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Sheffield Doc Fest

Posted by sarah Haynes on July 3, 2013 in Documentary, Engagement with Industry, Events, Student Activity, Television, Uncategorized |One Comment

A group of students from all years of Media Production attended the Sheffield Doc Fest http://sheffdocfest.com/ in June this year. It was a great opportunity to see a wide range of documentaries, to discover more out about the industry and to network. To find out about their experience read Ceri and Lee’s blog entries: http://cdack-ynwa.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/sheffield-docfest-2013.html http://leespointofview.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/sheffield-docfest-begins-day-one.html

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The Gentle Author

Posted by sarah Haynes on June 26, 2013 in New Media, social media, Staff research, Uncategorized |No Comments

I recently attended an excellent course with The Gentle Author. Exactly as his name implies he was a person who enabled a group of us to come to some understandings about the new opportunities to tell stories through blogging. This new medium offers a platform to everyone and indeed it seems everyone is blogging! In […]

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Typhoo tea viral video challenge

Posted by sarah Haynes on March 24, 2013 in Engagement with Industry, New Media, Student Activity, Student Success, Uncategorized |No Comments

A team of first year students, Peter Greggs and Lois Frost were nominated for an award in the Typhoo tea viral video challenge – Pictured here on the right. Their video can be seen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbSJ5T8u1loAnd for more information about the competition see here:http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/NewsUpdate/viewarticle/607/

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Royal Television Society Awards

Posted by sarah Haynes on March 1, 2013 in Engagement with Industry, Student Activity, Student Success, Television, Uncategorized |No Comments

On Monday we attended the Royal Television Society student awards in Manchester with our final year students and nominees in the factual category from last years graduates for their documentary film,  Missing Link.  As well as the awards ceremony the event featured presentations from; Richard Frediani (Head of ITN News at 6.30), Helen Bullough (Head […]

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