Sarah Head

The contentious issue of the potential closure of Spillers record store is one that has clearly been noted by a number of diploma students. The oldest record store in the world dating from 1894 is situated in the city centre at 36 Hayes and is clearly a focal part of Cardiff’s cultural heritage. Problems from within the business itself and pressure from the council are all very possible factors contributing to its potential demise.

For my capturing Cardiff piece I would like to go beyond the de… Continue

“My news now - news you want when you want it.”

Accuracy, speed, dialogue and personalisation are just a few of the promises of Pete Clifton’s vision for BBC’s online interactive news. With traditional news audiences in decline, newspaper sales down and TV viewers reaching for their mouse instead of the
remote control it appears that we as a nation are no longer happy to sit back
and let the establishment tell us their

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I have always been of the belief that the digital age is slowly eroding the ability for us humans to actually interact with one another. When I say interact, I mean
talking – as in face to face. The
digital media literati frequently tell us how they are engaging in
conversations with us, their audience – but as far as I can see nobody’s
actually talking. Yes we are interacting
more than ever – but when tapping on your key board and starring at a computer
screen is called a c

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Kim Hollamby, digital development director for IPC media, restored some hope for us aspiring journalists in the fact that user generated content was on its way out.
Having lost its status and credibility we step in with our good quality
journalism that will hopefully surpass the abundance of ‘non’-information
available to us online. We all breathed
a sigh of relief as he presented us with a glimmer of hope that we may in fact
be employabl

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For almost two thousand years Christianity has provided the moral and cultural platform for our society, it has been the unquestioned, undisputed pillar of morality and correctness. Its inherent goodness has over the years been engrained in to our minds and unlike other religions, it has rarely been questioned or disputed. Its credence in America has even spread to the political field where politicians fail to have any chance of election without publicly proclaiming their commitment to the Chris… Continue