Katie Price meets a UCLan protege
January 20, 2012 – 9:39 am | No Comment

Jessica Nightingale was star struck when she met celebrity Katie Price at a London photo call. “Honestly I really couldn’t believe my luck. It was so exciting. It was fantastic when I first saw her. I did feel star struck and had to pinch myself. I couldn’t actually believe I was there to interview her,” said the third year newspaper journalism student.

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Bringing the beats back to Preston
January 1, 2007 – 12:00 am | No Comment

Radio One Newsbeat reporter, Jonny Massey has been to the department to meet third year and postgraduate students aiming for a career in radio.
Jonny has worked at Radio One for four years, covering major …

Work experience with top TV company
January 1, 2007 – 12:00 am | No Comment
Work experience with top TV company

Students from the journalism department have been given the opportunity to work with some of the biggest production companies in television.
The Television Corporation PLC, who own the Molinare, Sunset and Vine, Visions and Mentorn …

Radio 4 opportunity for students
January 1, 2007 – 12:00 am | No Comment

The department is encouraging its budding radio journalists to enter a prestigious BBC competition. Journalism students who have studied radio as part of their course are being invited to enter the File on 4 competition, …

Graduate to pilot BBC scheme
December 21, 2006 – 9:39 am | No Comment

A journalism graduate has been chosen to pilot a new BBC scheme developing the presence of the North West Tonight news programme on the web.
James Bentley will work on a new website …

Departmental book wins external praise
December 15, 2006 – 9:23 am | No Comment

A book tipped to spark debate about the role of journalism in democracies has been edited by two members of the Journalism department.
Dr Peter Anderson and Geoff Ward have edited and written …

Sports journalism student is Blackburn Hawks first team player
December 11, 2006 – 12:37 pm | No Comment

A sports journalism student has been selected to play for the first team of local ice hockey club Blackburn Hawks.
First year student Daniel Smith, who has been granted a ìMaking a …

PNE boss grilled by students
December 5, 2006 – 2:18 pm | No Comment

Preston North End boss Paul Simpson took time out from managing his promotion-chasing side to give first year students a taste of real sports journalism.
Paul was grilled by BA Journalism and Sports …

Graduate lands Assistant Producer job at BBC Newsround
December 4, 2006 – 1:58 pm | No Comment

A graduate has secured his ìideal jobî as Assistant Producer of Children’s BBC Newsround.
Anthony Baxter will start working on the news programme in January and will spend his time finding stories for …

In action working with local authorities
November 30, 2006 – 4:33 pm | No Comment
In action working with local authorities

Journalism students have been in action again helping the local authorities test their emergency plans.
A group of 26 students took part in the exercise at Hutton police HQ.
They grilled police and …

Lecturer in China to meet students preparing to come to Preston
November 29, 2006 – 12:28 pm | No Comment

Senior Journalism Lecturer Paul Egglestone has gone to Shanghai to meet Chinese students who will study in Preston next year on a new undergraduate programme.
35 BA (Hons) Media Management students from University of …