Building for the future
September 1, 2010 – 6:30 am | No Comment

Newspaper journalism student Alan White is the latest graduate to celebrate landing a job. Alan is joining Wates as a desktop publisher. He’ll be based in south Manchester to work on a range of projects for the building giant.

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VISIT TO TOP FOOTBALL CLUB
May 20, 2010 – 8:10 am | No Comment
VISIT TO TOP FOOTBALL CLUB

Up and coming football writers went to one of the country’s top clubs to inspect their future working conditions.
Students from the Sports Journalism course at the University of Central Lancashire visited the media department at Ewood Park, home …

Sophie makes the headlines
May 12, 2010 – 2:33 am | No Comment
Sophie makes the headlines

Former newspaper journalism student Sophie Wyllie became front page news herself when she broke the story about a Labour candidate in Norfolk denouncing Gordon Brown during the general election.

PNE goalkeeper hands over award
April 29, 2010 – 10:02 am | No Comment
PNE goalkeeper hands over award

Preston North End goalkeeper Andy Lonergan took time out from collecting awards to presenting one. Andy, who was honoured with Player of the Year awards from Preston’s players and the club’s supporters, dropped in to UCLan to hand over the Matthew Hesketh Award to Will Bradshaw.

Michael Williams takes the slow train
April 27, 2010 – 8:42 am | No Comment
Michael Williams takes the slow train

Time spent travelling up and down the country’s rail networks has been the inspiration Senior Journalism Lecturer Michael Williams’ new book On the slow train

Policing the press
March 29, 2010 – 2:35 am | No Comment
Policing the press

Will Gore of the Press Copmplaints Commission will examine the organisation’s record in policing the newspaper and magazine industry. Just how good is the PCC in regulating an unruly press? Does the public get what it wants. Is self-regulation working. You can hear his lecture at 4pm Tuesday 30 March in Greenbank Lecture Theatre.

Laura reaches for the sky
March 29, 2010 – 2:25 am | No Comment
Laura reaches for the sky

Plucky third year newspaper journalism student Laura Wild has completed a tandem skydive for charity. The brave reporter jumped out of a plane from 14,000 feet to raise money for the Springhill Hospice in Rochdale.

Reporting Rugby League
March 19, 2010 – 10:54 am | No Comment
Reporting Rugby League

The Rugby Football League has turned to UCLan for reporters to cover some of the sport’s top amateur events.

The media’s moral maze
March 18, 2010 – 3:36 am | No Comment
The media’s moral maze

Two leading national journalists will discuss the media’s moral maze in the latest Harris Lectures. They will argue that in a confused world quality journalism is more important than ever.

The ethics of broadcasting
March 15, 2010 – 6:40 am | No Comment
The ethics of broadcasting

David Hayward of the BBC’s College of Journalism is the next guest speaker in the ethics and regulation series of lectures. David who began his career at Radio Leicester has also worked in regional TV and the BBC World Service Trust in Eastern Europe. His talk starts at 1600 in Greenbank Lecture Theatre on 16 March. These lectures are primarily for third year journalism students but everyone is welcome.

Author adds magic to newspaper
March 15, 2010 – 5:22 am | No Comment
Author adds magic to newspaper

Best selling children’s author Joseph Delaney offered a student newspaper an exclusive insight into the magical world of The Wardstone Chronicles. The Preston-born author was a guest columnist for postgrad journalism weekly title The Courant.