This is for all students who are going to sit the Broadcast Regulation exam.

Even if you didn't do the mock (boo). Particularly if you didn't sit the mock. 

Please come to the big UG newsroom on the first floor, G1-04 at 1pm today, Monday 5 March.

Richard

PS I am attaching the marking guide to sample exam 3, the mock, which has model answers, and another sample exam, number 1, with both a marking guide and model answers.

Congratulations to the 41 CfJ Year 2 and MA students who passed January's NCTJ Essential Media Law exam.  An amazing 18 people gained Grade A and 13 gained Grade B. Special mentions to Emma Biginelli Macchia, Jay Fernando, Grace Gausden, Alice Hamilton Beer and Caroline Hawes who all reached the dizzy heights of 80%-plus! Well done to all!

The Medway Campus will be open tomorrow, Friday 2 March. All CfJ sessions will go ahead as usual.

The university has announced that Medway Campus will remain closed tomorrow, Thursday 1 March, due to adverse weather conditions.

As you know Medway campus is closed today so no Court Reporting class. If any of you would like to write answers to any of the questions on the current test paper feel free to email them to me for feedback.  If campus is open tomorrow and you can make it in, there are copies of the next test paper in Nicola's office on top of the filing cabinet in a blue box file marked "Sarah".  And don't forget there are two test papers - with marking guides - on the NCTJ student resources website. Let's keep fingers crossed for Friday's classes!

All - please note that the university has decided to keep the Medway Campus closed tomorrow (Wednesday) due to the uncertainty over weather conditions.

Don't forget our "extra" Court Reporting session on Wednesday from 2 - 3.30 pm in the UG newsroom.  And don't forget to bring with you the test paper we are working through and your McNae.

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Laerke Christensen became the tenth* Centre for Journalism student to recieve the unique Bob Friend Sky News Scholarship last night, at a glittering event on the Historic Dockyard at Medway.

Sky News assistant editor Peter Diapre presented Laerke with her award, following which BBC media editor Amol Rajan delivered a brilliant lecture 'The Tortoise and the Share' - more of which next week.

In the meantime there are more pictures of last night's event over on our Facebook pages.

* And yes it is the tenth. Tim is buying me an abacus for my next birthday. Clearly I'm in denial over the number of years since our first event...

I have word from Millbank that white smoke has just emerged from chimney above the glass box in the Sky News studio, meaning that this year's Bob Friend scholar has been chosen.

Many congratulations to Year 2 student Laerke Christensen, who has emerged just ahead after what I'm told was an incredibly difficult decision by the final judging panel: Peter Diapre of Sky News, and Tim Luckhurst and Angela Harrison from the Centre for Journalism.

Finalists Alex Crean, Isabel Muller Eidhamar and Frazer Norwell should also be incredibly proud of their performances today in what is a very high pressure situation. They have all enhanced the centre's reputation greatly.

The Centre has been offered the incredible opportunity to cover the Table Tennis World Cup in London next Friday the 23rd of February. We have been asked to produce a short 360 video about the event. 

Our lecturer Laura Garcia is looking for TWO ASSISTANTS to help plan, shoot and edit this project. 

Want to get in on it? Send a paragraph with a proposal on how to cover this event in 360 video by Monday 19th Feb at 5pm to l.garcia@kent.ac.uk. 

EVERYBODY can apply - Yr3's we can rearrange your solo newsday to Thursday. Expenses will be covered.