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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Job success for journalism students
June 3, 2010 – 9:20 am | No Comment
Job success for journalism students

A group of uclan journalism students have won jobs with top media organisations even before graduating this summer. Ben Winstanley on the postgraduate newspaper journalism course beat off stiff competition to win a place on the Daily Mail’s scheme for trainee subs. Fellow postgrad Rhianne Pope joins the Oxford Mail as a cub reporter.

A view from the dark side
June 3, 2010 – 6:18 am | One Comment
A view from the dark side

Third year magazine journalism undergraduates have been given a taste of the ‘dark side’ and a unique perspective on public relations from one of the faculty’s guest speakers. Ralph Savage, director of Manchester-based PR agency RTS Media, presented students who graduate next month with a talk on how their chosen profession interacts with the world of public relations.

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.