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We are looking for bright 16- to 18-year-olds from London state schools to take part in the 2009 journalism summer school. The programme is free of charge. It is particularly aimed at pupils who would not otherwise have access to the world of journalism.

The week-long school will be held at One Canada Square, Canary Wharf - London’s media heartland - in August 2009.

The programme includes:

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—Saturday day workshops, including writing exercises and talks by experienced journalists about their approach to writing and broadcasting, and about how they made their careers in the media;

—afternoon talks by top journalists on subjects ranging from TV news reporting to investigative journalism.

Speakers in past years have included Daniel Finkelstein (comment editor, The Times), Hannah Perry (news editor, Heat Magazine), Tony Evans (deputy football editor, The Times) and Philip Knightley (veteran war reporter).

Students will be working on feature articles and other projects over the period, and will have access to spiked writers for advice and supervision. A selection of students’ work may be published on spiked, and the programme will be widely promoted to the press.

Why journalism?

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spiked is looking for bright 16- to 18- year olds from London state schools to participate in the spiked journalism summer school in August 2007. The summer school is sponsored by the City of London and Canary Wharf Group, and will be hosted at Canary Wharf.

It is particularly aimed at students who would not otherwise have access to the world of journalism, and the programme is free of charge.

The 2006 spiked summer school was a phenomenal success. The participants got the chance to hear first-hand from industry insiders about a variety of different strands of journalism - from the celebrity splash to the hard-hitting opinion piece, with practical workshops on how to write different types of article and sessions on broadcasting, sports writing and science reporting.

Speakers included the comment editor of The Times, Daniel Finkelstein, veteran war reporter, Phillip Knightley and the news editor of Heat, Hannah Perry.

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We are looking for bright 16- to 18-year-olds from London state schools to take part in a spiked journalism summer school. The programme is sponsored by the City of London and supported by the London Press Club; and is particularly aimed at pupils who would not otherwise have access to the world of journalism.

The summer school will run between 12 and 19 August. The programme includes:

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—three afternoon lectures by top journalists on subjects ranging from war reporting to investigative journalism.

Speakers include Daniel Finkelstein (comment editor, The Times) and Philip Knightley (journalist and author).

Students will be working on feature articles over the period, and will have access to spiked writers for advice and supervision.

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Journalism is an increasingly important area: it offers the opportunity to influence public opinion and make your voice heard. It is a difficult area to get into, however, often depending on ‘who you know’ rather than ‘what you know’. This programme is an opportunity for young Londoners to gain invaluable journalistic experience and win an audience for their writing - perhaps going on to become the opinion formers of the future.

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spiked surveyed over 250 renowned scientists, science communicators and educators - including several Nobel laureates - asking what they would teach the world about science and why, if they could pick just one thing. The survey was published as an interactive microsite on spiked, together with four short films and readers’ comments.

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spiked’s 2005 conference Whose Choice is it Anyway? Questioning the New Conformism, sponsored by Cadbury Schweppes, INFORM, the Mobile Operators Association and Hill and Knowlton, debated the thorny topic of choice in relation to issues ranging from politics and euthanasia to food and alcohol. Passionate speakers on all sides of these debates discussed the issue with a diverse audience ranging from health professionals and policymakers to campaigners and school students.

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We organise frequent seminars in central London, at which a panel of experts discusses a topical, and often controversial, issue with opinion-formers and the public. These events typically involve audiences of 60-100 people, generating lively and intelligent discussion and further media coverage. spiked-seminars can stand alone or accompany online debates. Sponsors and partners of standalone seminar series include Clarke Mulder Purdie, Hill and Knowlton and IBM.

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The spiked journalism summer school, sponsored by the City of London, ran between 12 and 19 August, for 22 London comprehensive school students between the ages of 16 and 19. The aim was to give a taste of journalism to students who might not normally have the opportunity to get into this field. The participants got the chance to hear first-hand from industry insiders about a variety of different fields and styles of journalism, from the celebrity splash to the hard-hitting opinion piece, with sessions on broadcast journalism, sports writing and science reporting.

Speakers included Times comment editor Daniel Finkelstein, veteran war reporter Phillip Knightley, heat news editor Hannah Perry, and spiked editor Mick Hume.

Each student produced a feature article during the week, which was published on spiked. Young Londoners are often written about by others; in these feature articles they write about the problems and issues in their neighbourhoods as they see them. To read the articles from the 2006 summer school click here.

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