Panel discussion: Birmingham School of Media Production Event (1st February, 2012)
Last week I was invited to speak on an industry panel at the launch of the Birmingham School of Media production event at Fazeley Studios, Digbeth. The Production Event is a first year module in the BA Media and Communication degree at The Birmingham School of Media within Birmingham City University. As part of their studies all first year media students (around 180 of them) will be involved in organising a one day “event” which is based around a different theme each year. The idea is to give them an opportunity to practise the skills they have learned so far …
Stories and Streams, Week 2: Exploring the Role of Alternative Media Workers @BCUMedia
Introduction See previous posts for context on the ‘stories and streams’ project at Birmingham City University. Introduction Week 1 Stories and Streams blog [With all posts from Paul Bradshaw and myself, plus student bloggers from the module Luke Seager and Jennie Cosh and videos from Humaira Razzaq (all student-academic partners)] This week’s Alternative Media stream focused on the roles and the mode of the Alternative Media worker, exploring the different formats and styles that can be considered as being ‘alternative media.’ As this workshop is part of a larger set of joint modules who are working together in a student-led investigative journalism …
How to use social media as a London 2012 gamesmaker (remixed) #media2012 #occupy2012
Over the past couple of days, the London Organising Commitee of the Olympic Game’s (LOCOG) official guidelines for social media policy has emerged publicly. There have been some reports relating to the Olympic Gamesmakers, the voluntary labour force who are essential to the smooth running of the event this summer, and their use of social media. That being, not to use it. Especially if they are going to document their personal stories as gamesmakers in a journalistic way. Although the document is apparently shared on a volunteer-only training site, so difficult to access, the BBC, the official media broadcaster for …
#media2012: Citizen Media and the Olympic Games (Presentation for DMU, 9th Feb)
On the 9th of February, I was invited to give a paper as part of the open research seminar series at De Montfort University’s Media and Communications department. It’s been a timely week to speak some more about #media2012 (following our involvement with the Podium Olympics, HE and FE conference on the 8th – more to follow) – and I was really excited to present to and (finally) meet with some of the other people from my department (I work a couple of hours a week at DMU, but I rarely get the chance to participate in school activities…) I gave a …