A leading BBC Scotland journalist told aspiring trainees to focus on the quality of their journalism and not just the number of platforms they would soon be contributing to.
Phil Taylor, BBC Scotland network editor, presented a series of cutting edge BBC videos on what the future of journalism could look like, and explored the role of ‘citizen journalists’, videos e-mailed to newsrooms and how we would all select our own news digest in future.
But he stressed to his recent audience at the Scottish Centre for Journalism Studies, at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, that checking the veracity of information and seeking to attain the whole story, while serving all these platforms, had never been so important.

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of its rededication, St Bride's Church on Fleet Street is launching a two year programme of social, musical and liturgical events and is holding a reception to launch the celebrations.
The programme will honour the church's long standing association with journalism and journalists, highlight all that St Bride's means to the many constituencies it serves, and also look ahead to its continued role in the media community.

The "marriage" between new and old media will come under the spotlight at the 5th Journalism Leaders Forum coming up at the University of Central Lancashire in February.
Paris-based advertising and brand specialist Mark Tungate will chair a discussion entitled: "Media Mashups! How Traditional Media Brands Survive and Thrive in a Widely Wired World".
Media convergence expert Jane Singer, the newly-appointed Johnston Press Chair in Digital Journalism at UCLan, will be among the panellists.
To attend the free event 6pm on Tuesday, February 6, in Greenbank Lecture Theatre in Preston - as well as the network reception from 5:30pm - please RSVP to leaders@ukjournalism.org.

Warrington Guardian reporter Stephen Bailey was among those "arrested" and hauled off to Stockton Heath Police station in a Jail for Bail' fundraiser in aid of youth programmes and the local Peace Centre charity. The participants were asked to raise £500 each.
They endured a punishing stint in the cells before being fingerprinted and put in front of a magistrate in the disused court room above the station.

The second annual Awards for Excellence in HR Journalism are being launched, to recognise and celebrate excellence in HR journalism in the UK, covers the categories: HR journalist of the year; For writing on recruitment, retention and motivation issues; For writing on training & development issues; For writing on employee benefits and pensions issues;
For writing on executive remuneration and corporate governance issues; For writing on HR technology, processes and outsourcing; Best HR journalist newcomer (less than two years’ experience of writing on HR issues).
Watson Wyatt is offering a £1,500 cash award for "HR journalist of the year" plus £500 cash awards for each of the other six categories. The awards are open to all journalists writing for UK-based publications (including online) about human resources and people management issues.