Journalism, Media and Communication, University of Central Lancashire
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The School of Journalism, Media and Communication, University of Central Lancashire is one of the UK's longest established centres of journalism teaching, growing out of the Harris College, Preston.
, the National Council for the Training of Journalists
and the Periodicals Training Council, the training arm of the Periodical Publishers Association
.
The University of Central Lancashire
has received positive coverage of its academic standards in journalism, with The Times
opining, in 2008, that "It is acknowledged as one of the leading centres for the teaching of journalism in Britain".
In 2010, the University won the Broadcast Journalism Training Council
's award for general excellence.
and ITV
, followed by a postgraduate diploma in Newspaper Journalism. The undergraduate degree in journalism was launched in 1991 before the polytechnic became the University of Central Lancashire
.
Honorary Fellows include Mark Thompson
, Richard Frediani (Head of News at Granada
), Lucy Meacock
, Kate Adie
, Anna Ford
and Fiona Armstrong
.
A notable feature of the School is the Harris lecture series, which regularly brings senior media figures to Preston, including Jon Snow
, Janet Street-Porter
, Simon Kelner
, The Independent editor Chris Blackhurst, Evening Standard editor Geordie Greig
, Kim Fletcher
, Stephen Mitchell (journalist)
and Andrew Jennings
.
The School of Journalism includes the Division of Media Technology:
Which runs the following undergraduate courses:
Education
Undergraduate and postgraduate courses are accredited by the Broadcast Journalism Training CouncilBroadcast Journalism Training Council
The Broadcast Journalism Training Council is an industry-led body offering accreditation to courses for aspiring journalists.-History:In the late 1970s, the National Union of Journalists was pushing for a more structured approach to training for broadcast...
, the National Council for the Training of Journalists
National Council for the Training of Journalists
The National Council for the Training of Journalists was founded in 1951 as an organisation to oversee the training of journalists for the newspaper industry in the United Kingdom and is now playing a role in the wider media.-Purpose:...
and the Periodicals Training Council, the training arm of the Periodical Publishers Association
Periodical Publishers Association
The Professional Publishers Association - formerly known as the Periodical Publishers Association - is a publishing industry body which promotes and protects the interests of companies involved in the production of consumer, customer and business media in the United Kingdom.The PPA's work is...
.
The University of Central Lancashire
University of Central Lancashire
The University of Central Lancashire is a university based in Preston, Lancashire, England.The university has its roots in The Institution For The Diffusion Of Useful Knowledge which was founded in 1828. In 1992 it was granted University status by the Privy Council...
has received positive coverage of its academic standards in journalism, with The Times
The Times
The Times is a British daily national newspaper, first published in London in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register . The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times are published by Times Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary since 1981 of News International...
opining, in 2008, that "It is acknowledged as one of the leading centres for the teaching of journalism in Britain".
In 2010, the University won the Broadcast Journalism Training Council
Broadcast Journalism Training Council
The Broadcast Journalism Training Council is an industry-led body offering accreditation to courses for aspiring journalists.-History:In the late 1970s, the National Union of Journalists was pushing for a more structured approach to training for broadcast...
's award for general excellence.
History
The School of Journalism, Media and Communication grew out of the Harris College, Preston, which launched its first print journalism course in 1962. The college later became part of Preston Polytechnic. In 1982, the first postgraduate diploma in Broadcast Journalism was launched with support from the BBCBBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
and ITV
ITV
ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
, followed by a postgraduate diploma in Newspaper Journalism. The undergraduate degree in journalism was launched in 1991 before the polytechnic became the University of Central Lancashire
University of Central Lancashire
The University of Central Lancashire is a university based in Preston, Lancashire, England.The university has its roots in The Institution For The Diffusion Of Useful Knowledge which was founded in 1828. In 1992 it was granted University status by the Privy Council...
.
Senior Faculty
The Head of the School is Mike Ward, a former BBC journalist and author of "Journalism Online".Honorary Fellows include Mark Thompson
Mark Thompson
Mark John Thompson is Director-General of the BBC, a post he has held since 2004, and a former chief executive of Channel 4...
, Richard Frediani (Head of News at Granada
Granada
Granada is a city and the capital of the province of Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. Granada is located at the foot of the Sierra Nevada mountains, at the confluence of three rivers, the Beiro, the Darro and the Genil. It sits at an elevation of 738 metres above sea...
), Lucy Meacock
Lucy Meacock
Lucy Meacock is a British television news presenter currently employed by ITV. She presents Granada Reports, a regional news programme for the North west of England.-Early life and education:...
, Kate Adie
Kate Adie
Kathryn "Kate" Adie , OBE , is a British journalist. Her most high-profile role was that of chief news correspondent for BBC News, during which time she became well known for reporting from war zones around the world...
, Anna Ford
Anna Ford
Anna Ford is a retired English journalist and television presenter, best known as a newsreader....
and Fiona Armstrong
Fiona Armstrong
Fiona Armstrong, Lady MacGregor of MacGregor is a freelance Scottish television journalist.-Early life and career:Armstrong was born in Preston, Lancashire. As a child she lived for ten years in Nigeria, where her father was in the colonial service. She became Lady MacGregor of MacGregor when she...
.
A notable feature of the School is the Harris lecture series, which regularly brings senior media figures to Preston, including Jon Snow
Jon Snow
Jon Snow is an English journalist and presenter, currently employed by ITN. He is best known for presenting Channel 4 News.He was Chancellor of Oxford Brookes University from 2001 to 2008.-Early life:...
, Janet Street-Porter
Janet Street-Porter
Janet Street-Porter is a British media personality, journalist and television presenter. She was editor for two years of The Independent on Sunday. She relinquished the job to become editor-at-large in 2002...
, Simon Kelner
Simon Kelner
Simon Kelner is a British journalist and newspaper editor. Kelner was editor-in-chief of The Independent and Independent on Sunday newspapers. He was appointed in May 1998 to succeed Andrew Marr and Rosie Boycott and ended his tenure in 2008...
, The Independent editor Chris Blackhurst, Evening Standard editor Geordie Greig
Geordie Greig
Geordie Greig is a British journalist and newspaper editor. He is the editor of the Evening Standard newspaper. He attended Eton College and St Peter's College, Oxford.-Journalism career:...
, Kim Fletcher
Kim Fletcher
Kim Fletcher is a partner of the international corporate communications firm Brunswick.Educated at Heversham Grammar School, Westmorland, and Hertford College, Oxford, where he read law, Fletcher worked for various newspapers before being appointed news editor and then deputy editor of The Sunday...
, Stephen Mitchell (journalist)
Stephen Mitchell (journalist)
Stephen Graham Mitchell is a British journalist who has been Head of News Programmes, BBC, since 2007 and Deputy Director, BBC News, since 2008.He was educated at Loughborough Grammar School and Manchester University....
and Andrew Jennings
Andrew Jennings
-Biography:Jennings was born in Scotland and as a child moved to London, England. He is the grandson of a former Clapton Orient player. Jennings worked for the Sunday Times Insight team in the late 1960s, after which he worked for other British newspapers before becoming an investigative reporter...
.
Degree Programmes
- Bachelor of Arts (single honours and combined honours)
- Master of Arts
- Postgraduate Diploma in Journalism
The School of Journalism includes the Division of Media Technology:
Which runs the following undergraduate courses:
- Television Production degree, BSc(Hons)
- Infographics, BSc(Hons)
- Interactive Digital Media, BSc(Hons)
- Media Production and Technology, BSc(Hons)
- Film & TV Computer Graphics Production, BSc(Hons)
- Web and Multimedia, BSc(Hons)
- Combined Honours Courses:
- Web and Multimedia, Combined Honours
- Media Production and Technology (Major/Joint/Minor), Comb Hons
Notable Alumni
- Karen Allen, (BBC Southern Africa correspondent)
- Mike Allen, broadcaster on Smooth Radio
- Anthony BaxterAnthony BaxterAnthony Baxter is a British television presenter from Rochdale. He presents Revealed... on BBC Switch on BBC2 alongside Charlotte Ashton...
, BBC producer - Barra BestBarra BestBarra Best is a broadcast journalist with BBC Northern Ireland. He currently works as a journalist for BBC Newsline.-Broadcasting career:...
Journalist and weather presenter, BBC NewslineBBC NewslineBBC Newsline is the BBC's regional television news service for Northern Ireland. The programme is broadcast on BBC One from BBC Northern Ireland's headquarters in Broadcasting House, Ormeau Avenue, Belfast.... - Polly BillingtonPolly BillingtonPolly Billington is a former BBC journalist who worked on the Today programme before becoming a special advisor to Ed Miliband. She was the media director for his successful bid in the Labour leadership election, 2010.She is currently seeking to represent Labour as its prospective parliamentary...
, journalist and special adviser to Ed MilibandEd MilibandEdward Samuel Miliband is a British Labour Party politician, currently the Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition... - Enda Brady, (Sky News presenter)
- Tessa Chapman, (Sky News presenter)
- Angelique Chrisafis, Paris correspondent, The GuardianThe GuardianThe Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
- Isioma DanielIsioma DanielIsioma Nkemdilim Nkiruka Daniel is a Nigerian journalist whose 2002 newspaper article comment involving the Islamic prophet Muhammad sparked major religious riots and caused a fatwa to be issued on her life.-The 2002 Nigeria riots:...
Nigerian and Norwegian journalist - Victoria DerbyshireVictoria DerbyshireVictoria Derbyshire is an award-winning journalist and broadcaster who currently presents the mid-morning news/current affairs & interview programme on BBC Radio 5 Live between 10am and 12noon each weekday...
, broadcaster on BBC Radio Five LiveBBC Radio Five LiveBBC Radio 5 Live is the BBC's national radio service that specialises in live BBC News, phone-ins, and sports commentaries... - Nina HossainNina HossainNina Hossain is a British journalist, presenter and newscaster.Hossain is currently employed on a freelance basis by ITN where she is the main presenter of ITV London's regional news programme London Tonight. Nina also acts as a relief newscaster for ITV News.-Background:Hossain was born in...
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broadcaster - Simon KelnerSimon KelnerSimon Kelner is a British journalist and newspaper editor. Kelner was editor-in-chief of The Independent and Independent on Sunday newspapers. He was appointed in May 1998 to succeed Andrew Marr and Rosie Boycott and ended his tenure in 2008...
, Editor of The IndependentThe IndependentThe Independent is a British national morning newspaper published in London by Independent Print Limited, owned by Alexander Lebedev since 2010. It is nicknamed the Indy, while the Sunday edition, The Independent on Sunday, is the Sindy. Launched in 1986, it is one of the youngest UK national daily... - Rob McCaffreyRob McCaffreyRobert McCaffrey is a British television presenter. He is most notable for presenting shows such as Goals On Sunday and You're On Sky Sports...
, Sky Sports presenter - Alistair MannAlistair MannAlistair Mann is a BBC football commentator. He trained as a journalist at the department of Journalism, Media and Communication, University of Central Lancashire. Since 2006 he has been a regular on the BBC's flagship Match of the Day programme, mainly covering matches in the North of England...
, Match of the Day commentator - Sally Naden, broadcaster on BBC Radio LancashireBBC Radio LancashireBBC Radio Lancashire is the BBC Local Radio service for the county of Lancashire, in North West England. It began as BBC Radio Blackburn on 26 January 1971 on 96.4FM, then adding 854 kHz AM in 1972 and changing to its current name on 4 July 1981...
- Ian PayneIan PayneIan Payne is a British television broadcaster who has appeared on Radio 5 Live, Sky Sports News and Sky Sports. He is the son of Peter Payne, a consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist.-Early career:...
, Sky sports broadcaster - Brent SadlerBrent SadlerBrent Sadler is a former CNN correspondent to the Middle East, lived in Beirut, Lebanon for the past decade, where he has been CNN's bureau chief since 1997....
, CNN correspondent - Danny Savage, (BBC North of England correspondent)
- Kevin Silverton, head of news, BBC Asian NetworkBBC Asian NetworkBBC Asian Network is a British radio station serving those originating from and around the Indian subcontinent. The music and news comes out of the main urban areas where there are significant communities with these backgrounds. The station has production centres in Birmingham, Leicester and London...
- Ranvir SinghRanvir SinghRanvir Singh is an English news presenter and reporter for the regional BBC news programme, BBC North West Tonight.-Background:...
, BBC Radio Five Live and television presenter - John StapletonJohn StapletonJohn Martin Stapleton is an English journalist and presenter. He is currently working as a freelancer with various media outlets.-Television career:...
, television presenter on WatchdogWatchdogWatchdog may refer to:Dog*Guard dog, a dog that barks to alert its owners of an intruder's presenceIn computing* Watchdog timer, a device in computer softwareConsumer protection...
and many others - Mark TattersallMark TattersallMark Tattersall is a journalist and news reporter for ITV program Granada Reports.Tatterstall grew up in Preston and attended Hutton Grammar School and University of Central Lancashire. He is now a reporter for ITV program Granada Reports where he usually reports on stories from the northern...
, television presenter Granada Reports - Jonathan ThompsonJonathan ThompsonJonathan Thompson, born in Salford, Greater Manchester, November 1976 is a British television presenter but he is also an actor and entrepreneur and photographic model. He is an avid collector of classic arcade games-Early life:...
Presenter for shows on SKYSkyThe sky is the part of the atmosphere or outer space visible from the surface of any astronomical object. It is difficult to define precisely for several reasons. During daylight, the sky of Earth has the appearance of a pale blue surface because the air scatters the sunlight. The sky is sometimes...
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. - William Watt (journalist)William Watt (journalist)William Watt is a journalist working for the Blackpool Gazette.Watt gained a Masters Degree at the University of Central Lancashire in Journalism before taking up the role of Digital Sports Reporter at the Lancashire Evening Post, a post he held for two years. He moved to the Blackpool Gazette in...
, 2010 Digital Journalist of the Year