Thursday, 15 October 2009

Journalist's degree choices - a snapshot of 75 leading hacks

Really interesting blog at http://www.uptospeedjournalism.com/ about the degree choices of Britain's leading journalists.

History

Andrew Rawnsley, Cambridge
Matt Frei with Spanish, Oxford
Rageh Omar, Oxford
Dermot Murnagahan, Sussex
Tom Bradby, Edinburgh
Jeremy Bowen, UCL

Economics/PPE/Politics

Evan Davies(PPE), Oxford
Katie Derham, Economics, Cambridge
Justin Webb Economics, LSE
Carl Dinnen, Social and Political Science, Cambridge
Zeinab Badawi(PPE), Oxford
Ben Brown(PPE), Oxford
Michael Crick PPE, Oxford
David Dimbleby(PPE), Oxford
Krishnan Guru-Murthy(PPE), Oxford
Robert Peston PPE, Oxford
Nick Robinson(PPE), Oxford
James Robbins(PPE), Oxford
Jeff Randall, Economics, Nottingham
Liam Halligan, Economics, Warwick and Oxford
Jane Hill, Politics, London
George Alagiah, Politics, Durham
Peter Sissons(PPE), Oxford
Will Lewis, Politics and Economics, Bristol

Philosophy

Conor McNicholas, Manchester
Will Self, Oxford
Modern Languages
Kate Adie, Newcastle
Rebekah Wade, Sorbonne
Frank Gardner, Exeter,
Kevin Bakhurst, Cambridge
Fiona Bruce, Oxford,
Bridget Kendall, Oxford
Huw Edwards, Cardiff
Dani Sinha, Bristol
Brigid Nzekwu, London
Caroline Hawley, Oxford
Sophie Raworth, Manchester,
Joanna Gosling, Birmingham

Sciences

Lawrence McGinty, Liverpool
David Attenborough, Cambridge
George Monbiot, Oxford
Susan Watts, Imperial, Physics,
Sarah Montague, Bristol Biology

Classics

Martha Kearney, Oxford
Boris Johnson, Oxford

Geography

Anna Botting, Oxford
David Shukman, Durham
Psychology
Jim Gray, Stirling
Kate Silverton, Durham

Law

Gaby Logan, Durham
Andrea Catherwood, Manchester

Media and Comms

Richard Bilton, Birmingham City University

Those NCTJ's are looking like a colossal waste of money...

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