In the ever increasing battle to successful monetise quality content, Trinity Mirror has launched a couple of paywalled football sites.
Journalism
Rugby League media days: The inside scoop
Ever wondered what the state of play is at a media day for a Super League club?
Finding that elusive first rung on the job ladder
Whatever field you aspire to work in it is very often a tricky proposition to get that break and secure your first job offer.
The journalism churning circle
The growth of digital and online journalism is a quandary that nobody has really solved.
The UK’s biggest newspaper, The Sun, went behind a paywall in 2013 and recently came back out of it, no doubt down to the fact that they were being largely ignored given the amount of free alternatives.
It is perhaps different for quality newspapers, such as The Times, who can at least point to publishing more investigative and in-depth articles, rather than “minor celebrity nip slip” stories which of course are picked up by every man and his dog once the Mail Online runs with it.
As a student in 2006, online journalism was still in its infancy. Nobody really knew how it was going to affect the industry.
Freelancing for the future talk at UCLan
JDG Media MD James Gordon returned to his old university recently to give a talk to third year journalism students on running your own business.
JDG in the news
JDG Media managing director James Gordon has been in the news this week, after his former tutor at the University of Central Lancashire picked up on his new business venture.
It started on work placement…
If someone says to you work placements are pointless, tell them they’re wrong. Essentially, three days work experience has shaped my life. I was an ambitious 17-year-old A-level student when I first came across 4thegame.com, and spent a thoroughly enjoyable few days working for them. Besides a fortnights placement at my dad’s place of work […]
