Author Archives: James Young

Having had such little exposure to this type of learning or subject matter, I initially thought I would struggle and may (rather ashamedly) overlook this module. This was paired with scepticism about the MOOC and the belief that blogs were a rather outdated medium. In actual fact, my experience was quite the opposite. I found theContinue reading “My Digital Journey”

With a current grocery market share of 16%, Sainsbury’s is the second most popular supermarket chain in Great Britain (Wunsch, 2020). This success has largely been down to their ability to pioneer the technology of tomorrow. Whilst many shop in a conventional brick-and-mortar fashion, Sainsbury’s has identified the importance of adopting a more future-proof digitalContinue reading “Shopping for Success”

From automation to circulation, the evolution of the digital economy has disrupted and transformed the role of news journalists. News journalists produce topical articles for newspapers, magazines and the internet. The digital economy is very aptly summed up by Deloitte as, ‘the economic activity that results from billions of everyday online connections among people, businesses,Continue reading “The New Era of News Journalism”

Hello all and welcome to my blog! My name is James Young and currently I am studying an MSc in Data Science (apologies in advance for grammatical errors – I am more used to writing code than words!). My education at Exeter began with a BSc Mathematics degree which I graduated from last summer, beforeContinue reading “Introductory Blog”