There have been several mind-boggling technological leaps of faith in my 27 years as a journalist. When I started as a spotty cub reporter for a weekly newspaper group in 1982 (Jimmy Connors won Wimbledon; ET was the movie to see and Duran Duran dominated the charts) it was a much simpler world. No computers; [...]
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Caught In The Web
Posted in journalism, middle aged despair, technology, university, tagged 1982, Dreamweaver, internet, Teesside University on October 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Peace In a Pod
Posted in journalism, Media, sunderland, university, youth of today, tagged journalism, Media, pod, sunderland, university on September 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Started life today as a part time ‘academic tutor’ in the media department of that pleasant and ambitious seat of learning the University of Sunderland. All talk among the students was of the former canteen, now a very modern and sleek study area. Taking pride of place is a pod where individuals or small cabals of students, [...]
