to see that 'Escaping the Chaos', the Year 3 project created by
@kennethsanchezg
, has made it on to the shortlist for the
@Shorthand
Awards for multimedia storytelling. Results next month. Congrats, Ken!
#cfjWorldDomination
🚨 NOW TO MY NEW JOB!!! After 10 yrs in the UK (I know!) learning tons, hustling, falling in love with teaching
@CfJKent
, doing journalism on the side, applying for tons of jobs, fighting for my dream to be a full-time journalist - I'VE FINALLY GOT THERE!
Thrilled to see THREE CfJ students on the shortlists for the
@NCTJ_news
Awards for Excellence in Journalism. Huge congratulations to
@BartholomewHll
(scoop of the year);
@rutnotruth
(data journalism) and
@emma_ogao
(features). Very proud of you all.
We’re top of the league! Best undergraduate course 2019-20 in the annual
@NCTJ_news
rankings. Congratulations to all our students whose success in professional exams got us there 👏👏👏 Study the best BA in the country for journalism:
The best performing NCTJ-accredited courses are being celebrated as we prepare to publish results tables for 2019-20 🌟
Congratulations to all our students and centres, you should be proud of your achievements and dedication during a challenging year.
>>
.
@Brad_Gray_
got a job almost straight out of uni and has been reporting for
@essexlive
covering anything from council stories to the best fried foods.
BE LIKE BRAD - come study journalism with us.
Places still available for Sept
#Clearing2019
.
The team that runs the BBC's fantastic journalism apprenticeship schemes are an amazingly committed bunch. It's great to see that recognised at the
@unikent
Apprenticeship Awards. Pictured are Hayley Clarke (apprentice of the year, left) and
@bbcgetin
scheme manager Kathryn Park.
Our brilliant 3rd years are running their first newsday of the term today. Invicta News is a news brand entirely conceived by them, and will include the production of a digital newspaper, various radio and TV programmes, and a web site and social media channels.
@NewsInvicta
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A journalism lecturer at Sheffield uni said I shouldn't even consider doing the course because of my health. Cried the whole train journey home :( . Got an offer from Sheffield, turned it down faster than you could imagine, found
@CfJKent
and I bloody love it!
The next award goes to Adam Landau for the best performance in the Essential Journalism exam. Adam is in his final year at
@CfJKent
and recently became a media manager and videographer for an aerobatic display team 🌟
#NCTJStudentCouncil
Interested in
#journalism
or TV and video production?
Join us for a
#LIVE
virtual open day. Staff, students & graduates will take your questions and talk about our amazing undergrad & postgrad programmes.
TUESDAY 15th October, 2019 6.30PM
WATCH HERE ->
Next up the student project of the year, always a competitive category. The winner is Michael Haffenden from
@CfJKent
for Team Brit - On the Road to Recovery. His project was a documentary of the courage and camaraderie of a motor racing team of disabled veterans
#nctjawards
Meanwhile 2020 BA Journalism graduate
@AdamNLandau
is on the student project of the year shortlist for his awesome TV documentary The Original High Speed Railway. No pressure Adam, but CfJ grads have won that category for three years running...
"Older women have to talk to younger women. Employers need to find a way to support, to talk to women about work-life balance"
@dorotheabyrne
#AMMPE2018
Just a paltry THREE nominations for CfJ MA Multimedia Journalism grad Oliver Kemp
@deepcutstweets
in this year's NCTJ Awards for Excellence - he's shortlisted in the features, podcast, and Community News Project categories for his multifaceted work
@Kent_Online
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We're delighted to unveil the shortlist for this year's Awards for Excellence, following a record-breaking number of entries 🌟
Congratulations to the 54 students, trainees, apprentices, journalists and training providers on the shortlist!
Read more:
A pleasure to be on the
@KMTV_Kent
sofa with
@andykmtv
to record
#kentfirstclass
, a new series showcasing the work of some of our students. Today featured
@kennethsanchezg
and his brilliant online journalism project: Escaping the Chaos.
Just been announced that
@UniKent
will be going to online-only teaching from week commencing 23 March. This coming week will be treated as a transition period. Details from the vice-chancellor will be in all student and staff email inboxes.
Always lovely when our former students drop in to see us. Twelve years after they were last in the CfJ newsroom,
@SMitchellMalm
and
@SMitchellF1
brought someone with them that they wanted to show around...
That’s it, I’ve finished my final exam
@CFJKent
. It’s been an unbelievable experience and would recommend it to anyone who’s serious about being a
#journalist
📰
No rest for me though. Tomorrow I officially start my new job as a Broadcast Journalist
@KMTV_Kent
. Exciting! 🎥📺
The university has told us that no new students will join our BA, MA and Year in Journalism programmes going forward.
We have fought hard against a decision which we think defies logic on very many levels. 2/
CFJ grad and
@KMTV_Kent
intern
@ayo_alli_
didn't tell her mum she had applied to study journalism through
#clearing
😝
3 yrs later she's an amazing journalist committed to telling the stories of her community.
BE LIKE AYO - study journalism with us.
It's a subject that has been hotly debated for years, but just how relevant is shorthand to journalism and media employers?
Our report found that 82 per cent of employers consider shorthand to be vital, desirable or essential for some roles.
Read more:
All current CfJ students. The legendary
@SteveSenior13
is working on setting up this home access to Adobe CC software for you, just in case we have to close our newsrooms. Please see your uni email inboxes for further details.
With many schools moving to online learning due to rising health concerns, we’re giving our global higher education and K-12 customers greater access to Creative Cloud apps to facilitate distance learning.
Because where you come from and how much money you’ve got should never EVER be a reason not to apply for the internship of your dreams. We’re so proud and honoured to be working with
@PressPadUK
to make journalism more accessible for talented young journos!
We will have more to say in the days ahead to remind ourselves of the great things that we - and particularly our alumni - have achieved over the years.
And of course we have not forgotten about the 15th anniversary party that we promised... 4/
Happy graduation to the Centre for Journalism class of 2023! So proud of everything you achieved and how you coped with extraordinary events over the last three years ❤️❤️🎓
.
@BBCNews
journo and star grad
@AlfieTobutt
speaking to our first year
#journalism
students - he was sat where they are a couple of years ago and now he’s reading the news! you can too. join us tonight at 6.40pm for a LIVE virtual tour!!
Great to see several CfJ names on the NCTJ Awards shortlists again this year. Congrats to
@laoise_g
(x2!),
@LilyMorl
and
@Jem_Collins
for their nominations.
Can we make it FIVE in a row for Student Project of the Year?
🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞
We're also up for Innovation of the Year.
The Awards for Excellence 2021 shortlist is here! 🌟
A record-breaking 481 entries were received this year 🎉
Congratulations to the 66 students, trainees, apprentices, journalists and training providers on the shortlist!
Find out more:
They’ve discovered that I’ve been using the CfJ account to promote the Cats on Sheep agenda so it looks like I’m going to have to go into hiding - with great power comes great responsibility 👋 Thanks to all who have joined us for tonight’s stream & hope to see you next September
Journalists need to stop chasing shares and clicks and slow down - the best and most important stories take time. Thoughts from
@amolrajanBBC
at
#BobFriend2018