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Dozens of COVID testing providers to be removed from GOV.UK list after review
Dozens of COVID testing providers to be removed from GOV.UK list after review Dozens of COVID testing providers to be removed from GOV.UK list after review | UK News | Sky News Izzy, London This article talks about how certain companies providing day 2 and day 8 tests...
Nearly every London school in high air pollution area, report says BBC News
Nearly every London school in high air pollution area, report says BBC News Theo, Leeds https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-58230278 This article attempts to highlight the issue that is caused by air pollution in the City of London, specifically its effects...
Lotion in the Ocean: Is your Sunscreen Killing the Sea?
Lotion in the ocean: is your sunscreen killing the sea? Emine Saner, The Guardian Saskia Seddon, York https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/aug/06/lotion-in-the-ocean-is-your-sunscreen-killing-the-sea This article highlights the dangers posed to the ocean by...
Tuesday Newsday: Let’s Talk About The News
Reading newspapers helps adults and children to better understand the world around them and the current events that affect them. It helps give them more confidence to engage with the world around them. For children it also improves their reading and writing skills as...
Why is media literacy important?
According to Ofcom, media literacy enables people to have the skills, knowledge and understanding to make full use of the opportunities presented by both traditional and new communications services. Media literacy also helps people to manage content and communications...
Is there a “Fake News” Epidemic?
Many years ago when I was a marketing manager I had a great boss who used to say that when it came to marketing a brand or product, “perception is reality”. In other words, what people perceive to be real is what they will consider to be the reality. To a large extent...
Influencing Election Results
I came across this story by chance whilst reading a book by Rory Clements. It’s another example of how events that we think are unique challenges of our times have happened before. Since 2016 authorities, intelligence agencies and the media have been exploring the...
How I became a Journalist by Dhara Ranasinghe
There was a part of me that always knew I wanted to go into journalism, an interest perhaps triggered by hearing about the likes of Che Guevara and Nelson Mandela and asking my parents about them. In primary school I set up a newspaper, which we sold for 20p,...
“I’ve always wanted to be a journalist” – Charlotte’s advice
This is probably the phrase that anyone recruiting for new journalists hears most often. In her role of organising the Thomson Reuters graduate trainee scheme Charlotte certainly did. Every year she went through over 800 CV’s. Whenever she heard it her question to the...