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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Mel Nichols enthrals UCLan students
November 23, 2010 – 8:30 am | No Comment
Mel Nichols enthrals UCLan students

UCLan students were treated to a master class in Magazinecraft by visiting industry expert Mel Nichols.
Mr Nichols kept his audience enraptured for four hours as he took students from the university’s magazine journalism and publishing …

Reporting mental health
November 19, 2010 – 2:33 am | No Comment
Reporting mental health

Award-winning journalist Mary O’Hara, gave postgraduate newspaper journalism students a fascinating insight into reporting of mental illnesses, writes Andy Halls.

Excellence award for Megan
November 15, 2010 – 10:14 am | No Comment
Excellence award for Megan

Megan Jorsh a former student on uclan’s postgraduate newspaper journalism course has received a national award for feature writing. Twenty-six-year-old Megan, who is a reporter and feature writer with the News & Star in Carlisle was presented with the award by the National Council for the Training of Journalists in Glasgow .

Delhi visit a great experience, say students
November 9, 2010 – 10:28 am | No Comment
Delhi visit a great experience, say students

Preston journalism students say a visit to the Commonwealth Games in India has massively enhanced their understanding of both sport and sports journalism. 
Four undergraduates on the University of Central Lancashire’s Sports Journalism course travelled to …

Radio sports team triumphs
November 5, 2010 – 4:04 am | No Comment
Radio sports team triumphs

Students from UCLan’s journalism department conquered technical difficulties and wet weather to deliver a three-hour live radio sports show.
The students, all in the final year of the university’s Sports Journalism course, produced a show which featured …

Students cover budget cuts
October 28, 2010 – 8:05 am | No Comment
Students cover budget cuts

Student journalists put their training into practice by covering George Osborne’s four year Spending Review in real-time. They spent the day reporting live on the Chancellor’s speech and gauging the Preston public’s reaction to the announcement.

Tips from the queen of magazines
October 6, 2010 – 5:27 am | No Comment
Tips from the queen of magazines

Magazine legend Sally O’Sullivan gave postgraduate students an insight into the publishing world, writes Polly Glass. The former editor of Harpers & Queen, Good Housekeeping, Ideal Homes and a raft of other titles argued the function of a magazine is totally different to that of other media.

Victory for player-manager Hughes
October 6, 2010 – 4:49 am | No Comment
Victory for player-manager Hughes

Two former uclan newspaper journalism students are celebrating after an 8-2 victory on the playing
fields of Fleet Street. For Independent crime correspondent Mark Hughes the win marked a reversal of his team’s fortunes earlier this season when the Indies went down to The Times in a humiliating 6-1 defeat.

Reporting at Commonwealth Games
September 29, 2010 – 7:12 am | No Comment
Reporting at Commonwealth Games

Four undergraduates from the University of Central Lancashire are off to Delhi to report at the Commonwealth Games.  The quartet are in the third year of the university’s Sports Journalism course. 
Imran Sidat, 22, along with …

This is what it’s all about!
September 22, 2010 – 4:51 am | No Comment
This is what it’s all about!

The picture was taken at the Premier League fixture between Wigan Athletic and Blackpool and the three likely lads, all working at the match, are graduates of UCLan’s Sports Journalism course. Stewart Hudson (centre) graduated in …