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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Department’s innovative ideas project goes international
January 1, 1970 – 12:00 am | No Comment
Department’s innovative ideas project goes international

Meld, the Department of Journalism’s creative ideas project, will be brought to the international stage at a prestigious conference.
Digital News Affairs (DNA) 2008 is a major international conference describing itself as “the world’s first cross-media, …

Blackpool News Agency head shares trade secrets
January 1, 1970 – 12:00 am | No Comment
Blackpool News Agency head shares trade secrets

The head of the Blackpool News Agency dropped by and shared a few trade secrets with postgraduates on the newspaper journalism course.
Journalist David Graham was once ordered by his news desk to …

Foundation course journalists wow the BBC
January 1, 1970 – 12:00 am | No Comment
Foundation course journalists wow the BBC

Four students from UCLan’s innovative Journalism Foundation course played a starring role at a BBC conference headed by the Beeb’s top brass.
Shelley Booth, Catherine Cocklin, Will Morgan and Imran Sidat aired their …

Nominations in Media Awards short-list
January 1, 1970 – 12:00 am | No Comment
Nominations in Media Awards short-list

Two UCLan journalism graduates have been short-listed from over 200 entries in the EDF Energy East of England Media Awards.
David Powles from the Norwich Evening News has been nominated for Print Journalist …

Forum to tackle influence of digital technology on sports reporting
January 1, 1970 – 12:00 am | No Comment
Forum to tackle influence of digital technology on sports reporting

UCLan’s eighth Journalism Leaders Forum will consider the impact of digital technologies on sports journalism.
Entitled “Spoiled Sports: Will the digital media finish off sports reporting as a credible form of journalism?” …

Fleet street veteran and award winning journalist join staff
January 1, 1970 – 12:00 am | No Comment
Fleet street veteran and award winning journalist join staff

A national newspaper veteran and an award winning journalist have joined the department to teach print and online journalism.
Michael Williams, the former deputy editor of the Independent on Sunday and currently the …

BBC’s Ranvir Singh returns to UCLan
January 1, 1970 – 12:00 am | No Comment
BBC’s Ranvir Singh returns to UCLan

Co-Presenter of BBC North West Tonight news programme Ranvir Singh came back to UCLan to share her journalism experiences with broadcast students.
Ranvir, who completed the Postgraduate Diploma in Broadcast Journalism at UCLan, …

Seasonal investigative reporting
January 1, 1970 – 12:00 am | No Comment
Seasonal investigative reporting

Most journalism students spend their 21st birthday at the bar. David Bridson is different. He spent his dressed as an elf.
David’s birthday surprise came courtesy of Yorkshire Evening Post assistant news editor …

UCLan plays host to editors from around the globe
January 1, 1970 – 12:00 am | No Comment
UCLan plays host to editors from around the globe

The Department of Journalism has played host to editors from around the world in a study tour of the UK.
UCLan was the only university to be included on the study tour- an …

Students in “Operation Sandstorm”
January 1, 1970 – 12:00 am | No Comment

A wrecked plane is burning on the runway of Blackpool Airport. In driving sleet, two journalists march grimly across a neighbouring golf course.
They need those pictures.
This was the scene on …