Natalie Bowen is a journalist living and working in the East Midlands. She has been features editor of the nationally published Working Abroad Magazine for two years, and has worked in radio, online and print media. She has written for several local newspapers including the Reading Chronicle and Gainsborough Standard and has extensive experience of student media. Her journalistic interests include education, travel, literature and the voluntary sector. Natalie is currently studying for an MA at the University of Sheffield.
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Journalists vs. Citizen Journalists. News vs. UGC Apr 20, 2009
The development of 'citizen journalism' and use of user-generated content (UGC) has led some to speculate that journalists are now redundant: Why pay someone to do what others will provide for free? The counter-argument is the Wikipedia effect: Joe Public can write whatever he wants, and you get a good idea of the facts from him, but for the...
More Competition for Media Jobs Apr 04, 2009
Hello, hello, my name is Natalie and this is a blog on the problems and possibilities for graduates hoping to forge a career in media. This won't be a personal blog where I update everything I'm doing in my life - I have one at http://journodent.blogspot.com so pop over there if you want to be nosy - but instead I will blog my thoughts,...
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