COURSEWORK BLOG

As part of the News Writing Module we had to create a blog with seven news articles and reflective reports to showcase our newswriting skills during the first term of the MA. The last 12 weeks have flown by..... Here's the URL of my blog submitted for assessment on Friday 14th December 2007: http://westlondonnewsbykatiegoodall.blogspot.com/ The showcase includes interviews and video footage generated between September 2007 to Novemeber 2007. Five of the articles were published in the Gazette Series, mainly the Uxbridge Gazette during my work placement.

THE TO DO LIST

IT'S FINALLY the end of term. It's been a great learning curve and an opportunity to develop core journalism skils such as shorthand, law, government, news writing, work experience and meet other trainee journlists both on the MA in Journalism course at Brunel University and during my work placement at The Gazette series. I've also had the opportunity to do some broadcasting this semester. I joined 91.8 Hayes FM as a news reader for the Gerard Conway show, and I'm on air reading the national headlines around 7.20am. Jennelle and I also started our show on URB which is University Radio Brunel, but the station is closed now till after the New Year. I also have to record a local news programme for Hospital Radio Hillingdon soon, and will pop in over Christmas and help co-present some shows. This has definitely been one busy term for Team Journo....and one busy holiday. Despite my best efforts to be organised, I still feel I have mountains of paperwork. I must learn not to be a perfectionist and start writing more.......Well here goes with a list. My To Do List for .2007/08..... Practice Shorthand Revise Law Revise Government Write an NHS Feature Sort through my notes Go to the gym Write 5 News stories and one feature for my portfolio. Prepare local news and URB show Edit this blog Scan newspaper articles into blog. The list still goes on but I will finish here. Merry Christmas and Happy 2008. I will take a couple of weeks off from Blogging but will update this site in January 2008.