Preston gets hyperlocal news site
March 9, 2010 – 6:12 am | No Comment

Two student journalists are launching a hyperlocal news site in Preston later this month. The site www.mypreston.com is brainchild of second year Andy Halls and Joseph Stashko who is in his first year.

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Freelance advice for budding magazine journalists
October 19, 2006 – 10:08 am | No Comment

The department has welcomed the return of its alumni, Liz Garment, who gave two days of guest lectures to students of magazine journalism.
Liz is a lecturer in journalism at the University …

Step Into the Real World of Magazine Journalism
October 17, 2006 – 10:14 am | No Comment

Loraine Davies, the director of Periodicals Training Council, visited magazine students to give them an insight into the magazine industry.
Having rushed from London and escaping her hectic schedule, Loraine began her talk …

Scholarship to attend European journalism conference
October 17, 2006 – 9:25 am | No Comment

A final year broadcast student has returned from a European journalism conference in Athens after she won a scholarship to attend.
Lorna Blount went to the ì1st Euro Mediterranean Journalism Instituteî conference that …

Student beats world champion at pool
October 13, 2006 – 1:54 pm | No Comment

A student has told how he challenged snooker No1 Stephen Hendry to a match on the green baize – and won.
Final year print student and journalist for the News and Star newspaper …

Postgraduate student wins ìNews Idolî competition
October 11, 2006 – 5:11 pm | No Comment
Postgraduate student wins ìNews Idolî competition

A UCLan postgraduate student has won a competition to be a newsreader for the newly launched LEP TV.
Rachel Murray and four other Postgraduate Broadcast Journalism students came across a billboard advertising the …

First year already a sporting success
October 10, 2006 – 11:13 am | No Comment
First year already a sporting success

First year journalism student James Gordon already has a portfolio that most people would be proud of.
He may only be 18-years-old but already he owns and runs his own rugby league website, …

Students cover mock nuclear disaster to test their skills
October 9, 2006 – 12:53 pm | No Comment

Postgraduate journalism students have taken part in a mock disaster at Sellafield nuclear plant to test to how they would react in a real life situation.
Broadcast and print students were part of …

Magazine course leader to judge new industry competition
October 6, 2006 – 11:51 am | No Comment
Magazine course leader to judge new industry competition

A University of Central Lancashire course leader has been asked to join the judges of a new competition for the magazine industry.
The pioneering Magazine Journalism Awards seeks to salute the best among …

Industry figures confirmed panellists for Journalism Leaders Forum
October 5, 2006 – 10:07 am | No Comment

Three leading journalism figures have been confirmed as panellists in the next Journalism Leaders Forum debate.
Tim Porter, Associate director of newsroom development project, Tomorrow’s Workforce, and author of First Draft, a blog …

Graduates go multi-media at Manchester Evening News
October 3, 2006 – 3:47 pm | No Comment

The changing demands on young journalists are being demonstrated by the Manchester Evening News website.
Three former students from the Postgraduate Diploma in Newspaper Journalism course have presented video news bulletins for it …