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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Year One students pick up expert advice
January 19, 2010 – 10:51 am | No Comment
Year One students pick up expert advice

Dave Seddon, the chief football writer for the Lancashire Evening Post, paid a visit to first year journalism and sports journalism students to give students the inside track on managers he has worked with.

Top sports writer visits UCLan
December 11, 2009 – 3:42 am | No Comment
Top sports writer visits UCLan

David Conn, the Guardian’s leading writer on the business and finance of sport, visited the university to speak to students on the Sports Journalism course.

uclan journalism graduate makes his own headlines
November 9, 2009 – 7:14 am | No Comment
uclan journalism graduate makes his own headlines

Former uclan journalism graduate Mark Hughes who is crime correspondent for The Independent newspaper spent a week reporting from the streets of Baltimore.

Graduate heads for Madrid
November 2, 2009 – 8:58 am | No Comment
Graduate heads for Madrid

Sports Journalism graduate Sadhbh O’Shea is off to Madrid after winning a place on Eurosport’s Multimedia Masters prograduate programme. 
Sadhbh will spend six months studying in the Spanish capital before undertaking three months on placement in one …

John goes to Wembley!
October 9, 2009 – 9:37 am | No Comment
John goes to Wembley!

UCLan Sports Journalism graduate John Hill won the Rugby Football League’s competition to find the best student rugby league reporter.

Media management students: starting out
September 15, 2009 – 8:39 am | No Comment
Media management students: starting out

CHINESE students have been welcomed to Preston for the first time – onto their second year of BA Hons Media Management course.

High speeds, Low moments
June 17, 2009 – 6:50 am | No Comment
High speeds, Low moments

Charlie Lambert ponders on commentary above and beyond the call of duty and the challenge of presenting the winners garland in his last post from the TT

Mark Lawrenson: Football pundit comes to UCLan
June 5, 2009 – 8:04 am | No Comment
Mark Lawrenson: Football pundit comes to UCLan

UCLan honorary fellow and former Liverpool great Mark Lawrenson is visiting UCLan to share his nsights into his early years playing for his hometown club of Preston North End, being an integral part of the successful Liverpool team during the 1980s and his international career playing for the Republic of Ireland.

Former journalism students celebrate at Sony Awards 2009
May 13, 2009 – 7:50 am | No Comment
Former journalism students celebrate at Sony Awards 2009

Six alumni of the University of Central Lancashire’s division of Journalism have been rewarded for their efforts in a national awards ceremony. The recent graduates all scooped their awards and nominations at the recent Sony Awards 2009 in London.

50 years of journalism at UCLan
May 10, 2009 – 7:54 am | No Comment
50 years of journalism at UCLan

A BAFTA-winning journalist has been reunited with former tutors and students to help celebrate 50 years of journalism at UCLan.
Richard Frediani, Head of News at ITV Granada, studied on UCLan’s Postgraduate Diploma in Radio and …