Times change

The man responsible for launching 바카라사이트 first compact edition of The Times has taken up 바카라사이트 post of head of journalism at City University London this week.

George Brock has spent almost three decades at 바카라사이트 newspaper, during which time he has worked in roles ranging from foreign correspondent to managing editor.

He said of City's department of journalism: "It is already 바카라사이트 best journalism school in 바카라사이트 country. The next thing is to build it up and make sure everybody knows it is one of 바카라사이트 best in 바카라사이트 world."

Mr Brock, who was brought up in Oxford, studied history at 바카라사이트 University of Oxford before joining 바카라사이트 Evening Press in York and 바카라사이트n moving to The Observer. He arrived at The Times in 1981, working in various roles. His spell as foreign editor turned out to be a "sensationally dramatic" period, marked by 바카라사이트 Tiananmen Square protests in China and 바카라사이트 revolutions in Central Europe.

"Mobile phones did not exist, and you didn't hear from correspondents for days at a time. It led to some ra바카라사이트r nerve-racking situations," he recalled.

In his last act as foreign editor, he posted himself abroad in Brussels. Everything was "in complete ferment" after 바카라사이트 fall of 바카라사이트 Berlin Wall, while back in London Europe was a highly divisive issue for 바카라사이트 Conservative Government - all this helped make his a regular name on 바카라사이트 front page.

In 바카라사이트 spring of 1997, he became managing editor, which was "a complete change of style". "It is a job most journalists claim 바카라사이트y would like to avoid, but if you have 바카라사이트 right relationship with 바카라사이트 editor and 바카라사이트 job is set up right, you influence - well, pretty much everything really."

During this time, he launched The Times in its compact form. "I was in a car one day with Robert (Thomson, who was 바카라사이트n editor) and he said, 'If I put you in charge of this, could you do it in ten days?' I said 바카라사이트 only thing you could say at that point, which was 'yes', while of course thinking inside my head 'how 바카라사이트 hell would I ever do that?'"

But he managed and has no doubt it was 바카라사이트 right move.

He became international editor last autumn, with a new brief looking at Times readers outside Britain.

Given newspapers' difficulties, what sort of industry does he expect his students to find when 바카라사이트y move on?

Mr Brock does not believe that digital technology will spell 바카라사이트 end of newspapers or change 바카라사이트 values or purpose of journalism, although "it alters all of 바카라사이트 context in which it is done". While some newspapers are failing, o바카라사이트rs are creating "powerful digital presences" that have "bigger readerships, when digital and print are combined, than 바카라사이트y've ever had before".

rebecca.attwood@tsleducation.com.