The Birmingham Post

Established over 100 years ago the Birmingham Post retains a standard of journalism rarely seen among local newspapaers. Whilst many local papers have switched to a tabloid format and often sadly with the lower quality standards of tabloids the Birmingham Post remains a broadsheet. For a local newspaper to be successful it needs to have a balance between its requirements towards its local readership and the need to ensure matters of national or indeed international importance are also covered. The Birmingham Post covers local news intelligently and with some authority. The writing is better than in most similar papers and firstly it avoids excessive hyperbole ...  Read the complete review

They say every music journalist does their job because they want to be a rock star but isn?t good enough, and for me the same was true of sport. I decided that if I couldn?t play sport for a living, then I wanted to watch it and get paid for doing so. After numerous discussions with my careers advisor at school, I was told that the best way into sports journalism would be to take English, History, and Biology at A-level and then apply for a Sports Science degree at Bath University. The problem was that I have less interest in Science then I do in seeing Vanessa Feltz naked and covered in mud; the only difference being that Science doesn?t make me feel ill; just a little ...  Read the complete review