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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Training leads to permanent jobs at Sun
April 17, 2007 – 4:09 pm | No Comment
Training leads to permanent jobs at Sun

Three UCLan graduates awarded places on a prestigious training scheme at The Sun newspaper have now all been given permanent jobs on the paper.
Andrew Ewart, Mark Hudson and Dean Scoggins will work …

Next Journalism Leaders Forum announced
April 16, 2007 – 3:28 pm | No Comment
Next Journalism Leaders Forum announced

ìEditors as Entrepreneursî is the theme for the next Journalism Leaders Forum that will be chaired by Bob Eggington who established BBC news online.
His fellow panellists are the co-founder and director of …

Jet set work placement
April 11, 2007 – 3:11 pm | No Comment
Jet set work placement

Making tea and if youíre lucky, perhaps writing the odd News in Brief? Students about to go on work placements might have higher expectations, as MA Magazine student Johanna Derry finds outÖ

Paulís research year travelogueÖ
April 11, 2007 – 11:59 am | No Comment

A senior lecturer is Public Relations has put UCLan and its students firmly on the international research stage.
Paul Elmer presented two papers at the 10th International Public Relations Research Conference …

Former Scotland Football Manager visits students
April 4, 2007 – 12:51 pm | No Comment

Sports journalism students have learned what itís really like at the heart of football from former Scotland manager Craig Brown.
At a time when the England football manager Steve McClaren was attracting heated …

UCLan graduate wins prestigious national award
April 2, 2007 – 4:57 pm | No Comment
UCLan graduate wins prestigious national award

For the second year running a UCLan graduate has been named the Johnston Press Trainee of the Year.
Chris Robinson, who works at the Shields Gazette and left UCLan in 2004, was announced …

The Sunís Managing Editor returns to UCLan
March 22, 2007 – 9:23 am | No Comment

Graham Dudman has had a few adventures in his time.
He went undercover to expose lax airport security after the Lockerbie air disaster and was once The Sunís man in Moscow. …

Graduate is Researcher for BBC Parliament
March 19, 2007 – 1:30 pm | No Comment
Graduate is Researcher for BBC Parliament

ìPolitics is something that affects each and every one of usî says graduate Alasdair Rendall on why he jumped at the chance to work for BBC Parliament.
The former Postgraduate Broadcast Journalism student …

Second year student gets job over graduates from other universities
March 14, 2007 – 2:40 pm | No Comment

A second year PR student has secured a year long job over graduates from other universities.
Despite still having another year left of her course, Ruth Thomas beat graduates for a PR job …

The cutting edge of documentary making
March 14, 2007 – 1:37 pm | No Comment
The cutting edge of documentary making

Having a camera impounded by police is just one of the problems facing leading documentary maker Steve Boulton.
Being attacked by The Sun newspaper is another.
Last week the newspaper blasted Steve …