Katie studied French and Italian at Pembroke College, Oxford which included stints living in Grenoble and Bologna. Since graduating in 2006, she worked for three years as Executive Assistant to entrepreneur Peter Jones star of BBC2’s Dragons’ Den, where she had hands on experience working with a number of start-ups. She spent the summer of 2009 in Ethiopia, working for the Give A Future Foundation in Addis Ababa. Katie’s currently a postgrad studying at Cardiff University for a Diploma in Broadcast Journalism where she runs the blog Entrepreneurial Cardiff.

Are we ready for the virtual newsroom?

Changes in technology and news tastes are often seen as challenges to the media industry. But do they also offer opportunities – and perhaps a new freedom – for journalists?

Journalism: from the bottom rung

The media remains in a state of flux and continues to be characterised by hard work and low pay. So why do so many people want to join the industry? Here, a journalist from Cardiff University’s respected journalism course gives her view