When you were in school what felt like a lot of money? £1000? £10,000? £100,000? How much did you think you’d earn when you graduated and when… Read more “Tuition Fees: How to Afford University in 2012”
Category: Journalism
Running 2012 miles in 2012
This year I have misguidedly signed up for the Great North Run and the Kielder Marathon. I’ve done the Great North Run before and it was a… Read more “Running 2012 miles in 2012”
Government Calls Summit On Dodgy Sat Navs
The government holds a summit on a dangerous device that’s sucking onto car windscreens across the country, making the roads dangerous with distracted drivers, arrogantly following their… Read more “Government Calls Summit On Dodgy Sat Navs”
Donna Claire House To Close
After 25 years of providing respite care to hundreds of disabled families Donna Claire House in Seaburn, Sunderland, is to close on 19th December due to lack of… Read more “Donna Claire House To Close”
Children in Need: Where the Money Went
Thousands of pounds were donated to Children in Need by BBC Tees listeners in 2010. Over £101,000 went to Hype in Stockton-on-Tees: £96,000 went to Nightstop Teeside… Read more “Children in Need: Where the Money Went”
How to Educate a Journalist
Plonking myself down at my computer after a trip out interviewing Geordies and exclaiming ‘this 11-year-old just told me…’ is becoming a bit of a theme. So… Read more “How to Educate a Journalist”
Durham Lumiere Festival 2011
Best of the Festival…. Gathering audio for months for radio and the Lumiere’s webpage has made this festival a large part of my life and now it’s… Read more “Durham Lumiere Festival 2011”
Q2 Cube Internet Radio: Christmas 2011 Gift Ideas
Today I visited somewhere incredible. It is almost certainly a questionable use of the license fee payer’s money…but the Blue Room at White City is an exciting… Read more “Q2 Cube Internet Radio: Christmas 2011 Gift Ideas”
London Library Cuts and Closures By Borough
Barking & Dagenham: No closures. Barnet: 2 of 6 may close. Bexley: 3 of 5 & 1 mobile to close Brent: 6 merging Bromley: 8 of 15… Read more “London Library Cuts and Closures By Borough”
Gap Years Are Becoming Snap Years
Gap Years are being curtailed by financial worries with the average trip lasting just 5 weeks, according to a new poll. Only 5.56% of adults are planning… Read more “Gap Years Are Becoming Snap Years”
Fiona Marley Paterson 