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#BBCscc12 - Connecting Communities Conference - Salford
David Hayward
is a video consultant. Twitter: @david_hbm
Thursday 24 May 2012, MediaCityUK, Salford We've now opened registration for our Connecting Communities Conference on 24 May at the BBC's new headquarters at MediaCityUK in Salford. The idea is to provide a forum for debate and discussion about how mainstream media can engage with communiti...
Event: World Press Freedom Day 2012
David Hayward
is a video consultant. Twitter: @david_hbm
Thursday 3 May 2012, Thomson Reuters, London Strasbourg: Journalists' Foe or Friend? The UK Press Freedom Network, with support from UNESCO, The Society of Editors and the BBC College of Journalism, is holding a public event to mark World Press Freedom Day. This year's event will look at ...
Video: Local Elections and Mayoral Referendums
Bridget Osborne
BBC political correspondent Mike Sergeant told journalists at a CoJo Wednesday lunchtime session that there is potentially a big change coming to the way local government operates in England. As ten of the country's biggest cities are voting to decide whether they want to elect their own mayo...
Big Stories: Scotland's Independence Referendum
Angelique Halliburton
In this Big Stories event, chaired by BBC director of news Helen Boaden, you can hear about some of the key questions for politicians at Holyrood and Westminster as the debate on a referendum on Scottish independence continues. Scotland's first minister, Alex Salmond, has announced plans to ho...
Video: Understanding the Economy
Bridget Osborne
Not surprisingly perhaps, there's been a huge shift in people's interest in the state of the economy. Far more people now say they are interested than was the case prior to the 2008 financial crisis, and far greater numbers say they follow news about the economy daily. But a very large minori...
Video: NHS Changes
Bridget Osborne
Nick Seddon - 'nobody actually knows what privatisation means' "Most other countries think that the debate we're having here is really weird," Nick Seddon, deputy director of the independent think-tank Reform, told a College of Journalism lunchtime seminar on Wednesday 29 February. Talking ...
Event: My War - How Soldiers Share Their Story
Angelique Halliburton
Explore how today's soldiers are sharing their experiences of war The war in Afghanistan has seen military memoirs take their place on best-seller lists. And soldiers are using personal video cameras or 'helmetcams' to record real-life footage which has been used to make compelling through-the...
Postgraduate Student Innovation Award - the Judges
David Hayward
is a video consultant. Twitter: @david_hbm
We're delighted to announce the line-up of judges for the BBC College of Journalism's Postgraduate Student Innovation Award 2012. The award is all about championing the wealth of innovative work being done by postgraduate students at journalism schools across the UK. We've chosen the panel...
Video: Reflections with Matt Frei
David Hayward
is a video consultant. Twitter: @david_hbm
The Channel 4 News Washington correspondent and presenter Matt Frei gave a fascinating and very amusing account of some of the key moments in his career and the people who have influenced and inspired him. He was speaking to Vin Ray as part of the BBC College of Journalism and Frontline Club '...
