Category: Lectures

  • Tips for creative writing in radio

    Before Easter some of the University of Lincoln’s journalism students were treated to a talk from Harry Youtt, who teaches creative writing at UCLA, about how to write creatively for radio. Here’s my notes from the talk. To get an idea of what works on the radio it’s good to listen to other examples of…

  • Writing for online

    Earlier this year I presented a lecture about ‘Writing for online’ at the University of Lincoln. This is the next step on from ‘Tips for blogging and tweeting’ and looks more specifically at how websites for newspapers and magazines work. Design is important to consider for newspaper and magazine layout, and the same applies to…

  • Tips for blogging and tweeting

    I recently delivered a lecture to first year journalism students at the University of Lincoln. Here’s a round-up of what I told the students. Blogging recently celebrated it’s 20th birthday, and in the passing two decades it has become a huge part of the internet. In that time blogs have evolved from online diaries to…