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  1. Broadcast Journalists to reunite as University course celebrates 20th anniversary

    Katy Cowan /

    Former Broadcast Journalism students from Birmingham City University are to come together this week as the course celebrates its 20th birthday. The Postgraduate Diploma course was set up in 1992 at the request of the BBC in the Midlands and was specifically designed to produce broadcast journalists for today’s newsrooms. When the Broadcast Journalism Training Council, the industry’s pr...

  2. From Birmingham to the Baltic: media academic makes ethical visit

    Katy Cowan /

    A leading media academic from Birmingham City University is helping journalism students in a former Eastern Bloc county to better understand the ethics that safeguard the integrity of their chosen career - and the freedom of speech. Diane Kemp, director of postgraduate broadcast journalism courses at the Birmingham School of Media, part of Birmingham City University, has been in Lithuania to d...

  3. Top journalists swap media frontline for the classroom to inspire next generation

    Katy Cowan /

    Broadcast journalism students at Birmingham City University will have the chance to hear about the frontline experiences of graduates now working for national media under a new mentoring scheme. The Postgraduate Diploma at Birmingham City University is celebrating...

  4. Sky News freelance sets up Media Co-operative in Birmingham

    Katy Cowan /

    A freelance TV reporter has come up with a novel way of helping talented media professionals in the Midlands to compete with large London agencies for big contracts. Robin Powell, who regularly reports for Sky News and the BBC, has established...

  5. Former ITV anchor Llewela Bailey joins Prominent to launch training service

    Katy Cowan /

    Broadcasting expert Llewela Bailey has joined Birmingham-based Prominent Media and Communications to head up its media training service. Llewela, one of the most familiar faces on regional television, has a wealth of experience in broadcasting, having worked in the industry...

  6. Professor Suzanne Franks joins City University London

    Katy Cowan /

    Professor Suzanne Franks has joined the Department of Journalism at City University London as Head of Undergraduate Journalism. Before her most recent role at the University of Kent, Professor Franks had a long and successful journalism career, producing programmes...

  7. Vue red carpet reporter competition

    Jaselyn Melling /

    Film buffs are in with a chance to attend the UK premiere of Disney’s much anticipated blockbuster Cars 2. Vue's red carpet competition will give one lucky winner the opportunity to be a TV reporter for the day, and be featured on the Vue website. The star-studded premiere of Cars 2 will take place on 17 July at Empire Leicester Square, where the winner will interview the stars of the film...

  8. Young Scottish Journalists Scoop Media Award

    Katy Cowan /

    A team of young journalists from Carrbridge, a small village in the heart of the Highlands of Scotland, were recently presented with the “Best Use of Journalism on the Web” award as part of the Highlands & Islands Media Awards 2011. Carrbridge News, the youth run, non-profit, community news sharing initiative that was presented with the award, launched in October 2009 to fill the gap for a...

  9. Creative Networks presents Chris Osburn

    Sally Paddock /

    Chris Osburn gives his take on two very modern phenomenon; Street Art and Social Media.

  10. Online-PR Team for Bloom Media

    Sally Paddock /

    Winners of the DADI Award 2009 in the Best Use of Social Networking category, have announced the formation of an online-PR team with the appointment of two new recruits to compliment their 'full-service' digital agency.

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