http://www.westminsternewsonline.com/wordpress Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 23 Apr 2010 11:16:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Westminster News Online, the news website run by journalism students at the University of Westminster, has been redesign and moved to a new address. To see the student work please go to http://www.wnol.info Westminster News online http://www.westminsternewsonline.com/wordpress/?p=2115 Political blogger Guido Fawkes believes that video journalism is the future and that next year’s general election will be a “YouTube election”, writes Nick Hamilton. Fawkes, whose real name is Paul Staines, has broken a number of high-profile political stories on his controversial, right-leaning blog. But he told journalism students at ... http://www.westminsternewsonline.com/wordpress/?p=2106 The reporters who broke the MPs’ expenses scandal revealed the inside story to University of Westminster journalism students in a fascinating account of their investigation, writes Victoria Maw. The Daily Telegraph’s deputy political editor Robert Winnett and chief reporter Gordon Rayner told how their team sifted through a million documents in ... http://www.westminsternewsonline.com/wordpress/?p=2089 The keenly-contested parliamentary elections in Lebanon resulted in poll victory for the pro-Western coalition known as the loyalists or March 14 group. MA Journalism student Eliana Maakaroun reports from Beirut. The June 7th election in Lebanon was a contest between the two major political blocs - the loyalists (who refer to ... http://www.westminsternewsonline.com/wordpress/?p=2076 MA Journalism student Laura-Jane Hawkins describes her biggest scoop to date after chasing her coursework documentary on the Gurkhas campaign to a meeting with the prime minister on the lawn of 10 Downing Street. A strong Northern Irish accent shouted out: “I give you your Prime Minister, Mr Gordon Brown.” Then right ... http://www.westminsternewsonline.com/wordpress/?p=2052 Mark Thompson ended the two day conference on journalism in crisis promising to share the BBC's audiovisual assets with other media outlets. Jeremy Paxman was given the first Sir Charles Wheeler award commemorating the late journalism great, and Boris Johnson made a surprise appearance at the conference. [caption id="attachment_2007" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Mark ... http://www.westminsternewsonline.com/wordpress/?p=1995 The British Council exists to ‘strengthen understanding and trust between and within different cultures'. They attempted to do just that for a group of 11 Westminster journalism students by organising a visit to the European Parliament, a month ahead of the Euro elections, taking place in early June. [caption id="attachment_1883" align="alignright" ... http://www.westminsternewsonline.com/wordpress/?p=1878 A heated debate featuring Nick Davies and Kelvin MacKenzie took place at the Journalism in Crisis conference in a session on privacy and the media heavily criticising the Press Complaints Commission. Davies and MacKenzie discussed with Jennifer McDermott, Head of Media and Public Law and partner at Whithers and Jonathan Coad ... http://www.westminsternewsonline.com/wordpress/?p=1994 The second day of Journalism In Crisis just started and renowned academics gathered in the Old Cinema to discuss the concept of "Citizen Journalism".   Journalism's paradigm shifts: a model for understanding long-term change Colette Brin, from the Universite Laval, Quebec, opened the discussion with a presentation on the patterns of change in the journalism ... http://www.westminsternewsonline.com/wordpress/?p=1975 My PSB Online: investigating patterns of news personalization and customization in Britain and Denmark. Benedetta Brevini came to JIC last Tuesday to introduce an interesting comparison between the English and Danish model of Online News websites. "People are more and more able to personnalise their news consumption according to their interests and ... http://www.westminsternewsonline.com/wordpress/?p=1998