Robert Barman

Managing editor, KM Media Group

@Kent_Online

[NCTJ @NCTJ_news]

Applications are now open for six trainee community reporter roles in a further phase of the Community News Project 🗞️

Roles are aimed at people from diverse backgrounds without prior journalism experience. Reporters will work towards the NCTJ diploma.

https://t.co/W8uo3gyhB0

[Ian Carter @iancarterIM]

We've had a strong relationship with @CfJKent over the years and continue to run @KMTV_Kent with them.
The university will decide what it decides, but it would be a huge shame to see it close and drastically reduce opportunities for aspiring journalists in Kent and Medway.

[Matt Ramsden @MattRamsden1]

We're delighted to launch the Kent Politics Podcast today - led by @Simonfinlay6500, @RobertBoddy, @dannyesson and @PaulOnPolitics. Our first special guest is @NatalieElphicke. Full details 👇
https://t.co/14QC5R8KCP

[Robert Barman @robertbarman]

Why this site isn't going to be much fun in the coming months (if it ever was)
https://t.co/WWmId6oFuz

[Robert Barman @robertbarman]

How the BBC licence fee is 'underwriting the biggest threat local journalism has ever faced'
https://t.co/HP9H0hJNRb

[Phil Hayes @phil_hayes_]

Great scoop by @Kent_Online reporter @Ollie_Leonard who grabbed a rare interview yesterday with Sir Roger De Haan - the multi-millionaire who has transformed Folkestone over the past two decades
https://t.co/FrwNF78yd3

[Paul Fisher @PaulFisheredit]

"Audiences spent most time with @Kent_Online on average" - latest industry figures showing the @IliffeMedia brand leading in terms engagement and one of the country's few major regional brands to show significant growth in page views too - more - https://t.co/uEPpMd5t1S

[Robert Barman @robertbarman]

TV likes to give the impression that everyone is 'lovely' but the reality is more like a circular firing squad, as the Phillip Schofield saga proves
https://t.co/BA92OHiZ9D

[Robert Barman @robertbarman]

Singer Nick Cave @nickcave showed a classy way of rejecting the political groupthink of the entertainment industry by attending the King's coronation - my column this week
https://t.co/9k2NmWOPle

[Robert Barman @robertbarman]

In case the world needs another opinion on the Gary Lineker row...
https://t.co/gPFPErK5o8

[KentOnline @Kent_Online]

✍️ "In the social media age, Lineker and many other celebrities have an almost pathological need to share their opinions on anything and everything. This was never an issue with sports presenters before Twitter came along..." writes @robertbarman
https://t.co/kpHm0kO4nd

[KM Decades @KMDecades]

Remember any of these?https://t.co/G5LfzJeolz

[Robert Barman @robertbarman]

Politics is rarely boring at the moment. Do you have what it takes to cover the big issues in Kent? We have a vacancy for a Local Democracy Reporter - apply here:
https://t.co/Im0UgltdHS

[HoldtheFrontPage @journalism_news]

New on HTFP today: @Kent_Online @KM_newsroom launch dedicated online content archive featuring stories dating back to 2002 https://t.co/EYlPRuzWrW

[Robert Barman @robertbarman]

The 'failure of Brexit', the EU's 'useful idiots' in the UK and Covid being blamed for everything bad are among opinions voiced in our readers' letters page this week. Read them all here
https://t.co/SoeYjBBjj2

[KM Decades @KMDecades]

Clashes between Mods and Rockers, the Beatles filming a video and a winter so cold, the sea froze. It all happened in Kent in the 1960s. Read more about the decade in our new archive section
https://t.co/v6LZb5KzqJ

[Robert Barman @robertbarman]

Never try to win an online spat, they invariably end with either a veiled threat or a clumsy reference to the Third Reich: My column in our new Opinion section on @Kent_Online
https://t.co/PA5E9tB5Kk

[Robert Barman @robertbarman]

Today we launch KM Decades, our archive and nostalgia section featuring hundreds of stories and pictures from our newspaper files and website. You can now find @Kent_Online stories since 2002 by using our new digital calendar.
Find it all here:
https://t.co/G3g4GAdtXM

[Robert Barman @robertbarman]

NEW @EdJMcConnell and @britcher will be bringing you the biggest headlines in our relaunched newsletter. Quite a morning to start, with breaking news of a tax u-turn, an in-depth look at vaping and alpacas at a wedding. Sign up below👇 #TheBriefing
https://t.co/tDOQ03vqK2

[Robert Barman @robertbarman]

@rhysdgriffiths @AlexJeeKM Already got one.