City University: Then & Now
As City’s Journalism department rolls on through its fourth decade, some of the earliest intakes of (then) aspiring, (now) established journalists tell tales of the course in its infancy. Part Continue Reading →
Is sexist online abuse silencing female journalists?
Is the abuse women face on social media really a problem? That’s the question that I have been asked the most whenever I explain to people that I have written Continue Reading →
Feature teaser: The horrible truth about internships
Ever wondered what kind of horrors the lowly intern has had to endure in their climb to the top? In this year’s XCity magazine, Alice Hancock investigates some of the Continue Reading →
Feature teaser: The two sides of reporting from Gaza
The New York Times stringer, Faris Akram, is one of the correspondents that Georgie Bradley spoke to for her feature on reporting from Gaza and Israel during the eight-day conflict Continue Reading →
Cycle safety campaigner wins the 2013 XCity Award
Former City graduate Kaya Burgess has won the 2013 XCity Award for his pioneering campaign to improve cycling safety on Britain’s roads. Burgess, 27, (Newspaper, 2009) launched the ‘Cities Fit Continue Reading →
XCity Award Shortlist: Anna Cavell
An interview with Anna Cavell “I’ve been threatened with arrest in the past and I’ve had my equipment taken from me by security forces.” Anna Cavell has faced a number Continue Reading →
XCity Award Shortlist: Jessica Omari
An interview with Jessica Omari “I saw people living in a really, really bad state – in absolute poverty. There was no money, no water, and they said ‘this is Continue Reading →
XCity Award Shortlist: Tom Lamont
An interview with Tom Lamont “Remembering not to ask mood-killing nine-part questions is a persistent challenge.” Despite enjoying success as a feature writer and commissioning editor at The Observer, City Continue Reading →
Journalism in the Dock
XCity Online editor Sarah Holmes live tweets ‘Journalism in the Dock’, a panel event held at City University on Tuesday 12 March 2013 to discuss the future relationship between journalism Continue Reading →
XCity Award Shortlist: Kaya Burgess
An interview with Kaya Burgess In November 2011, Kaya Burgess’s friend and colleague Mary Bowers was knocked off her bicycle on the way to work. Burgess arrived soon after the Continue Reading →
XCity Award Shortlist: Fay Schlesinger
An interview with Fay Schlesinger When David Cameron called comedian Jimmy Carr’s use of the tax avoidance scheme K2 “morally wrong” last summer, the journalists who broke the story never Continue Reading →