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City newspaper brings uni’s future journalists on board


Student journalists are getting a head start in the world of media by working with the professionals and writing their own weekly page in Carlisle’s award-winning daily paper, the News & Star.


The undergraduate reporters, based at the city’s Brampton Road campus, have been put in charge of writing material for the paper’s student life page. Their work showcases news, features, comment and reviews reflecting the lives of the burgeoning student population in Carlisle.


The students work on their stories from a well-equipped newsroom at the university’s Brampton Road campus, but stay in close contact with News & Star staff right up to deadline.


“This is a fantastic opportunity for them”, says Tony Randall, course leader for the journalism programme. “Most student journalists aren’t able to experience this level of involvement with a newspaper during their course, and to be working for a paper with the News & Star’s quality and reputation is a feather in their cap. We’re immensely grateful to the


publishers, the CN Group, for being so positive about helping the journalists of tomorrow learn their trade – and for having faith in their abilities.”


CN digital strategy manager Nick Turner says: “Our weekly student life page follows on from the success we had with the Re-Fresh student guide that CN produced in conjunction with the university and its students over the summer.


“It’s great to be able to give the journalism students a platform to write for a newspaper on a regular basis, and it allows us to be able to connect with the growing student population in a way we wouldn’t be able to without their involvement.”


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