As Britain’s students prepare for a final week of hot meals, bedtimes and curfews, student newsrooms rush for that crucial freshers’ week deadline. That first edition […]
September is a funny month for student journalists. Half of us don’t go back to university until October, the other half scramble to find a work […]
We’re all about accountability here at the SPA – so here’s our list of what we’ve been up to over the summer hols. As always, we’d […]
Covering death is no easy task, as the media industry has been forced to discover this week. Worldwide news has been dominated by tragedy: on Saturday, […]
Edinburgh based student newspaper and SPA member publication, The Journal, has gone into liquidation. The paper combined the work of students at seven higher and further education colleges […]
Unless you have been hiding under a rock with no WiFi, you’ll know two things. Jeremy Corbyn, instigator of ‘Corbyn-mania,’ is now favourite-to-win in the Labour […]
Deny it all you like, the hype surrounding yesterday’s A-level results put us (much older, sob) students in a nostalgic mood. Our headlines this week focus […]
Breaking news is a much larger part of our industry now than it was a few years ago. Reporting a ‘breaking’ story – one that is […]