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The Scoop: The Fundamental Training Need

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Derek Willis: "[We] as journalists manage information, because that determines so much else: the kinds of stories we’re able to envision and construct, the amount of context we’re able to bring to bear in a short amount of time and our ability to connect the dots. In general, and this is my scientific conclusion, we suck at managing information."

Sarah Hartley: Will journalists write off journalists?

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Sarah Harley contrasts a conference she was at on Friday with the NCTJ event the same day: "[A]ttending Friday’s social media seminar in Manchester really brought one issue home to me - the relevance of the journalist is under scrutiny. ... At least part of the [NCTJ] conference considered the skills survey carried out among employers and training providers, and what did the employers want of this august body - shorthand! [D]oesn’t this rather exemplify a gulf between what’s actually going on in a landscape where all the rules of engagement are rapidly shifting and what’s perceived to be the issues within (still largely print-centric) newsrooms?" (Amen.)

MediaGuardian: Monkey goes to the Society of Editors conference

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"Guardian News & Media editor-in-chief Alan Rusbridger had an embarrassing admission to make during the presentation of the NCTJ awards for excellence in journalism at the Society of Editors bash in Bristol. "I should not really be doing this," Rusbridger told the room, "because I failed my NCTJ exams." Blimey - there's hope for us all."