Multi-tasking mania

Richard Burton, former editor of the online version of the Daily Telegraph, is due to speak at JOMEC tomorrow. His most recent blog post warns of the dangers of taking multi-skilling in journalists too far.

This is something of a welcome antidote to the torrent of instructions to us journalism students to learn how to do everything, all of it, all at once, which sometimes feels as if it's drowning any capacity I might have to learn the basics - such as writing well.

I look forward to more eminently sensible advice in tomorrow's lecture.