Coventry University Podcasts

Agitpop – Protest and Social Change in Popular Music – Chris Jury

coventryuniversity — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:28:57 +0000

Chris Jury (Broadcaster, Lecturer and Activist) discussing his radio show called Agitpop- and shares some of his work and reflections on pop and protest as part of the Creative Activism Open Class

You can download the slides and tracklist from Chris’ show by visiting this page on the Creative Activism class

Cameras Everywhere: Sam Gregory discussing Video Advocacy at WITNESS

coventryuniversity — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:24:48 +0000

Sam Gregory is a human rights advocate, video producer and trainer. He directs WITNESS‘ programmatic work, including supervising the Campaign Partnerships, Tools & Tactics, and Cameras Everywhere Leadership initiatives. In 2005, he was the lead editor on the handbook Video for Change: A Guide for Advocacy and Activism (Pluto Press), and in 2007, he developed the Video Advocacy Institute, an intensive two-week training program for human rights advocates. He also teaches on human rights advocacy using new media as an Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School.

Over the past decade, Sam has worked extensively with human rights activists, particularly in Latin America and Asia, integrating video into campaigns on a range of civil, political, social, economic and cultural human rights issues. Videos he has co-produced have been screened to decision-makers in the U.S. Congress, the U.K. Houses of Parliament, the United Nations and at film festivals worldwide, and have contributed to changes in policy, practice and law.

In this podcast he discusses the work of WITNESS and its role in enabling human rights advocacy through video.

‘Newspeak’ Discussion With Radical Documentary Filmmaker Ken Fero

coventryuniversity — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:22:58 +0000

Documentary Filmmaker, Ken Fero from Migrant Media, discusses his documentary called ‘Newspeak’ which was the last film to be broadcast by Press TV on 20th January 2012. The film questions the relationship between Ofcom, the independent regulator and competition authority for the UK communications industries, and power. The film uses poetry and experimental visual techniques to take the viewer on a personal journey to reflect on how the radical content of certain images – deaths in police custody, Occupy London the invasion of Iraq, workers uprisings – remain hidden from UK audiences.

Watch Newspeak on Vimeo. You can also watch Ken’s earlier film called Injustice, an award winning film about deaths in police custody - and here’s a recent Guardian article related to it

Here’s his discussion with the Creative Activism class following the screening of the film.

#blackout: the viral counterpublicity of online protest – Dr Tessa Houghton

coventryuniversity — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:17:55 +0000

Dr Houghton is Assistant Professor in Media and Communication in the School of Modern Languages and Cultures at the University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus. Her co-edited book Nexus: New Intersections in Internet Research (Peter Lang, 2011) brings together collaborative research from the alumni of the 2009 Oxford Internet Institute Summer Doctoral Programme, and she is currently co-editing a volume on flows of online control and resistance. Her research interests include public sphere theory, online activism, digital politics and rights, and the digital divides.

In this talk, given as part of the Open Media series and the Creative Activism Class at Coventry University, she discusses the web blackout that took place on 18/01/12. On this day numerous websites, including Wikipedia and Google, ‘blacked out’ in protest against the ‘Stop Online Piracy Act’ (SOPA) currently being heavily lobbied for within the US political context. This massive online protest will have been many netizens’ first encounter with the #blackout form; however, it is borrowed from previous ‘digital rights’ campaigns in other locations. In 2009, ‘the lights went out’ all over the New Zealand internet as NZ and international netizens participated in the ‘NZ internet blackout’, a ‘performative hacktivist’ campaign (Samuel 2004) that catalysed viral online protest against the threatened domestic implementation of ‘3-strikes’ or graduated response-style anti-filesharing legislation. Despite the eventual passing of the legislation (albeit in much-modified form), the blackout garnered extensive global participation, illustrating the latent counterhegemonic power inherent in hacktivist campaigns.

This presentation interprets the blackout through a critical discourse analysis and a public sphere theoretical framework built upon the radical or agonistic tradition. It shows that socially-mediated counterpublicity can generate successful counterhegemonic projects and even bring about legislative change, and in doing so, makes the argument that our understanding of what the modern public sphere is should allow for more unruly forms of democratically legitimate communication.

Richard Ancock Data Journalism masterclass

coventryuniversityjon — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:01:42 +0000

On 27 January 2012, Richard Ancock spoke to First Year students in BA Journalism and Media about ‘Motoring Research Using Twitter’.
He demonstrated how he uses the platform to keep up with industry news, and offered tips for journalists who are just starting off using Twitter for research.
This was part of the Data Journalism masterclasses, organised by John Mair.

Richard Ancock Data Journalism masterclass

coventryuniversityjon — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:53:36 +0000

The Art of Successful Radio- Adrian Van Klaveren

coventryuniversityjon — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:01:40 +0000

“We are news and sport.” is how Adrian Van Klaveren described BBC Radio 5 Live. Adrian is the controller of both BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra. He spoke at a Coventry Conversation about BBC Radio 5 Live and Radio can be successful.

Robot in the Basement; How interactive media is changing journalism

coventryuniversityjon — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:53:21 +0000

Judith Townend - Digital Journalist, discusses how interactive media is changing journalism.

Ab Fab-welcome back Edina and Patsy! - Jon Plowman

coventryuniversityjon — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:36:45 +0000

Executive Producer, Comedy BBC Jon Plowman talks about producing comedy for the BBC.

What Do You Expect … The media future is computing! - Dean Stockton

coventryuniversityjon — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:24:26 +0000

Dean Stockton the Senior Creative Director, Chello Media International talks about the future as a media creative.

London 2012 - David Moorcroft & David Long

coventryuniversityjon — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:19:03 +0000

London 2012, the view from two Coventry athletics heroes.

The Art of the Prank and Culture Jamming with Joey Skaggs

coventryuniversity — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:22:39 +0000

Joey Skaggs is a fine artist and social activist. Although he has painted and sculpted throughout his life, starting with his iconoclastic and controversial performance-art protests in the Sixties, his public work took on a new direction. Skaggs realized he could use art to challenge the system. Appalled at the cultural hypocrisy he saw around him, especially how it was blindly supported in the media, he began to satirize social issues with public performances and elaborately contrived media hoaxes. The mass media in turn became an unwitting collaborator in his concepts, reporting his satire as news. Joey Skaggs quickly acquired an international reputation as a cultural satirist and media critic. His work incorporates guerrilla tactics and traditional public relations techniques to promote his staged performances. Few media outlets over the last four decades have not fallen for one or another of his hoaxes. He has been covered in newspapers, magazines, and on radio and television around the world, in some cases many times as different people.

At the School of Visual Arts Joey Skaggs taught Media Communications including “Culture Jamming and Media Activism,” a course of his creation. He also taught at Parsons The New School for Design. He now lectures internationally on divergent approaches to addressing social issues through art. He’s the creator of the Universal Bullshit Detector Watch and the publisher and editor of “The Art of the Prank” blog. A master storyteller, he inspires in his audiences original and inventive insights while sharing the tools and techniques that foster independent thinking, media literacy, and creative activism. Like the Wizard of Oz, he reveals the man behind the curtain, showing, in a visceral way, the influence mass media has on society. http://joeyskaggs.com, http://artoftheprank.com

In this podcast he talks about some of his work.

Get your facts straight and do the work for them – John Mair

coventryuniversity — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:02:24 +0000

This weeks guest podcast is from John Mair, who is Broadcaster and Academic.

In this podcast John discusses how he helped to orchestrate a media campaign to stop lorries using the B430 in Weston-on-the-Green. They had been using it as a rat-run to avoid congestion on the M40, causing all kinds of issues within the Oxfordshire village.

John talks about how by using just a laptop, some hard facts, doing journalists work for them and making sure the right people were involved helped the campaign to be successful.

This podcast is part of the Creative Activism Open Class- come and join us.

Small Acts of Resistance - John Jackson

coventryuniversity — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:44:30 +0000

John Jackson is a New York-based writer and activist originally from London, covering social activism and international affairs. He is co-author of ‘Small Acts of Resistance, How Courage, Tenacity and Ingenuity Can Change the World (2010)’. In this talk he discusses the book as well as some useful advice for activists.

This talk is part of the Creative Activism Open Class - Exploring Creativity and Social Change.

Open Art, or What could Open Art mean? - Round table discussion

coventryuniversity — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:13:56 +0000

Open Art, or What could Open Art mean? - Round table discussion with Elly Clarke (Coventry University), Penny Whitehead and Daniel Simpkins (Independent artists) and James Wallbank (Access Space Sheffield).

Elly Clarke (Artist/Curator)

Elly Clarke is an artist, photographer and curator/founder of Clarke Gallery in Berlin, but which is currently mobile, or one, could say homeless! She is interested in the impact of mobility (of people, information and things) upon sense of self, both when alone and as part of a community. She produced internationally recognized documentary projects such as Moscow to Beijing (exhibited in Helsinki, Moscow, Milton Keynes, London & New York) and the Broadway House Photo Project. Next up atMeter Room will be THE MOBlLlTY PROJECT, a traveling show that launched this summer at Galerie SUVl LEHTINEN in Berlin and will find its way to Coventry in January. Her first travelling exhibition,WUNDERKAMMER, is also currently on show at TROVE in Birmingham.

Penny Whitehead and Daniel Simpkins (Independent artists)

Penny Whitehead and Daniel Simpkins are two artists/organisers working collaboratively since 2006 across a number of experimental disciplines, communicative channels and media. They are currently based at Static Gallery where over the last year they have been developing an ongoing series of projects around free and self-initiated education. They approach their art practice as a means of political agency through which to interrogate and re-imagine the systems, spaces, institutions and situations of contemporary urban life.

James Wallbank (Access Space Sheffield)

For more than a decade James has developed and led action research exploring the impacts of creative digital engagement on personal, community and economic development. He works to shape ethical relationships with technology which are environmentally, economically, and socially sustainable. Currently he is CEO of Access Space Network, an organisation which provides the UK’s longest running free, open media lab. He works locally and internationally to seed similar creative digital communities. James has worked on projects with Oxford E-Research Centre, Sheffield Hallam University’s Culture, Communications and Computing Research Institute (C3RI), Sheffield University’s Interdisciplinary Research in Socio-Digital Worlds (IRiS) Centre and “Imagination” at Lancaster University. He has authored several influential documents, including “Lowtech Manifesto” (1999), “Grow Your Own Media Lab” (2008) and “The Zero Dollar Laptop” (2010) which have spawned transnational networks of practice. James works with diverse groups, including young people, adults in danger of social and economic exclusion, people with disabilities, artists, designers, asylum seekers, professionals and technical experts. He is a frequent presenter at research conferences, universities and digital media festivals and delivers technical training for enterprises and community organisations. He has an MA in Art & Design and is a self-taught LPIC1 Engineer.

Peer-production of culture: Independent film making in the Wreckamovie community - Isis Hjörth

coventryuniversity — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:10:37 +0000

It is often claimed that networked media, and in particular the internet, has democratized the production of information and culture. The online encyclopedia Wikipedia is repeatedly used to exemplify how new open models of production, notably peer-production, are radically changing the the way we think about content producers and consumers. In this talk, I will critically examine definitions of peer-productions suggested in scholarly literature. The examination will draw on a range of published empirical research on peer-production providing evidence suggesting that the openness of peer-production is not unlimited. On the basis of this, I will present preliminary findings from my study of independent film making in the Wreckamovie.com community. More specifically, by discussing the trajectory of the crowfunding struggles of a feature length Wreckamovie production, I will question the ideas of peer-productions as being non-proprietary, and existing in an open non-market driven sphere independent from traditional cultural industries.

Bio

Isis Amelie Hjorth is an AHRC funded doctoral student at the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford. In her PhD research, she examines the emergence of cultural peer-production in the domain of independent film making. Questioning some of the utopian visions of the transformative powers of peer-production dominating discourses in new media research, she seeks to contribute towards a more nuanced understanding of distributed forms of cultural production. Alongside her studies, Isis is engaged in an NESTA/AHRC/Arts Council UK funded research project investigating the consequences of the uptake of digital tools for theatrical production. A firm believer in interdisciplinarity, Isis holds a MSc in Technology and Learning (University of Oxford), as well as a BA and MA in Rhetoric from her native Copenhagen. Before embarking on the route towards an academic career, she worked in the media sector as a journalist at a Danish TV production company, and made a debut as a playwright.

Just Do It - Exploring the world of Climate Activists with Documentary Filmmaker Emily James

coventryuniversity — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 15:20:15 +0000

Emily James’ Documentary film ‘Just Do It’ lifts the lid on climate activism and the daring troublemakers who have crossed the line to become modern-day outlaws. Documented over a year, the film follows the lives of activists as they blockade factories, attack coal power stations and glue themselves to the trading floors of international banks despite the very real threat of arrest.

In this talk, recorded after a screening of the film, Emily speaks to our Media students at Coventry University about her work.

Corrupt as f**k: How fixing is killing sport - Prof, Simon chadwick

coventryuniversityjon — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 12:15:05 +0000

Simon Chadwick is the Professor of Sport Business Strategy and Marketing at Coventry University. In this talk he discusses corruption in the world of sport.

Alex Ferguson: The greatest ever manager? - Jim White

coventryuniversityjon — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 12:02:43 +0000

Jim White a sports journalist for The Daily Telelgraph discusses the career of Alex Ferguson, the greatest ever manager?

Making ‘Our War’- Colin Barr

coventryuniversityjon — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 11:37:16 +0000

On the 6th October 2011, Coventry University were lucky enough to play host to the Executive Producer of the recent ‘Our War’ documentary series, Colin Barr. ‘Our War’ is a documentary series about the conflict in Afghanistan and was designed to reach a young audience. It all began from a small bit of footage which was filmed by a soldier a few years back and this footage made the BBC think about how much war footage filmed by the soldiers might be out there.

Open Sourcing Knowledge: Towards a University 2.0 - William Merrin

coventryuniversity — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 16:06:37 +0000

The links between the university system and broadcasting have rarely been analysed. Universities began as media studies – as theological training schools for the medieval church: that dominant broadcasting system which, from its centralized hub, crafted and produced a single doctrine, carried through its technologies – the monasteries, manuscripts and pulpits – for mass consumption by a captive population. Though universities grew in secularity and independence over the following centuries they followed the same model of informational production and distribution; a model most fully realized with the growth of mass education from the late 19th century. From then until the new millennium a specialist institution and centralized, bureaucratic organisation would control the production and distribution of knowledge, with its experts mass-distributing its message to consumers through its lectures and texts: mass society, mass education and mass media were intimately related. This paper, therefore, asks what happens when that age is over. What happens in a post-broadcast era defined by new alignments of productive, distributive and consumer power? What happens to disciplines in an age when the ability to discover, create, share, debate and legitimate information and ideas has changed so fundamentally? How can academic pedagogical and publishing practice change in the digital era? Can it cope with the open-sourcing of knowledge and is a University 2.0 even possible?

Bio

William Merrin is a Senior Lecturer in media at Swansea University. He is the author of Baudrillard and the Media (Polity, 2005) and co-editor of Jean Baudrillard: Fatal Theories (Routledge, 2008). In November 2006 he coined the phrase ‘media studies 2.0′ to argue for a transformation of the discipline to meet the needs of a different, digital-era. He is currently writing ‘Media 2.0′ and (with Andrew Hoskins) ‘Media Ecology/Archaeology’ for Routledge to explore these issues.

Facebook, Inside the inside story - Charles Miller

coventryuniversityjon — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:52:38 +0000

Charles Miller the producer will come to Cov three days after transmission of this one of the best advertised, most high profile BBC documentaries of the year fronted by Emily Maitlis to talk about making it, Facebook and getting Mark Zuckerberg on camera.

Jake Bower – It’s a Gypsy Life For Me

coventryuniversityjon — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:45:27 +0000

Following a “massive year for the visibility of the gypsy community” which inundated Europe’s largest ethnic minority with negative publicity, My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding brought the Traveller community to the forefront of the media’s attention.

Jake Bower, one of 3 journalists representing the traveller community, tries to expose the deceit which spread “verbal hatred” against his community.

Debbie Isitt – The making of Nativity 2

coventryuniversityjon — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:32:06 +0000

Nativity 2: The Second Coming is the sequel to Nativity which was released in 2009 and filmed in Coventry. The Director, Debbie Isitt, who lives in Coventry, came to the University to talk about the filming of the sequel.

Creative Practice in the New Media Environment- Simon King, Imagination

coventryuniversity — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 13:11:24 +0000

Simon King, Director of Operations and IT and one of the founding members of Imagination(www.imagination.com), the award winning global communication and brand experience agency, will be coming to Coventry University for a presentation and a Q&A about his company and his career in digital communications. Imagination has been number 1 in the Design Week Creative 100 for about 10 years.

‘With storytelling at the heart of our approach, we brought together architecture, design and content to create corporate theatre as we know it. From that foundation, we pioneered brand experience in the marketing, financial, retail and digital sectors.’

Imagination’s clients include Aston Martin, Guinness, Oneworld global alliance, Disney, Ford, Johnson & Johnson, Goldman Sachs, Shell and Samsung.

This Q&A with Simon King covers themes such as creative practice in the new media environment, distributed media in professional media contexts, and using the cloud in media practice

Confessions of a Red Top Reporter - Richard Peppiatt

coventryuniversityjon — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 08:44:51 +0000

Richard Peppiatt, the reporter who gained attentention when he quit the Daily Star in spectacular circumstances talks at the Winter Season of Coventry Conversations.

Don’t be afraid of the future - Professor Paul Bradshaw

coventryuniversityjon — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 16:28:50 +0000

Professor Paul Bradshaw talks about news is accessed and shared in a digital age.

Hutton and all that - Kevin Marsh

coventryuniversityjon — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 15:54:32 +0000

The sizeable public outrage at the News of the World has left some paper’s cowering in the shadows, worried for their lives but Kevin Marsh the former Editor at the BBC College of Journalism turned the spotlights on them.

Is Hackgate really the biggest story? – Jon Snow

coventryuniversityjon — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 15:03:04 +0000

Channel 4 News Presenter, Jon Snow gives an insight into the world of broadcast and tabloid journalism in the Winter season of Coventry Conversations.

Journalism after Phone Hacking – Professor Stewart Purvis

coventryuniversityjon — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 13:54:18 +0000

How will the phone hacking scandal effect Journalism? What will be the outcome of the Leveson inquiry? Professor Stewart Purvis, Professor of Television Journalism at City University and former Editor-in-Chief of ITN talked about Hackgate at a recent Coventry Conversation.

Peter Sissons – The Beatles, Hillsborough and a Great Career

coventryuniversityjon — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 13:42:31 +0000

Peter Sissons came to speak about some of his life experiences and about his brilliant 45 year career in the Media at a recent Coventry Conversation.

“The Arab Spring has been a Marathon and not a Sprint”- Jon Williams

coventryuniversityjon — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 13:35:02 +0000

Jon Williams, World News Editor for the BBC talks about reporting in the Arab Spring.

Paul Abbot - Shameless and much, much more…

coventryuniversityjon — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 16:55:37 +0000

Paul is a BAFTA award-winning television screenwriter. He has become one of the most critically and commercially successful television writers working in Britain today, following his work on many popular series, including Coronation Street, Cracker and Shameless, the latter of which he created.

Phonar: The Final Task

cuphotography — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 10:15:04 +0000

Jonathan Worth introduces the final #phonar task. For more information, see http://www.phonar.org

Phonar: Fred Ritchin on ‘What Matters Now?’

cuphotography — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 17:12:10 +0000

Fred Ritchin author of After Photography, Professor of Photography and Imaging at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts and former picture editor of The New York Times Magazine, is here in conversation with his assistant Alison Wynn for #phonar.

Phonar: Richard Stacy on the Social Media Revolution

cuphotography — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 11:01:27 +0000

After a successful 25 year career in public relations, working for big brands like IBM, Diageo and P&G, Richard Stacy has turned his attention to Social Media and Brand Storytelling.

‘Does Photography need photographers?’ Will sharing inconsequential data have huge consequences ?’ are just some of the provocative questions that thinker Richard Stacy put to #Phonar this week.

Phonar: Documentary Director Adam Hopkins

cuphotography — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 10:26:02 +0000

Phonar’s Matt Johnston speaks to documentary filmmaker Adam Hopkins about his approach to narrative, research and storytelling among other things. Adam has worked for the BBC, Channel 4 and most recently National Geographic on situational documentaries. For more information see www.phonar.org

Phonar: David Campbell on ‘Narrative, Responsibility and Power’ - A Seminar

cuphotography — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 12:05:12 +0000

Professor David Campbell takes part in a follow up seminar to his ‘Narrative, Power and Responsibility’ lecture with #phonar students at Coventry University. Here David tackles questions on changing narratives, tools, authorship, research and interpretation. For more information see http://www.phonar.org

Photography Talk: Travis Shaffer, ‘We Are All Thieves, Right?’

cuphotography — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 22:53:18 +0000

Photographer Travis Shaffer discusses his own work in relation to photographic reproduction, appropriation and authorship as well as an introduction to his involvement with ABC (Artist’s book cooperative) and experience with book making and distribution. This lecture was given as part of the free and open photography class #phonar - http://www.phonar.org

Mediating Agriculture in the Age of “Open-Source” - Gabriela Mendez Cota

coventryuniversity — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 16:13:58 +0000

How can contemporary agricultural issues inform debates around ‘openness’ in media and cultural studies? How can these debates in turn productively ‘mediate’ agricultural struggles in the context of technoscientific knowledge production? As a way of approaching these questions, I will re-trace my own steps from new media studies to an examination of the cultural politics of an agricultural struggle, and back to new media studies via ‘open source agriculture’ as a relevant instance of the promises and challenges of ‘openness’ in a digitized world. First, I will present a sketch of my current research on Mexican ‘maize nationalism’ as it is being deployed against genetically engineered maize. Second, I will explain how my work for Living Books About Life has allowed me to unlock the cage of nationalist discourse in order to imagine different, more complex ways of resisting the enclosure of life by transnational agribusiness. Finally, I will raise the more specific question I’m concerned with at the moment: if ‘open source agriculture’ is a potential, at least partial solution to the capitalist enclosure of life, how can media and cultural studies engage with it in a critical, productive way?

Bio

Gabriela Méndez Cota is a doctoral student in Media and Communications at Goldsmiths, University of London. Drawing on her humanities training, she has worked on issues related to technology, such as technological blind spots in Western philosophy and the status of technology in contemporary critiques of metaphysics. More recently she has been investigating the ethical and political aspects of particular understandings of technology. Her PhD thesis develops a critical interdisciplinary approach, rooted in philosophy and media and cultural studies, to the complex relations between agricultural biotechnology and the cultural politics of Mexican nationalism.

Photography Talk: Matt Johnston on the Future of Photobooks

cuphotography — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 19:39:27 +0000

Matt Johnston, co-founder and editor of the Photo Book Club http://www.photobookclub.org speaks at the London Design Festival 2011. Johnston presents a case for the future of the printed photobook, highlighting importance of community, experience and the book as an object.

Phonar: Mike Lusmore on Photofilms, Transmedia and Transformative Storytelling

cuphotography — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 14:41:30 +0000

Mike Lusmore, a photographer and photofilm producer talks to the attending #phonar class about photofilms, transmedia and transformative storytelling. For more information: http://www.phonar.org

Chinese Organised Crime in Italy - Dr Stefano Becucci

coventryuniversityjon — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 14:43:08 +0000

Chinese Organised Crime in Italy - Dr Stefano Becucci

Football Reporting – John Sinnott and Steve Carpenter

coventryuniversityjon — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 11:36:24 +0000

A Coventry graduate Steve Carpenter and a BBC sports reporter John Sinnott talk about the world of sports journalism.

‘Dawn Of A New Age’ – Darren Parkin and Jeremy Pollock

coventryuniversityjon — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 11:30:52 +0000

Darren Parkin, editor of the Coventry Telegraph and Jeremy Pollock, managing editor of BBC Coventry and Warwickshire talk about how the world of media and journalism is undergoing a significant change.

Steve Cropley – Making Yourself Stand Out

coventryuniversityjon — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 10:54:59 +0000

Steve Cropley the Editor-In-Chief of Autocar magazine talks about getting ahead and how to get a position as an intern and your first job.

The Oliver twins - The future of video games

coventryuniversityjon — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 10:47:56 +0000

The founders of Blitz Games, the Oliver twins talk about the future of computer games.

Dr John Beech - Football, on the road to penury?

coventryuniversityjon — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 10:44:27 +0000

Dr John Beech talks about football and asks if it is on the road to penury.

Photography Talk: Jonathan Worth on McLuhan, Transmedia and Generatives

cuphotography — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 10:21:28 +0000

Freelance photographer and MA course director in Photography at Coventry University, Jonathan Worth introduces some of McLuhan’s ideas and themes in relation to 21st century photography, as well as investigating how ‘Transmedia’ tools can be applied to storytelling.

Phonar: Jon Levy in conversation with Jonathan Worth on ‘touchstones’ and ‘product’

cuphotography — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 18:12:02 +0000

Jonathan Worth speaks to Jon Levy, founder and editor of foto8.com and ‘eight’ magazine about the importance of touchstones and tuning signals from today’s total noise. Worth and Levy also talk about photographer’s “product” and ask is ‘eight’ magazine the product or is it something else?

Phonar: Jon Levy on setting Task 1

cuphotography — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 18:08:41 +0000

Jon Levy talks to Jonathan Worth about why he set Task 1, and why it is an important and useful exercise.

Phonar: Jon Levy on submitting work to Foto8

cuphotography — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 18:05:51 +0000

Jonathan Worth asks Jon Levy, founder and editor of foto8.com and ‘eight’ magazine, how the #phonar class can submit work to to the magazine.

Photography Talk: Jon Levy on Foto8 and Storytelling

cuphotography — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 18:03:45 +0000

Founder and editor of foto8.com and ‘eight’ magazine, Jon Levy talks to the #phonar class about storytelling. audience, getting work seen and having an authorial voice in photography.

The economic impact of Rugby World Cup 2011

coventryuniversityjon — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 11:21:42 +0000

The Centre for the International Business of Sport (CIBS) associate and researcher, Dr Dave Arthur, discusses the economic impact of the RWC 2011 with Stuart Cameron, vice president, Regional Marketing, Asia/Pacific, Middle East and Africa, MasterCard Worldwide

BT e-Archive Project Launch

coventryuniversityjon — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 10:56:33 +0000

This one million pound project is a collaboration between Coventry University (CU), BT Heritage and The National Archives (TNA). It aims to catalogue, digitise and develop a searchable online archive of almost half a million photographs, images, documents and correspondence assembled by BT over 165 years.

Economics Taster Day

coventryuniversityjon — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 14:35:46 +0000

Guest speakers including a Coventry graduate now working at the investment arm of Barclays speak to year 12 students to give an introduction and information about studying economics.

The importance of specialisation in health for journalists: The Spanish case

coventryuniversityjon — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 14:22:28 +0000

As part of the Health in the Headlines conference Esther Paniagua a health journalist from Spain discusses the importance of specialisation in health for journalists. To find out more please visit www.europeanhealthjournalism.com

Raising Standards in Health Journalism

coventryuniversityjon — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 14:21:02 +0000

As part of the Health in the Headlines conference Afroditi Veloudaki, Director of HeaRT (Health Reporter Training Project) talks about improving the training and raising Standards in Health Journalism in Europe. To find out more please visit www.europeanhealthjournalism.com

Pressing for accuracy, balance and completeness in health journalism

coventryuniversityjon — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 14:19:00 +0000

As part of the Health in the Headlines conference Gary Schwitzer - Publisher of award winning website healthnewsreview.org discusses Pressing for accuracy, balance and completeness in health journalism. To find out more please visit www.europeanhealthjournalism.com

News in the making: Features and changes in health coverage in Portugal

coventryuniversityjon — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 14:16:37 +0000

As part of the Health in the Headlines conference Rita Araujo from the University of Minho discusses health news coverage in Portugal. To find out more please visit www.europeanhealthjournalism.com

Health in the Headlines - The attack on Medicare

coventryuniversityjon — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 14:05:55 +0000

As part of the Health in the Headlines conference Trudy Lieberman, contributing editor Columbia Journalism Review discusses health care news coverage in the US and the attack on Medicare. To find out more please visit www.europeanhealthjournalism.com

Health in the Headlines - How NICE works globally

coventryuniversityjon — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 14:03:46 +0000

As part of the Health in the Headlines conference francoise Cluzeau, Senior Advisor from NICE International discusses how NICE works globally and with the NHS and also its treatment from the press. To find out more please visit www.europeanhealthjournalism

Andrew Beck - Mirage in the Desert - Reporting the Arab Spring

coventryuniversityjon — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 15:36:21 +0000

ANDREW BECK is the International Co-ordinator in the Coventry University School of Art and Design. He is a much published author on communication studies Andrew has thirty years experience as educationalist, consultant, author, examiner, and curriculum designer.