Nokia’s profit fell 35% quarter on quarter early this year says figures released by the Nokia group. The Finnish company is facing stiff competition from their rivals Apple, Sony Ericson and Samsung - in the battle of the Century to land the best Smartphone around. Nokia is well renowned as being the sole icon in the mobile phone business having been around for over 100 years as a telecommunications business. Stephen Elop, CEO of Nokia said - “Following a solid first quarter, we expect a more challenging second quarter,” he said. “However, we’re encouraged by our roadmap of mobile phones and Symbian Smartphone’s, which we’ll ship through the rest of the year.” Nokia will now look forward to their partnership with Microsoft which will introduce the Windows operating system to the Nokia Smartphone world - for now the battle continues in this never ending techno war between the telephone giants.
Sunday, 24 April 2011
3 media partners!
London Evening Standard
I think of one dream like scenario - a place to start my career, my first ever job would be at the Evening Standard. It's cute, entertaining, a joy to read and concise in its wording, it is a great read on a summers evening. In October 2009 the paper became a free giveaway, Monday to Friday in tabloid format in London. The current editor is Geordie Greig. In January 2009, Russian businessman Alexander Lebedev and son Evgeny Lebedev bought the newspaper in a major share stake out. There were previously three editions each weekday.
Stuff Magazine
Haymarket Consumer Publications Ltd.
It's sexy, techno filled, easy to read, fun and a enjoyable to look at. I can relate to the magazine myself, I love everything technology and gaming - in a nutshell it's action packed. Stuff magazine consists of many little sub-sections; 'Hot Stuff' is the news section that shows off new or unreleased products; product reviews - laptops, cars, mp3 players...you name it; regular features like the "adrenaline junkie" articles. The magazine has a circulation of about 100,000 copies a month. It has international editions in U.S, India, Singapore and South Africa.
Metro Newspaper
Associated Newspapers Ltd
What everyone reads everyday in the morning, the first point of interaction for anyone on a train first thing in the morning, how would it feel to have thousands of people reading my article? GREAT! So Metro is my last choice, it's a great paper, one I respect because I strive to one day start my career there. It's packed with gossip, news stories - some of which can be a little disturbing but never the less making it more fun. It has in a sense a bit of everything - travel, homes, style, health and so on. The paper was launched in London in 1999 with a spread of publications across 14 UK cities. It has a readership of over 1m a day.
I think of one dream like scenario - a place to start my career, my first ever job would be at the Evening Standard. It's cute, entertaining, a joy to read and concise in its wording, it is a great read on a summers evening. In October 2009 the paper became a free giveaway, Monday to Friday in tabloid format in London. The current editor is Geordie Greig. In January 2009, Russian businessman Alexander Lebedev and son Evgeny Lebedev bought the newspaper in a major share stake out. There were previously three editions each weekday.
Stuff Magazine
Haymarket Consumer Publications Ltd.
It's sexy, techno filled, easy to read, fun and a enjoyable to look at. I can relate to the magazine myself, I love everything technology and gaming - in a nutshell it's action packed. Stuff magazine consists of many little sub-sections; 'Hot Stuff' is the news section that shows off new or unreleased products; product reviews - laptops, cars, mp3 players...you name it; regular features like the "adrenaline junkie" articles. The magazine has a circulation of about 100,000 copies a month. It has international editions in U.S, India, Singapore and South Africa.
Metro Newspaper
Associated Newspapers Ltd
What everyone reads everyday in the morning, the first point of interaction for anyone on a train first thing in the morning, how would it feel to have thousands of people reading my article? GREAT! So Metro is my last choice, it's a great paper, one I respect because I strive to one day start my career there. It's packed with gossip, news stories - some of which can be a little disturbing but never the less making it more fun. It has in a sense a bit of everything - travel, homes, style, health and so on. The paper was launched in London in 1999 with a spread of publications across 14 UK cities. It has a readership of over 1m a day.
‘How I got my media break’
Philip Holmes - BBC Watchdog (Assistant Production Manager)
Young talent is out there somewhere and it is hard work and determination that gets some people to the stage where they want to be in life. I caught up with Philip Holmes - Assistant Production Manager of BBC's Watchdog with a passion for factual news and television - ''I started out really knowing I wanted to get into factual television, everyone knew about the BBC and it was one of those dream places you can work for'. Phil Holmes started his career at City University having studied Broadcast Journalist, he wasn't quite sure what he wanted to get in to as such but he know factual TV was one area he wanted to indulge in - ''Doing the course at City really envisaged my dream to wanting to become something in the future, to work for a huge TV corp.'' - Holmes later found out his dreams would be closer to reality when was accepted for a Crimewatch work experience placement - ''I really didn't expect it, I felt really positive that this could be the start of my career'' - he went on to say ''it was an unforgettable experience in which I strived to be the best so they could see that I'm serious about my career choice''. Shortly after, Holmes was eager to get back to the BBC and carry on doing more placements, his connections with the editor at Crimewatch landed him a placement at Watchdog - ''I was so happy, my life began to evolve greatly - I saw a light at the end of a very long tunnel'' - Holmes began to see his life unfold and at the age of just 19 he knew that his focus could lead him to long-term success in the future. Finally Holmes had his break - at the age of just 21 he applied for the BBC trainee pool scheme and was successful - He landed his first dream job ''I was so proud, my family couldn't believe it, I was happy - close to tears and really looking forward to becoming an assistant production manager at such a great show like Watchdog''. Holmes now lives in London and is still at the BBC envisaging his dream; he left me with his final comment saying ''I always know I was going to achieve good things as long as I tried my best in life''.
Young talent is out there somewhere and it is hard work and determination that gets some people to the stage where they want to be in life. I caught up with Philip Holmes - Assistant Production Manager of BBC's Watchdog with a passion for factual news and television - ''I started out really knowing I wanted to get into factual television, everyone knew about the BBC and it was one of those dream places you can work for'. Phil Holmes started his career at City University having studied Broadcast Journalist, he wasn't quite sure what he wanted to get in to as such but he know factual TV was one area he wanted to indulge in - ''Doing the course at City really envisaged my dream to wanting to become something in the future, to work for a huge TV corp.'' - Holmes later found out his dreams would be closer to reality when was accepted for a Crimewatch work experience placement - ''I really didn't expect it, I felt really positive that this could be the start of my career'' - he went on to say ''it was an unforgettable experience in which I strived to be the best so they could see that I'm serious about my career choice''. Shortly after, Holmes was eager to get back to the BBC and carry on doing more placements, his connections with the editor at Crimewatch landed him a placement at Watchdog - ''I was so happy, my life began to evolve greatly - I saw a light at the end of a very long tunnel'' - Holmes began to see his life unfold and at the age of just 19 he knew that his focus could lead him to long-term success in the future. Finally Holmes had his break - at the age of just 21 he applied for the BBC trainee pool scheme and was successful - He landed his first dream job ''I was so proud, my family couldn't believe it, I was happy - close to tears and really looking forward to becoming an assistant production manager at such a great show like Watchdog''. Holmes now lives in London and is still at the BBC envisaging his dream; he left me with his final comment saying ''I always know I was going to achieve good things as long as I tried my best in life''.
Wednesday, 13 April 2011
Tesco sandwiches by - Daniel aka 'Robes'
Like yeah...like...Tesco like...
sandwiches...yeah...like...Uhmmmm
yeahhhhhh....like...something...I'm Dan... like that...
...yeah...I'm Dan, the man, drive a van, with a tan
– actually I'm black.
No-one knows s**t about me...
I talked to the managers at Tesco and none have Jerk Chicken, kinda tired of the cheese s**t I get -
call me Robes, I rap and bang...Jamaican grinder.
I'm done – f*** Tesco, I'm going to the co-operative, sainsbury's or some other sh*t.
30 Seconds with a fellow Catcher: Niomi Harris
I caught up with Niomi Harris - A fellow Catch22 and got me some answers to a few q's.
What time is breakfast?
8AM
Push or Pull a door?
PULL
If you change your age, what age would you be and why?
18 - Go uni and do it properly, pay attention, get good grades. Live on campus! And make sure who my friends are, ohh and stay away from Southern Comfort!
Card or Cash?
Cash - I like to see how much money I have left, because....with a card you don't really know how much you have left...you just keep spending.
What time would you like to peacefully pass away and why?
Sunset - Because the sun will be setting on my life, they can leave me there to sleep and deal with me in the morning.
FAVOURITES...
- Song - No Doubt - Don't Sleep
- Website - Lastminute.com
- Youtube - Epic Meal Time (BELOW)
Tuesday, 12 April 2011
Discovering Catch22: where it started for me.
Late February this year whilst I attended the 4Talent Open Day I came across a group called and Catch22, a journalism academy for people just like me needing that extra foot in the door. I was told the academy teaches a group of 15 young budding journalists the skills needed to be a journalist, fromcourt reporting, feature meetings, transcribing, writing news stories to getting a feature published in Catch22 Magazine which is distributed all over schools and universities in London.
I was really excited, this is what I wanted, I really didn't want to splash out thousands on a full time course at university to learn the same skills I would learn at Catch22 within the space of 3 months.
I'm now half way through the course and looking forward to graduating in May and
going on to do a placement through Catch22 at one of their fifteen media partners.
WHAT HAVE I LEARNED SO FAR?
- Court reporting - Wood Green Crown Court
- Feature meetings every morning
- Vox pops
- Finding news stories in and around the borough
- Proposing news stories to editors
- Conducting interviews
- Writing a feature for Catch22 Magazine
- Much, much more...
There is a really good base to Catch22, firstly, it gets straight to the point of what it takes to be a journalist, giving you the right skills - through first hand experience in what it takes to do the day to day task of a reporter, writer or an editor.
I don't think this was possible if I had not battled the numerous rejections and countless applications I had to write up, not forgetting the hundreds of emails I sent of. There are opportunities out there which can be uncovered if you go out there and search for them, attend every event you can, send off as many emails as you can and take rejections as a norm.
Success = Hard work - Principle of journalism (video below).
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