By Tania Willis on June 27, 2012
BU BA Multi-Media journalism graduate Harriet Rose-Gale, 21, won the Dorset Journalist of the year award. Utilising her work done as Deputy News Editor for student newspaper The Rock, Harriet’s winning entry was her report about the desperate measures cash strapped students are taking to afford university, including stripping and medical testing. Despite her [...]
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By Tania Willis on June 13, 2012
Advertising students at Bournemouth University starred in their own advertising campaign after winning a pitch for Aquafresh, set by MediaCom on behalf of pharmaceutical company Glaxo Smith Kline. The winning team made up of final year students were Emily Ridgwell, Rose Pickard, Karis Brummitt and Anna Taylor. The students were set the challenge of [...]
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By Tania Willis on June 6, 2012
Victoria Musguin graduated from BA TV production in 2010 and amongst working for the likes of channel 4 and the BBC since graduation she has just received a prestigious Al Jazeera award for her final year project documentary A different face. A Different Face explores the life of Shaharzad Akbar, the first Afghan female [...]
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By Tania Willis on May 31, 2012
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Lord Young of Graffham, David Cameron’s enterprise adviser, came to BU and the Arts University College Bournemouth (AUCB) on 30 May to promote the entrepreneurial StartUp Loan scheme as part of Bournemouth Skillset Media Academy ‘Get That Job!’ day. The Government launched the £82.5 million StartUp Loan scheme this week to help people aged 18-24 [...]
Posted in The Media School | Tagged AUCB, Bournemouth Media Skill set Academy, David Cameron, entreprenuers, Lord Young, Lord Young of Grattham, Start Up Britain
By Tania Willis on May 29, 2012
BU is frequently approached by the media to comment on a variety of topics across the news agenda, so a directory for the press has been compiled to include details of our top academics to offer expert insight and analysis. Journalists from print, online and broadcast, including the BBC, The Guardian, The Sunday [...]
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By Tania Willis on May 28, 2012
BA Multi-Media Journalism graduate Joe Casey scooped his third award for his special undercover report of care homes for BBC’s Panorama at the BAFTA’s on May 28. Joe was awarded a BAFTA for an episode he went undercover for entitled Undercover Care: The Abuse Exposed for Panorama, which has also won him the John [...]
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By Tania Willis on May 23, 2012
BU Interactive Media Production graduate Ben Templetons’ creative agency ThoughtDen have crafted a unique ‘Magic Tate Ball’ app for the Tate Modern. ‘Magic Tate Ball’ is a new location-based mobile app from the world renowned Tate gallery and Bristol based digital agency Thought Den. Taking inspiration from the iconic Magic 8 Ball, [...]
Posted in News, The Media School | Tagged ben templeton, interactive media production, magic tate ball, tate modern, thoughtden
By Tania Willis on May 3, 2012
Martyn Ware may be better known for his chart success as a founding member of 80′s super band The Human League, rather than creating art from sound in cities around the world. ‘Building dreams in space: sonic architecture for art business and education’ was the title of Martyns talk he gave on May 2 at [...]
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By Tania Willis on May 1, 2012
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Two MAMMJ graduates were presented with national awards for their journalism last week at the BJTC annual awards ceremony at Ravensbourne College. Derek English won the TV News item category for his piece on Purbeck Wind Farm which was commented on by judges as being, “A well thought through piece, covering a range [...]
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By Tania Willis on April 26, 2012
Print, online and broadcast journalists gathered at City University London on 25 April for So You Want To Be A Journalist? They were at the event to share their knowledge and experience with those looking to break into the profession. The all-day conference, partly sponsored by Bournemouth University, was organised by freelance journalists [...]
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