Elizabeth Fish

William Lewis, the youngest editor of the Daily Telegraph to date, was welcomed on Monday, February 23, at the University of Lincoln’s LPAC theatre by a varied audience.

Read the full article plus interview with the current Telegraph editor here: http://thelinc.co.uk/2009/02/will-lewis/

NOTE: I have noticed an error in the first paragraph, editorial has been contacted about the mistake.

From today, i shall be linking you to the best of my various work I have done (is not press releases), like a portfolio. Feel free to leave comment on anything, I like feedback.

After finally completing putting everything i need on my MacBook Pro, buying an external HDD (just in case!), I decide it was time to put myself out there more. So to date my online work is now:

Entertainment Editor- thelinc.co.uk
Sub-Editor- gamebrit.com
Journalist- twitterbulletin.com

I will happily write for more blogs or websites too. Paid or unpaid.

I shall also whack up a portfolio of previous work on top of this in the About section, as well as start adding work on here as I do it.

A familiar face: Twitter's Fail Whale

Through most of today (6/8/09), social networking site Twitter went down on and off through the day due to a “denial-of-service” attack, most probably due to a hacker with a grudge.

Twitter was soon back on track with no major tragedies- except maybe the annoyance of it’s most devoted users that they couldn’t check new Tweets or update themselves- so all is well.

However, this is not the site’s first attack- less than 4 months ago, a young hacker known as Mikeyy infected many of Twitter’s member with a virus causing them to post dodgy Tweets. If the site is being attacked this frequently, alongside the infamous ‘Fail Whale’, what if Twitter eventually meets it’s match and is therefore shut down for good? I personally believe this could lead to consequences. (more…)

As you are probably not aware unless you follow me on Twitter (or know me personally), I was nominated in the University of Lincoln Student Union Media Awards 09 in ‘Best Supporting Role’, ‘Best Reporting’ (The Linc) and ‘Best Issue’ (the Linc). The Linc being the newspaper- soon to be predominantly online- I work for as Entertainment Editor. You can check us out here.

It was a great night, and although I did not win my personal category, it was won by another member of our team, and I still had a throughly good night getting tipsy off the free cheap wine provided. Overall, The Linc took home 4 awards, the most of the night, above other student media outlets such as Bullet Magazine (2 awards won) and newcomer Alphamag (3 awards won). Categories won by The Linc were ‘Best Editor’, ‘Best Supporting Individual’, ‘Best Reporting’ and ‘Best Headline‘.

Overall, a great night was had by all, winners and losers, and hopefully this time next year The Linc will not only be able to once again bring home the most awards, but- if nominated- I myself win an award for my shelf!