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Breakfast Burnout with an ambassador

Today during my usual shift at BBC Radio Lincolnshire’s breakfast show I got to meet Mark Kent, UK’s ambassador to Vietnam. Photo+more after the jump.

On Air Tomorrow on SirenFM

Tomorrow, Monday 7th July, between 11am and 1pm (UK Local Time) I will be on air on SirenFM, joining Sam Pidoux for the Midday Show. We will be talking about the latest news and happenings and the subject of the day will be foreign languages. So don’t forget to tune in to 107.3FM if you’re [...]

Northcliffe slowly improving their website series

Following my Thisislincolnshire.co.uk critique, Martin Stabe reports on his Press Gazette blog that “journalists at Northcliffe Media’s regional titles have begun geocoding stories as the group prepares to introduce geographical targeting on the “next generation” websites that it has continued rolling out this week.”

Lincolnshire Echo tries multimedia. Still no luck…

During one of my usual nocturnal web-surfing sessions I ran into one of Lincolnshire Echo’s pages. I didn’t consider Echo’s website cutting edge and I’m not changing my opinion any time soon. The page brought to discussion is a news page from the 1st of April about the Lincoln Comedy Festival. Surprisingly, I found at [...]

Dave Lee shortlisted for Press Gazette Student Journalism Awards

Dave Lee, The Linc’s founder and former University of Lincoln’s journalism student, has been shortlisted in two categories for the Press Gazette (PG) Student Journalism Awards this year. The event is free to enter and is intended to be a showcase for tomorrow’s journalistic talent, with many previous winners going on to national press stardom.

Yet to make the news: Jewish settlers attack elderly Palestinian and his family

It’s a bit strange sometimes how some certain stories do not make it into top news. A good example is the story of the elderly Palestinian and his family, whom were attacked by a Jewish settlers group. [video and story here] CNN did not take the story on board, but BBC’s Tim Franks reported on [...]