4th February 2025
It’s rare to hear a really seasoned journalist speak about their craft. Today’s ‘Ask the Expert’ does just that. Writer and editor Tim Teeman, of The Daily Beast, a news website based in New York, has so much incredible advice for student journalists.
As you’ll discover, he’s a big fan of understanding and revealing unbiased truth…
29th January 2025
This week, I’ve some exciting news: we’re back with a new series of ‘Ask the Expert’ – conversations with outstanding professionals working in media. Here at Shine, we’ve crafted a series of five questions carefully designed to offer perspectives and advice to students. We’re asking each of our guests these same questions in each of our interviews which will be coming over the next few weeks.
12th March 2024
This past week I was thrilled to host our first ever online teachers’ forum. The idea behind the session was to assist teachers who are overseeing students putting together a school newspaper or magazine project.
We know that managing that kind of project raises all kinds of practical questions and we thought if we put you and your colleagues together with fellow educators who work in media, as well as a seasoned newspaper journalist, we’d be on to something.
25th October 2023
Sometimes the best way of finding common ground with others is by telling them how we feel. A school magazine, podcast or newspaper can be a forum in the Roman sense: a print or digital ‘town square’ where students are truly heard. It’s a unique opportunity to bring their stories to life.
I recall a winning entry from two years ago by student writer Hilary Hanslin whose piece, “Don’t touch my hair” caused a sensation with the Shine School Media Award judges, winning Best writer for a non-fiction piece.
25th March 2022
Today we’re continuing series two of Ask the Experts, our video podcasts where Shine alumni have the opportunity to put their questions to some of the fantastic people we have in our address book.
Our next episode is on Podcasts, hosted by Luke Chapman from Young Writers.
10th March 2022
Today we’re continuing series two of Ask the Experts, our video podcasts where Shine alumni have the opportunity to put their questions to some of the fantastic people we have in our address book.
Our second episode is on Copyright, hosted by Julie Murray.
