Coventry Conversations - Media Talks
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Talks with movers and shakers in the media from Coventry University
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Will (and can) Local TV work pt.10 [David Hayward] | Will (and can) Local TV work? Part 10 This conference podcast is split into 10 parts Chair: KEVIN MARSH, former Editor BBC Radio 4’s Today programme Speakers include: STEVE HEWLETT, The Guardian/ The Media Show, BBC Radio 4, SIMON BUCKS, Sky News Tyne 8 Wear, DEBRA DAVIS, City TV Broadcasting, CLIFTON STEWART, Coventry University, TOM THOMSON, managing editor of the Glasgow-based Herald 8 Times Group, DAVID HAYWARD, Head BBC Local TV experiment 2006, BARNIE CHOUDHURY, Lincoln School of Journalism, SHAUN HIDES, Coventry University, STEVE HARRIS, CUTV Local TV bidder/BJT | 23 4 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Will (and can) Local TV work pt.9 [Steve Harris] | Will (and can) Local TV work? Part 9 This conference podcast is split into 10 parts Chair: KEVIN MARSH, former Editor BBC Radio 4’s Today programme Speakers include: STEVE HEWLETT, The Guardian/ The Media Show, BBC Radio 4, SIMON BUCKS, Sky News Tyne 8 Wear, DEBRA DAVIS, City TV Broadcasting, CLIFTON STEWART, Coventry University, TOM THOMSON, managing editor of the Glasgow-based Herald 8 Times Group, DAVID HAYWARD, Head BBC Local TV experiment 2006, BARNIE CHOUDHURY, Lincoln School of Journalism, SHAUN HIDES, Coventry University, STEVE HARRIS, CUTV Local TV bidder/BJTC | 23 4 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Will (and can) Local TV work pt.8 [Shaun Hides] | Will (and can) Local TV work? Part 8 This conference podcast is split into 10 parts Chair: KEVIN MARSH, former Editor BBC Radio 4’s Today programme Speakers include: STEVE HEWLETT, The Guardian/ The Media Show, BBC Radio 4, SIMON BUCKS, Sky News Tyne 8 Wear, DEBRA DAVIS, City TV Broadcasting, CLIFTON STEWART, Coventry University, TOM THOMSON, managing editor of the Glasgow-based Herald 8 Times Group, DAVID HAYWARD, Head BBC Local TV experiment 2006, BARNIE CHOUDHURY, Lincoln School of Journalism, SHAUN HIDES, Coventry University, STEVE HARRIS, CUTV Local TV bidder/BJTC | 23 4 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Will (and can) Local TV work pt.7 [Barnie Choudhury] | Will (and can) Local TV work? Part 7 This conference podcast is split into 10 parts Chair: KEVIN MARSH, former Editor BBC Radio 4’s Today programme Speakers include: STEVE HEWLETT, The Guardian/ The Media Show, BBC Radio 4, SIMON BUCKS, Sky News Tyne 8 Wear, DEBRA DAVIS, City TV Broadcasting, CLIFTON STEWART, Coventry University, TOM THOMSON, managing editor of the Glasgow-based Herald 8 Times Group, DAVID HAYWARD, Head BBC Local TV experiment 2006, BARNIE CHOUDHURY, Lincoln School of Journalism, SHAUN HIDES, Coventry University, STEVE HARRIS, CUTV Local TV bidder/BJTC | 23 4 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Will (and can) Local TV work pt.6 [David Hayward] | Will (and can) Local TV work? Part 6 This conference podcast is split into 10 parts Chair: KEVIN MARSH, former Editor BBC Radio 4’s Today programme Speakers include: STEVE HEWLETT, The Guardian/ The Media Show, BBC Radio 4, SIMON BUCKS, Sky News Tyne 8 Wear, DEBRA DAVIS, City TV Broadcasting, CLIFTON STEWART, Coventry University, TOM THOMSON, managing editor of the Glasgow-based Herald 8 Times Group, DAVID HAYWARD, Head BBC Local TV experiment 2006, BARNIE CHOUDHURY, Lincoln School of Journalism, SHAUN HIDES, Coventry University, STEVE HARRIS, CUTV Local TV bidder/BJT | 23 4 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Will (and can) Local TV work pt.5 [Tom Thomson] | Will (and can) Local TV work? Part 5 This conference podcast is split into 10 parts Chair: KEVIN MARSH, former Editor BBC Radio 4’s Today programme Speakers include: STEVE HEWLETT, The Guardian/ The Media Show, BBC Radio 4, SIMON BUCKS, Sky News Tyne 8 Wear, DEBRA DAVIS, City TV Broadcasting, CLIFTON STEWART, Coventry University, TOM THOMSON, managing editor of the Glasgow-based Herald 8 Times Group, DAVID HAYWARD, Head BBC Local TV experiment 2006, BARNIE CHOUDHURY, Lincoln School of Journalism, SHAUN HIDES, Coventry University, STEVE HARRIS, CUTV Local TV bidder/BJTC | 23 4 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Will (and can) Local TV work pt.4 [Clifton Stewart] | Will (and can) Local TV work? Part 4 This conference podcast is split into 10 parts Chair: KEVIN MARSH, former Editor BBC Radio 4’s Today programme Speakers include: STEVE HEWLETT, The Guardian/ The Media Show, BBC Radio 4, SIMON BUCKS, Sky News Tyne 8 Wear, DEBRA DAVIS, City TV Broadcasting, CLIFTON STEWART, Coventry University, TOM THOMSON, managing editor of the Glasgow-based Herald 8 Times Group, DAVID HAYWARD, Head BBC Local TV experiment 2006, BARNIE CHOUDHURY, Lincoln School of Journalism, SHAUN HIDES, Coventry University, STEVE HARRIS, CUTV Local TV bidder/BJT | 23 4 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Will (and can) Local TV work pt.3 [Debra Davis] | Will (and can) Local TV work? Part 3 This conference podcast is split into 10 parts Chair: KEVIN MARSH, former Editor BBC Radio 4’s Today programme Speakers include: STEVE HEWLETT, The Guardian/ The Media Show, BBC Radio 4, SIMON BUCKS, Sky News Tyne 8 Wear, DEBRA DAVIS, City TV Broadcasting, CLIFTON STEWART, Coventry University, TOM THOMSON, managing editor of the Glasgow-based Herald 8 Times Group, DAVID HAYWARD, Head BBC Local TV experiment 2006, BARNIE CHOUDHURY, Lincoln School of Journalism, SHAUN HIDES, Coventry University, STEVE HARRIS, CUTV Local TV bidder/BJT | 23 4 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Will (and can) Local TV work pt.2 [Simon Bucks] | Will (and can) Local TV work? Part 2 This conference podcast is split into 10 parts Chair: KEVIN MARSH, former Editor BBC Radio 4’s Today programme Speakers include: STEVE HEWLETT, The Guardian/ The Media Show, BBC Radio 4, SIMON BUCKS, Sky News Tyne 8 Wear, DEBRA DAVIS, City TV Broadcasting, CLIFTON STEWART, Coventry University, TOM THOMSON, managing editor of the Glasgow-based Herald 8 Times Group, DAVID HAYWARD, Head BBC Local TV experiment 2006, BARNIE CHOUDHURY, Lincoln School of Journalism, SHAUN HIDES, Coventry University, STEVE HARRIS, CUTV Local TV bidder/BJT | 23 4 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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What Do We Mean By Local [Part 3] | A discussion in 3 parts. Local journalism: its death and rebirth Is the local press in Britain fighting for its life? Is death inevitable or can it re-invent and re-energise itself to find new audiences on new platforms? Chair: Ian Reeves, Kent University Centre for Journalism, former editor UK Press Gazette Panel: Professor Roy Greenslade from City University 8 Guardian columnist Chris Oakley, former CEO Midland Independent Newspapers, Regional Independent Newspapers; Neil Fowler, Nuffield College Oxford, former Editor ‘Newcastle Journal’ , ‘Derby Evening Telegraph’ Tom O’Brien: Founder ‘My Muswell Hill’ Ross Hawkes: Founder ‘Lichfield Live | 23 4 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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What Do We Mean By Local [Part 1] | A discussion in 3 parts. Local journalism: its death and rebirth Is the local press in Britain fighting for its life? Is death inevitable or can it re-invent and re-energise itself to find new audiences on new platforms? Chair: Ian Reeves, Kent University Centre for Journalism, former editor UK Press Gazette Panel: Professor Roy Greenslade from City University 8 Guardian columnist Chris Oakley, former CEO Midland Independent Newspapers, Regional Independent Newspapers; Neil Fowler, Nuffield College Oxford, former Editor ‘Newcastle Journal’ , ‘Derby Evening Telegraph’ Tom O’Brien: Founder ‘My Muswell Hill’ Ross Hawkes: Founder ‘Lichfield Live | 23 4 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Les Reid, Data Journalism Masterclass | Les Reid works for the Coventry Telegraph. He came 8 spoke to First Year students in BA Journalism and Media about ‘Getting Researching into Local Politics’.He demonstrated his approach for the research he made for a recent article about the Localism Bill, and gave students some tips into reporting accurate data | 23 3 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tim Sparks, Data Journalism Masterclass | On 17 February 2012 Tim Sparks from Coventry University’s SIGMA centre for math support spoke to First Year students in BA Journalism 8 Media about reporting statistics. He gave examples of good and bad practices for conveying complex information with graphics, offered tips on how to spot wrong reports and demonstrated how students can use technology to report complex information. | 23 3 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Donal MacIntyre, Data Journalism Masterclass | Donal joined us via Skype. He spoke to First Year students in BA Journalism and Media about Undercover Journalism. He shared a few stories about investigations he’d recently done, and gave students some tips about the do’s and dont’s of undercover journalism. | 23 3 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Annie Othen, Data Journalism Masterclass | Annie Othen, Radio Presenter for BBC Coventry and Warwickshire, spoke to First Year students in BA Journalism and Media about Researching for Radio.She shared a few stories about interviews she’d recently done, how she prepared for them, and emphasised on the importance of research and preparation before an interview.She also gave students lots of tips about the do’s and dont’s of interviewing guests on radio | 23 3 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ready Steady Show! - Sir Peter Bazalgette | Sir Peter Bazalgette, a media consultant in television and digital entertainment, could not come to Coventry University last Thursday but he remained faithful to the Coventry Conversations audience and talked about his life and work via Skype. | 23 3 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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So Big You Can See It From Space – Reporting the Health Service Reforms | Alastair McLellan - Alastair is the editor of the Health Service Journal | 20 3 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The 1987 F.A. Cup Final- More than a distant memory… - David Pleat & Dave Bennett | David Pleat is an former English football player turned manager and sports commentator. He is remembered by his contemporaries primarily for his career as manager of Tottenham Hotspur and Luton Town football clubs, and for an oft-televised clip of him running onto the pitch in 1983 to celebrate after a last-minute goal by Raddy Antic against Manchester City prevented Pleat’s team Luton Town from being relegated from Division One. Dave Bennett is a former English football player. He is most famous for playing in two FA Cup Finals; 1981 for Manchester City, when he finished on the losing side, and 1987, when he produced a Man of the Match performance as Coventry City beat Tottenham Hotspur 3-2 | 5 3 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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‘THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT’ MARK LINSEY – COVENTRY CONVERSATIONS | Mark is the Controller of Entertainment Commissioning for the BBC. He took up the role in February 2009 8 since then has commissioned, amongst others, Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow, Wizard Of Oz, Strictly Come Dancing 8 Graham Norton’s new chat show. He joined BBC Entertainment Commissioning in February 2007, first as a Commissioning Editor then as an Executive Editor. During his time he was responsible for, amongst others, all Lottery formats, Children In Need, The Royal Variety Performance, The Kids Are Alright, Hole In The Wall, The One 8 Only 8 Total Wipeout | 5 3 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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David Hayward - So, Just What Do We Mean By Local? (9 of 9) | So, Just What Do We Mean By Local? (9 of 9) Local TV? Local papers? Local websites? The media are going down to street level thanks to the rise of social media and cheap technology. But what exactly do we mean by local? How local is it-a street, village, town? How are they reached and served? Is there really any local interest in local news? Just what do we mean by local? David was the Head Of The BBC Local TV Experiment. He also has experience of running the BBC College of Journalism’s programme of events. He began his career at BBC Radio Leicester, and has since worked across the BBC in network radio, regional TV and the World Service Trust in Eastern Europe | 5 3 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Andrew Adamson - So, Just What Do We Mean By Local? (8 of 9) | So, Just What Do We Mean By Local? (8 of 9) Local TV? Local papers? Local websites? The media are going down to street level thanks to the rise of social media and cheap technology. But what exactly do we mean by local? How local is it-a street, village, town? How are they reached and served? Is there really any local interest in local news? Just what do we mean by local? Andrew is General Manager of the Tenby Observer, Narberth and Whitland Observer and Pembroke and Pembroke Dock Observer. | 5 3 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ross Hawkes - So, Just What Do We Mean By Local? (7 of 9) | So, Just What Do We Mean By Local? (7 of 9) Local TV? Local papers? Local websites? The media are going down to street level thanks to the rise of social media and cheap technology. But what exactly do we mean by local? How local is it-a street, village, town? How are they reached and served? Is there really any local interest in local news? Just what do we mean by local? Ross is a Senior Lecturer at Staffordshire University with experience at a variety of print titles in the Midlands. 10,000 people a month visit Ross’s Lichfield Live blog, set-up following the closure of the local newspaper, the Lichfield Post | 5 3 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Neil Fowler - So, Just What Do We Mean By Local? (6 of 9) | So, Just What Do We Mean By Local? (6 of 9) Local TV? Local papers? Local websites? The media are going down to street level thanks to the rise of social media and cheap technology. But what exactly do we mean by local? How local is it-a street, village, town? How are they reached and served? Is there really any local interest in local news? Just what do we mean by local? Neil is the outgoing Guardian Research Fellow at Nuffield College Oxford. He has edited local newspapers in England and Wales and Which? | 5 3 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Jay Rosen - So, Just What Do We Mean By Local? (5 of 9) | So, Just What Do We Mean By Local? (5 of 9) Local TV? Local papers? Local websites? The media are going down to street level thanks to the rise of social media and cheap technology. But what exactly do we mean by local? How local is it-a street, village, town? How are they reached and served? Is there really any local interest in local news? Just what do we mean by local? A media critic, writer and professor at New York University, Jay is a champion of citizen journalism. He frequently writes about journalistic issues and won the 2005 Reporters Without Borders’ Freedom Award for his PressThink blog. He joined us via Skype | 5 3 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Jeremy Pollock - So, Just What Do We Mean By Local? (4 of 9) | So, Just What Do We Mean By Local? (4 of 9) Local TV? Local papers? Local websites? The media are going down to street level thanks to the rise of social media and cheap technology. But what exactly do we mean by local? How local is it-a street, village, town? How are they reached and served? Is there really any local interest in local news? Just what do we mean by local? Jeremy is overseeing a transformation of local station BBC Coventry 8 Warwickshire. He was assistant Editor at BBC WM before becoming Managing Editor at BBC C8W. | 5 3 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Phil Riley - So, Just What Do We Mean By Local? (3 of 9) | So, Just What Do We Mean By Local? (3 of 9) Local TV? Local papers? Local websites? The media are going down to street level thanks to the rise of social media and cheap technology. But what exactly do we mean by local? How local is it-a street, village, town? How are they reached and served? Is there really any local interest in local news? Just what do we mean by local? Former Chrysalis Radio chief Phil owns Orion and Mercia FM. His strategy for successful radio in the Midlands has included snapping up the rights for Coventry City games. | 5 3 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Steve Orchard - So, Just What Do We Mean By Local? (2 of 9) | So, Just What Do We Mean By Local? (2 of 9) Local TV? Local papers? Local websites? The media are going down to street level thanks to the rise of social media and cheap technology. But what exactly do we mean by local? How local is it-a street, village, town? How are they reached and served? Is there really any local interest in local news? Just what do we mean by local? Grammy award winning Steve, a commercial radio mogul, is the CEO of Touch FM. The station aims to reflect the pride and frustrations of the community in its output. | 5 3 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Darren Parkin - So, Just What Do We Mean By Local? (1 of 9) | So, Just What Do We Mean By Local? (1 of 9) Local TV? Local papers? Local websites? The media are going down to street level thanks to the rise of social media and cheap technology. But what exactly do we mean by local? How local is it-a street, village, town? How are they reached and served? Is there really any local interest in local news? Just what do we mean by local? Darren is the youngest ever editor of the COVENTRY TELEGRAPH has worked to reconnect it with its core community audience during his two-year stewardship. He has spent two decades working in regional newspapers. | 5 3 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bob Marley; Divide & Rule - Colin Grant | Bob Marley; Divide 8 Rule Colin Grant is the author of I and I The Natural Mystics: Marley, Tosh and Wailer. Over one dramatic decade, a trio of Trenchtown R8B crooners, Peter Tosh, Bunny Wailer and Bob Marley, swapped their 1960s Brylcreem hairdos and two-tone suits for 1970s battle fatigues and dreadlocks to become the Wailers—one of the most influential groups in popular music. Grant is a historian, Associate Fellow in the Centre for Caribbean Studies and producer for BBC Radio. He joined the BBC in 1991, and has worked as a TV script editor and radio producer of arts and science programmes on radio 4 and the World Service. He has written and directed plays including The Clinic, based on the lives of the photojournalists, Tim Page and Don McCullin | 27 2 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Round and round the track, and the world - Formula One Driver Karun Chandhok | Karun Chandhok (Hindi: करुण चंडोक; born January 19, 1984 in Madras) is an Indian racing driver, who competed for Hispania Racing in Formula One in 2010. Before this, he drove in the GP2 Series for three years, winning two races. Prior to his time in GP2, Chandhok won the Formula Asia championship in 2001 and was the inaugural Formula Asia V6 by Renault champion in 2006. On 22 March 2011, Chandhok was confirmed as a reserve driver at Team Lotus for the 2011 season. He drove the car in free practice for the Australian Grand Prix, crashing out on the installation lap. He reprised his co-commentary role for BBC Radio 5 Live at the Spanish Grand Prix. After driving in a further three free practice sessions he replaced Jarno Trulli for the German Grand Prix. He finished 20th and last, two laps behind teammate Heikki Kovalainen and a lap behind 19th placed Daniel Ricciardo. He was also 4 laps behind race winner Lewis Hamilton. In the last quarter of 2011, Chandhok joined the i1 Super Series as an International class driver for its inaugural season in 2012. Chandhok admitted that he was unlikely to gain a Formula One seat for 2012, and targeted a third driver place once again. He also wishes to compete in the new World Endurance Championship, especially at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. | 22 2 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Farewell Stratford, Hello? - Vikki Heywood, Chief Exec RSC | Vikki Heywood was appointed as Executive Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company in 2003. She is a Governor of the Company and a member of its Board. The company has a turnover of approximately £35 million per year, employs 700 staff and produces around 20 productions a year from its home in Stratford-upon-Avon. The RSC regularly performs in London and Newcastle-upon-Tyne and tours the UK and abroad | 13 2 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Games & Education - Michael Richards | Michael Richards talks about the use of games in education. | 13 2 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Phone Hacking Scandal: Journalism at the Crossroads? | The Leveson Inquiry is showing the fault lines in British Journalism. It will never be the same again. Journalism truly is at the crossroads.Listen in to this debate to celebrate the publication of ‘The Phone Hacking Scandal; Journalism at the crossroads’ This debate was chaired by Raymond Snoddy 8 panel members include former BBC college chief Kevin Marsh, former Daily Star reporter Richard Peppiatt, Society of Editors’ director Bob Satchwell, journalist and author Glenda Cooper and ex-News of the World deputy editor Paul Connew | 13 2 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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‘ICT in Schools is Crap’ Debate | Education Secretary Michael Gove’s frank admission that ICT teaching in schools is a “mess” with children “bored out of their minds” during lessons, has resulted in a special Coventry Conversation to debate if ICT in schools really is ‘crap’. Panel Chair; Irene Glendinning, Computer scientist from Coventry University 8 chair of BCS Coventry branch Panel; Joan Fuller, Head of ICT at Heart of England School, Solihull Professor Michael Hammond, Warwick Institute of Education Chris Hall, Advisor for ICT, Coventry City Counci | 13 2 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Changing world of Media and the BBC- David Hayward | David Hayward head of BBC College of Journalism’s (CoJo) spoke in a Coventry Conversation about what the College of Journalism do and how the BBC is trying to keep up with new media | 13 2 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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‘Tales From Inside The Box’ - Clive Tyldesley | Clive Tyldesley is an English sports commentator, television presenter and voiceover artist, who since 1998 has been the main football commentator for ITV. | 13 2 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Art of Successful Radio- Adrian Van Klaveren | “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 | 27 1 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Robot in the Basement; How interactive media is changing journalism | Judith Townend - Digital Journalist, discusses how interactive media is changing journalism. | 27 1 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ab Fab-welcome back Edina and Patsy! - Jon Plowman | Executive Producer, Comedy BBC Jon Plowman talks about producing comedy for the BBC. | 27 1 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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What Do You Expect … The media future is computing! - Dean Stockton | Dean Stockton the Senior Creative Director, Chello Media International talks about the future as a media creative. | 27 1 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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London 2012 - David Moorcroft & David Long | London 2012, the view from two Coventry athletics heroes. | 27 1 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Corrupt as f**k: How fixing is killing sport - Prof, Simon chadwick | 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. | 3 1 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Alex Ferguson: The greatest ever manager? - Jim White | Jim White a sports journalist for The Daily Telelgraph discusses the career of Alex Ferguson, the greatest ever manager | 3 1 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Making ‘Our War’- Colin Barr | 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 | 3 1 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Facebook, Inside the inside story - Charles Miller | 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. | 16 12 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Jake Bower – It’s a Gypsy Life For Me | 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 | 16 12 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Debbie Isitt – The making of Nativity 2 | 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. | 16 12 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Confessions of a Red Top Reporter - Richard Peppiatt | Richard Peppiatt, the reporter who gained attentention when he quit the Daily Star in spectacular circumstances talks at the Winter Season of Coventry Conversations. | 9 12 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Don’t be afraid of the future - Professor Paul Bradshaw | Professor Paul Bradshaw talks about news is accessed and shared in a digital age. | 8 12 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Hutton and all that - Kevin Marsh | 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 | 8 12 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Is Hackgate really the biggest story? – Jon Snow | Channel 4 News Presenter, Jon Snow gives an insight into the world of broadcast and tabloid journalism in the Winter season of Coventry Conversations. | 8 12 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Journalism after Phone Hacking – Professor Stewart Purvis | 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. | 29 11 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Peter Sissons – The Beatles, Hillsborough and a Great Career | 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. | 29 11 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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“The Arab Spring has been a Marathon and not a Sprint”- Jon Williams | Jon Williams, World News Editor for the BBC talks about reporting in the Arab Spring. | 29 11 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Paul Abbot - Shameless and much, much more… | 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. | 28 11 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Football Reporting – John Sinnott and Steve Carpenter | A Coventry graduate Steve Carpenter and a BBC sports reporter John Sinnott talk about the world of sports journalism. | 24 10 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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‘Dawn Of A New Age’ – Darren Parkin and Jeremy Pollock | 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. | 24 10 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Steve Cropley – Making Yourself Stand Out | 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. | 24 10 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Oliver twins - The future of video games | The founders of Blitz Games, the Oliver twins talk about the future of computer games. | 24 10 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr John Beech - Football, on the road to penury? | Dr John Beech talks about football and asks if it is on the road to penury. | 24 10 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Andrew Beck - Mirage in the Desert - Reporting the Arab Spring | 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. This Coventry Conversation is from a conference titled ‘Mirage In The Desert’, and how the Arab Spring was reported | 22 6 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Prof. Richard Keeble - Mirage in the Desert - Reporting the Arab Spring | PROFESSOR RICHARD KEEBLE Is the acting head of department at the Lincoln University School of Journalism. Richard is the doyen of the ‘hackademics’ writing many of the standard texts in use in Higher education.He has Co-edited five books to date with John Mair.The latest ‘FACE THE FUTURE’ was published in April 2011.The next ‘INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM;DEAD OR ALIVE’ will be published in September. This Coventry Conversation is from a conference titled ‘Mirage In The Desert’, and how the Arab Spring was reported | 22 6 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Alex Thomson - Mirage in the Desert - Reporting the Arab Spring | ALEX THOMSON is the Chief Correspondent for Channel Four News. He was also worked for the BBC In Northern Ireland. He is the leading Channel Four News ‘fireman’ sent to Japan,Tunisia and Libya inter alia this year. Alex spoke at a previous Coventry Conversations conference on Reporting Afghanistan and contributed an excellent chapter to the book AFGHANISTAN;DEADLINES AND FRONTLINES (Abramis 2010) This Coventry Conversation is from a conference titled ‘Mirage In The Desert’, and how the Arab Spring was reported | 22 6 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr Miriyam Aouragh - Mirage in the Desert - Reporting the Arab Spring | DR MIRIYAM AOURAGH is a Research Fellow Oxford University Internet Institute Miriyam is studying the implications of new generation/Internet 2.0 for Palestinian and Lebanese activists. This Coventry Conversation is from a conference titled ‘Mirage In The Desert’, and how the Arab Spring was reported | 22 6 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mohamed Yehia - Mirage in the Desert - Reporting the Arab Spring | MOHAMED YEHIA is the editor BBC Arabic online and had (literally) just returned from Egypt. This Coventry Conversation is from a conference titled ‘Mirage In The Desert’, and how the Arab Spring was reported | 22 6 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Oliver Poole - Mirage in the Desert - Reporting the Arab Spring | OLIVER POOLE War Reporter Oliver reported from Libya this year. He is a war corr veteran.He was the Daily Telegraph Correspondent in Baghdad where he lived and wrote the well received book ‘Red Zone: Five bloody years in Baghdad’ This Coventry Conversation is from a conference titled ‘Mirage In The Desert’, and how the Arab Spring was reported | 22 6 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Andrew Butters - Mirage in the Desert - Reporting the Arab Spring | ANDREW BUTTERS is a Fellow at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at Oxford University. This Coventry Conversation is from a conference titled ‘Mirage In The Desert’, and how the Arab Spring was reported | 22 6 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Scaling the Summit of Indie Production - Alex Connock | Alex Connock is the CEO of Ten Alps which he Co-founded in 1999 with Bob Geldof. You may not have heard of him but he is one of the most powerful people in independent media in the UK. The Coventry Conversations are brought to you by the Department of Media and Communication at Coventry University which has courses in Journalism and Media, Media and Communications, Media Production and Photography. You can stay up to date with us by visiting the CU Today Journalism Student website. | 31 3 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Rich Peppiatt - The Daily Star Ate My Profession! | Rich Peppiatt a Tabloid reporter bit the hand that fed him-that of Richard Desmond the proprietor of the Daily Star (and much more). Peppiatt resigned as a reporter with the tabloid in a fury over their ‘anti-Islamic bias’ and the tendency to get him to simply make up stories. His resignation letter is to the point. The Coventry Conversations are brought to you by the Department of Media and Communication at Coventry University which has courses in Journalism and Media, Media and Communications, Media Production and Photography. You can stay up to date with us by visiting the CU Today Journalism Student website | 31 3 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Stephen Cole - Al Jazeera and the recent Arab revolutions | Stephen Cole, one of the most widely-recognised faces on international television news. The Hereford-born presenter, who currently anchors the English version of the Arab news network Al Jazeera, has over 26 years of experience in both print and broadcast. In this talk he gives a unique insight into work at Al Jazeera and into the news channel's role in the current Arab uprisings. The Coventry Conversations are brought to you by the Department of Media and Communication at Coventry University which has courses in Journalism and Media, Media and Communications, Media Production and Photography. You can stay up to date with us by visiting the CU Today Journalism Student website. | 30 3 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Jon Snow - Hacking into the unknown, the challenge of covering the Japanese Tsunami | Jon Snow is a journalist and presenter best known for presenting Channel 4 News. He has won several RTS Awards -- two for reports from El Salvador, one for his reporting of the Kegworth air disaster, and two as "Presenter of the Year". He is a Visiting Professor at Coventry University and regularly comes to see and give advice to our students here. In his most recent Coventry Conversation Jon Snow talks about his experience covering the Japanese Tsunami and the twitter generation of journalism. The Coventry Conversations are brought to you by the Department of Media and Communication at Coventry University which has courses in Journalism and Media, Media and Communications, Media Production and Photography. You can stay up to date with us by visiting the CU Today Journalism Student website. | 29 3 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Eamonn Matthews - Investigative Journalism; Dead or Alive? | Is Wikileaks a one-off? Has investigative journalism died off in Britain, apart from on the BBC and Channel 4? Can it be revived? Eamonn Matthews is Executive producer of ‘Unreported World’ on Channel Four. He has produced many ‘Dispatches’ and ‘Panoramas’ and won RTS, BAFTAS and EMMYS for his films. The Coventry Conversations are brought to you by the Department of Media and Communication at Coventry University which has courses in Journalism and Media, Media and Communications, Media Production and Photography. You can stay up to date with us by visiting the CU Today Journalism Student website | 24 3 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Donal Macintyre - Investigative Journalism; Dead or Alive? | Is Wikileaks a one-off? Has investigative journalism died off in Britain, apart from on the BBC and Channel 4? Can it be revived? Donal Macintyre is the best known practitioner of undercover in Britain. His series ‘Macintyre Undercover’ for the BBC in 2000-2003 broke new frontiers with revelations about Chelsea hooligans, city bankers and more based on him going undercover for months on end. The Coventry Conversations are brought to you by the Department of Media and Communication at Coventry University which has courses in Journalism and Media, Media and Communications, Media Production and Photography. You can stay up to date with us by visiting the CU Today Journalism Student website | 24 3 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Paul Lashmar - Investigative Journalism; Dead or Alive? | Is Wikileaks a one-off? Has investigative journalism died off in Britain, apart from on the BBC and Channel 4? Can it be revived? Paul Lashmar is (acting) Head of Journalism at Brunel University. He was a well known investigative journalist with the Observer and the Independent and has also worked for ‘World in Action’ on ITV. He was press gazette UK Reporter of the year in 1986. The Coventry Conversations are brought to you by the Department of Media and Communication at Coventry University which has courses in Journalism and Media, Media and Communications, Media Production and Photography. You can stay up to date with us by visiting the CU Today Journalism Student website | 24 3 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Phillip Knightley - Investigative Journalism; Dead or Alive? | Is Wikileaks a one-off? Has investigative journalism died off in Britain, apart from on the BBC and Channel 4? Can it be revived? Phillip Knightly is the distinguished (former) writer of Insight on the Sunday Times where he was a Special Correspondent for two decades. Twice winner of Journalist of the year. He is the author of the journalism best seller ‘The First Casualty of War’. The Coventry Conversations are brought to you by the Department of Media and Communication at Coventry University which has courses in Journalism and Media, Media and Communications, Media Production and Photography. You can stay up to date with us by visiting the CU Today Journalism Student website | 24 3 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Kevin Marsh and Madeline Atkins - Investigative Journalism - Dead or Alive? | Is Wikileaks a one-off? Has investigative journalism died off in Britain, apart from on the BBC and Channel 4? Can it be revived? Kevin Marsh is Executive Editor of the BBC College of Journalism. He is a former editor of ‘Today’, ‘The World at one’ and ‘PM’ on Radio Four. Professor Madeleine Atkins is the Vice Chancellor of Coventry University. They introduce the 4th Coventry Conversations conference. The Coventry Conversations are brought to you by the Department of Media and Communication at Coventry University which has courses in Journalism and Media, Media and Communications, Media Production and Photography. You can stay up to date with us by visiting the CU Today Journalism Student website | 24 3 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Formats/Diversity - Trish Adudu | Trish is a committed media professional with a proven track record of TV/Radio Presenting and also in developing, producing and having her formats aired. She talks about how to develop and sell a format. The Coventry Conversations are brought to you by the Department of Media and Communication at Coventry University which has courses in Journalism and Media, Media and Communications, Media Production and Photography. You can stay up to date with us by visiting the CU Today Journalism Student website. | 24 3 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding: Fact or Faction - Coventry Conversations | Jake Bowers is one of Britain’s very few Romani journalists. Screened on Channel 4, the series My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding was described by it’s makers, Cutting Edge, as “Ancient traditions meet modern fashions in an ostentatious culture clash in the world of 21st-century gypsy and traveller weddings.” How accurately did the series reflect the culture of Britain’s Gypsies and Travellers? The Coventry Conversations are brought to you by the Department of Media and Communication at Coventry University which has courses in Journalism and Media, Media and Communications, Media Production and Photography. You can stay up to date with us by visiting the CU Today Journalism Student website | 23 3 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Jeff Jarvis: Guardian Columnist and Associate Professor of Interactive Journalism | Jeff Jarvis blogs about media and news at Buzzmachine.com. He is associate professor and director of the interactive journalism program at the City University of New York. He is consulting editor and a partner in Daylife. He writes a new media column for The Guardian and is host of its Media Talk USA podcast. The Coventry Conversations are brought to you by the Department of Media and Communication at Coventry University which has courses in Journalism and Media, Media and Communications, Media Production and Photography. You can stay up to date with us by visiting the CU Today Journalism Student website. | 9 3 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Philip Oliver: Co-creator of Blitz Games Studios | Philip Oliver co-founded Blitz Games Studios in 1990 with his twin brother Andrew Oliver, following nearly ten years of designing and writing many number 1 UK games, including the hugely popular Dizzy series. The Coventry Conversations are brought to you by the Department of Media and Communication at Coventry University which has courses in Journalism and Media, Media and Communications, Media Production and Photography. You can stay up to date with us by visiting the CU Today Journalism Student website. | 9 3 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Andrew Davenport: Co-creator of the Teletubbies | Andrew Davenport is an award winning British producer, writer and composer specialising in creating television and publishing for young children. Davenport created the Teletubbies, and wrote all 365 episodes. He created ‘In the Night Garden’ and wrote all 100 episodes, composed the title theme and incidental music. The Coventry Conversations are brought to you by the Department of Media and Communication at Coventry University which has courses in Journalism and Media, Media and Communications, Media Production and Photography. You can stay up to date with us by visiting the CU Today Journalism Student website | 9 3 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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How to make a panorama in ten easy steps - Paul Kenyon | He made his first Panorama in 1999. Paul has reported on Gap and Nike breaking anti-sweatshop rules in Cambodia. In 2006 his investigation into a bail hostel revealed serious criminals were not being properly monitored after release. In 2000, he was given his own BBC One series, Kenyon Confronts, a program which hit the headlines in its very first run. | 23 2 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Last Men Standing in Local Radio - Phil Riley and Steve Orchard | In 2009 Phil purchased a number of heritage Midlands stations, including BRMB, Beacon, Mercia and more, Phil now runs the stations as CEO of Orion Media. Steve’s career highlights include high profile radio station launches and re-launches. Last year he set up a company which now owns six Midlands based stations. | 23 2 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Headington Shark - Bill Heine, BBC Radio Oxfordshire | The Headington Shark at 25; a brief history. The Shark became the most famous resident of Headington when it landed in the roof of 2 New High Street in the early hours of Saturday 9th August 1986. | 22 2 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Wayne Rooney: Trousers Down. Pay Up! - Jim White, Daily Telegraph | Jim was a founding member of The Independent in 1986 and worked there for a decade before moving to The Guardian. He won sports columnist of the year during his time there and established himself as one of the most well-respected sports journalists. He now writes for the Daily Telegraph as a regular columnist on sport, arts and other matters. | 22 2 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Barcelona FC: The End? Prof. Simon Chadwick | Simon Chadwick speaks about the changes that have taken place in Barcelona football club over the past decade. The Coventry Conversations are brought to you by the Department of Media and Communication at Coventry University which has courses in Journalism and Media, Media and Communications, Media Production and Photography. You can stay up to date with us by visiting the CU Today Journalism Student website. | 7 2 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Behind the scenes from The X Factor - Peter Ogden - TV Producer | Pete Ogden is a Coventry Uni graduate and is now a producer/director for X-Factor. He talks about his experiences working in the media. | 7 2 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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I Love Photographing Cars - Mike Valente, Professional Photographer | Mike Valente is one of the UK’s leading car photographers. Although not conventially trained as a photographer he has now accumulated over 30 years experience in his field. Mike shoots in studio and on location and is now working on various future projects including the 2012 olympics | 7 2 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Working the Media - David Bailey & Simon Chadwick | David Bailey has written extensively on globilisation, economic restructuring and policy responses, with special reference to the auto industry. He has an extensive media profile, having undertaken over a thousand media interviews in recent years. Simon Chadwick’s research and teaching interests lie in the areas of sponsorship, sports marketing and commercial strategy in sport | 7 2 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Surviving the Perfect Storm: Editor Coventry Telegraph - Darren Parkin | Darren Parkin is the editor of the Coventry Telegraph, he has been in this post for over a year and talks about his experiences managing the Coventry Telegraph. | 7 2 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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No ‘Off’ switch - Radio presenter Andy Kershaw | Andy presented his Radio 1 show for 15 years and joined Radio 3 in 2001. A journalist at heart, he has often reinvented himself as a foreign correspondent for BBC radio news and occasionally made travel documentaries for Channel 4. He reported for the BBC from the midst of a volcanic eruption at Montserrat. | 7 2 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Steve Herrmann - Face the Future Coventry Conversations conference | Steve Herrman speaks at the Face the Future Coventry Conversations conference 24th November 2010. Steve Herrmann is Editor of the multiple award winning BBC News website bbc.co.uk/news, a role he has held since January 2006. | 20 12 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Oliver Snoddy - Face the Future Coventry Conversations conference | Oliver Snoddy speaks at the Face the Future Coventry Conversations conference 24th November 2010. Oliver Snoddy was hired in October this year by Doremus to support the New York office in its digital activities. | 20 12 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Matthew Eltringham - Face the Future Coventry Conversations conference | Matthew Eltringham speaks at the Face the Future Coventry Conversations conference 24th November 2010. Matthew Eltringham is one of the BBC’s leading figures in social media and user generated content. He has spent over 15 years at the BBC working across radio, tv and web output | 20 12 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Marc Reeves, Face the Future Coventry Conversations conference - 24th November 2010 | Marc Reeves speaks at the Face the Future Coventry Conversations conference 24th November 2010. Marc Reeves is editorial director of regional business news website TheBreakfastDesk.com, before joining the online only business he had a 22 year career in local and regional newspapers across the UK. | 20 12 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Julian March - Face the Future Coventry Conversations conference | Julian March speaks at the Face the Future Coventry Conversations conference 24th November 2010. Julian March is the Executive Producer for the Sky News Website. | 20 12 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Judith Townend, Face the Future Coventry Conversations conference, 24th November 2010 | Judith Townend speaks at the Face the Future Coventry Conversations conference 24th November 2010. Judith Townend is researching legal restraints on the media and specialises in online media reporting at the industry site Journalism.co.uk | 20 12 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Fred Mudhai - Face the Future Coventry Conversations conference | Fred Mudhai speaks at the Face the Future Coventry Conversations conference 24th November 2010. Fred Mudhai was part of IT and Civil Society Network of the IT and International Cooperation Program. | 20 12 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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David Yelland: “My life in and out of the Sun” | David Yelland is a British writer, a former journalist and editor of The Sun and a partner at Brunswick Group LLP, a global finance public relations and communications company. | 14 12 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Christian Wolmer - The Railways of War: “Longer, Bloodier and More Extensive” | Christian is a writer and broadcaster specialising in transport. He has spent nearly all of his working life as a journalist and has written on a wide range of subjects from cricket to the Private Finance Initiative. | 14 12 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Paul Watson - My life is one long documentary | Paul is an English documentary filmmaker. He is an influential figure and has been responsible for a number of important documentaries since the 1960s. | 14 12 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Coventry Conversations - Mark Wild, Building Meerkat Manor | Mark is a multi-award winning producer and director of global television programmes with 20 years of experience in the UK film and television industry. The Coventry Conversations are brought to you by the Department of Media and Communication at Coventry University which has courses in Journalism and Media, Media and Communications, Media Production and Photography. You can stay up to date with us by visiting the CU Today Journalism Student website. | 26 11 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Coventry Conversations - Trevor Morris, talks PR | Trevor Morris is Visiting Professor in Public Relations at the University of Westminster and an author, business consultant and mentor. He was formerly the CEO of Chime Communications Public Relations Group, the UK’s largest PR group. | 26 11 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Coventry Conversations - Tamara Abood - Producing Dispatches | Tamara Abood, commissioning editor of news and current affairs on Channel 4, talked about her career and the experience of producing dispatches The Coventry Conversations are brought to you by the Department of Media and Communication at Coventry University which has courses in Journalism and Media, Media and Communications, Media Production and Photography. You can stay up to date with us by visiting the CU Today Journalism Student website. | 26 11 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Coventry Conversation - Tom Reeves & Brody Swain - BBC Local Radio | Tom Reeves and Brody Swain speak about their experiences working in local radio, the changing environment of local radio and how to get a job working in local radio. | 4 11 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Coventry Conversations - CJ Hubbard & Greg Keane | Two Coventry University graduates talk about their experiences of working in journalism since their graduations. | 4 11 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Coventry Conversation - Kirsty Wark, BBC Newsnight - Renaissance Woman | Kirsteen Wark is a Scottish journalist and television presenter best known for fronting the BBC Two’s news and current affairs programme Newsnight since 1993, and its weekly arts annexe Newsnight Review which is now relaunched as “The Review Show” | 2 11 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Charlie Beckett - News & Networks: Back to the Future | Charlie Beckett is the first director of Polis. He has 20 years of experience with LWT, BBC and ITN’s Channel 4 News. He broadcasts and writes regularly on media and political affairs The Coventry Conversations are brought to you by the Department of Media and Communication at Coventry University which has courses in Journalism and Media, Media and Communications, Media Production and Photography. You can stay up to date with us by visiting the CU Today Journalism Student website | 25 10 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Financial Reporting - Adam Shaw - BBC Radio 4 Presenter | Adam Shaw is a journalist, actor and presenter, currently employed by the BBC. Between 1994 and 2008 Shaw presented on Working Lunch, working alongside Adrian Chiles. He was particularly known for the Shaw’s Shares segment of the programme, in which he rounds up the day’s happenings on the stock market. The Coventry Conversations are brought to you by the Department of Media and Communication at Coventry University which has courses in Journalism and Media, Media and Communications, Media Production and Photography. You can stay up to date with us by visiting the CU Today Journalism Student website | 18 10 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Nativity Brand Extensions - Debbie Isitt | Debbie Isitt has made three feature films – Nasty Neighbours, Confetti and Nativity. Nativity was released in November 2009; It had a world premiere in Coventry and got to number four in the Christmas film charts. She still lives in Coventry | 18 10 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitShameless & More - Paul Abbott | 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. The Coventry Conversations are brought to you by the Department of Media and Communication at Coventry University which has courses in Journalism and Media, Media and Communications, Media Production and Photography. You can stay up to date with us by visiting the CU Today Journalism Student website. | 7 10 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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On your screen nightly, BBC Midlands Today - Nick Owen | Nick Owen is the main presenter on BBC Midlands Today. He came to national prominence in 1983 as one of the first faces to appear on breakfast television in Britain. Nick is a past President of Derbyshire County Cricket Club and current chairman of Luton Town Football Club. In 2006, he was awarded the Baird Medal by the Royal Television Society, Midlands, for lifelong achievement in television. | 6 10 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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BBC Cyber Frontiers - Pete Clifton | Peter Clifton has overall responsibility for all new developments on BBC Journalism’s multimedia platforms. These include the News, Sport, Weather and Local websites, mobile, Red Button services and IPTV. Peter is responsible for the design and delivery of projects such as Democracy Live, the relaunch of the News and Sport websites and the development of a number of new journalism production tools | 30 9 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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I started in Cov - Jeremy Vine | Jeremy is a British journalist and news presenter for the BBC. He is known for his direct interview style and exclusive reporting from war-torn areas throughout Africa. He is the current host of the BBC Radio 2 program, Jeremy Vine, which presents news, views, and interviews with live guests. He began his journalistic career in Coventry, working for the Coventry Evening Telegraph. | 29 9 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Life is more than Top Gear - Steve Cropley | Steve is the Editor-in-Chief of Autocar and has been described as one of the most influential reporters working today. | 29 9 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ambush Marketing in Sport - Simon Chadwick | Professor Simon Chadwick, from Coventry University Business School, discusses ambush marketing and its impact on sports in the future. | 27 9 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Life on Mars and other adventures in TV Drama - Stephen Garrett | Stephen Garrett is responsible for over 100 hours of broadcasting a year. His list of production credits includes work from TV drama 'Psychos' to the movie 'Pure' and the first series of 'Spooks', he is also an Executive Producer on the US version of 'Life on Mars'. In this Coventry Conversation he talks about some of his work. | 16 9 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Stormy Days Ahead - John Kettley | John worked at the meteorological office at Manchester Airport for two years from 1970 before studying Applied Physics at what is now Coventry University. From 1980 he worked at the Nottingham Weather Centre, presenting his first forecast for Radio Lincolnshire, then further forecasts for Midlands Today. In 1985 he became a national forecaster on the BBC. | 27 5 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Directing the General Election - Rob Hopkin | Rob Hopkin was at the very apex of the General Election programme. He was the main director in the Television Centre gallery responsible for bringing together scores of outside broadcasts in four nations, five star presenters in London and much more. Here he discusses how such a huge broadcasting operation comes together. | 18 5 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Election in Numbers - Roger Mortimer, MORI | Dr Roger Mortimore is Director of Political Analysis at Ipsos MORI. He was co-editor of the last two Political Communications studies of British general elections, and co-author of a number of other books on British elections. Here he discusses statistics and polls undertaken throughout this years general election, including how the exit poll managed to predict the result so accurately. To see the slides from this presentation visit http://cutoday.wordpress.com/2010/05/14/election-results-just-about-right/ | 12 5 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Give Peace Journalism a Chance - Professor Richard Keeble | Richard Keeble is a director of the Institute of Communication Ethics and co-edits their quarterly journal, Ethical Space. He is on the editorial board for a number of international journals. Here he discusses the role of peace journalism in challenging key issues around war and contemporary culture. | 11 5 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Car is Still the Star - Gavin Green | Gavin is one of Britain’s best-known motoring writers. He was editor of Car magazine when it was the best selling motoring magazine in Britain, and is a former motoring editor of The Independent and the International Herald Tribune | 11 5 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Murray Walker talks about his career in motorsport broadcasting | In this Coventry Conversation Motorsport broadcasting legend Murray Walker talks about his long and distinguished career as a motorsport commentator. | 7 5 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Getting BBC News Online - Mike Smartt | Mike was the founder and editor-in-chief of BBC News Online, the BBC’s Internet news service. He led the team which launched the service in 1997, and held the post of editor-in-chief of BBC News Interactive until 2004. During this time News Online won all four interactive news BAFTA awards and most of the world’s online news prizes | 11 4 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Fashion v Sport - Peter York | Cultural commentator and author Peter York discusses the recent exhibition about 'Fashion vs Sport' at the Herbert Art Gallery in Coventry. | 8 4 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Afghanistan Conference - Are we embedding the truth? | This conference was organised by Coventry University, Journalism.co.uk and the BBC College of Journalism to discuss the role of the media in the Afghanistan conflict. Speakers included Stuart Ramsey, Vaughan Smith, Jonathan Marcus, Tim Luckhurst, Jon Williams, Brigadier Mark van der Lande, Hanan Habibzai, Richard Keeble and Fred Mudhai. Chaired by Kevin Marsh. | 17 3 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Google Us for the Future - Peter Barron | Peter Barron’s digital incarnation might surprise those who know him best as the man who steered Newsnight for four years. His move to Google last September caused a stir. Since his arrival he has had to deal with controversies such as privacy issues in Google Street View and more. Here he discusses his first 18 months | 9 3 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Why we love the Archers - Chris Arnott | Chris Arnot has been a national freelance journalist for nearly 20 years and is currently writing a book about The Archers. After updating the programme’s Who’s Who last summer, he was commissioned with script-writer Simon Frith to write The Archers’ Archive to mark the 60th Anniversary of the world’s longest running drama series | 4 3 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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A Different View of News - Stephen Cole, Al Jazeera | For more than eighteen years Stephen Cole has fronted the worlds leading and most respected news channels including Sky News and CNN, eventually joining BBC World in 1996. He is now the senior anchor at Al Jazeera English based in London. In this Coventry Conversation he discusses the work of the Al Jazeera channel - which is often criticised by politicians for the stance it takes on contemporary debates. | 1 3 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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My Vision for the BBC - Jana Bennett | Jana Bennett was appointed Director of BBC Vision in November 2006. Jana is in charge of one of the world’s leading multimedia content groups, commissioning, producing and broadcasting across BBC Television and the web. She heads BBC One through to BBC Four, BBC HD, CBBC and CBeebies. The Vision group also includes BBC Films – Britains second largest funder of UK film. In addition, Jana has overall responsibility for BBC Archive Content and editorial management of UKTV and BBC America. She discusses her thoughts about the future of BBC here | 27 2 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Managing Rio Ferdinand and others - Chris Nathaniel | Chris Nathaniel is CEO of the NVA Entertainment Group, a leading company working across the entertainment and sports industries. Chris has negotiated deals for John Terry and works closely with Rio Ferdinand, Micah Richards, Obafemi Martins and Ryan Babel. | 21 2 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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How I Write - Andrew Davies | Andrew Davies has written screenplays for Pride and Prejudice, Middlemarch, Vanity Fair, Wives and Daughters and Tipping the Velvet and many more. He is considered to be British television's adaptation master. In this Coventry Conversations he discusses his approach to writing. | 20 2 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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How I Write - Amanda Smyth and Mez Packer | Amanda Smyth and Mez Packer are both published authors. They speaking here as part of the Coventry Conversations Literary Festival. | 18 2 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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46 years in TV and they hand you a maroon tie! - Peter Sissons | After many years as a journalist, Peter Sissons' first stint as a newsreader came in 1976 when he began anchoring ITN’s News at One bulletins. In 1987 he left for the BBC and in 1989 he took over as presenter of Question Time. He continued until December 1993. He has worked for ITN, Channel 4 News and BBC News. Here he discusses his career | 14 2 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Equality and Diversity in the Media - Dhiren Katwa | Dhiren Katwa is with the Environment Agency as External Relations Advisor. He has been a trustee of Birmingham Rathbone (a charity for people with mild to moderate learning difficulties) since 2007. In addition, he sits on the ITV Central Diversity Panel and on the Diversity Board of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations and a member of the Equality Council of the National Union of Journalists. Here he discusses the current issues in making the media a more diverse and equal industry. | 12 2 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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My Life on the Radio - Mark Powlett | Mark is a graduate of Coventry University. As an actor he toured the UK and Ireland and worked overseas too. He worked on a television show in Birmingham that was filmed in and around the city. He now works at BBC Coventry and Warwickshire in the afternoon slot. Here he discusses his life in radio. | 12 2 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The True Cost of Tiger Woods’ Fall - Professor Simon Chadwick | Professor Simon Chadwick continues the examination of Tiger Woods' downfall with a focus on the real costs of what has happened. | 3 2 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Fall of Tiger Woods - Jim White | Jim White is a sports columnist for the daily telegraph as well as an author and broadcaster. He was a founding member of The Independent in 1986 and worked there for a decade before moving to The Guardian. He won sports columnist of the year during his time there and established himself as one of the most well-respected sports journalists. He now writes for the Daily Telegraph as a regular columnist and arts critic. He talks today about the fall of Tiger Woods. | 3 2 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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My Brilliant Career - Steve Cropley | Steve Cropley is editor-in-chief of Haymarket’s Autocar magazine. He began working in journalism on the Adelaide Advertiser as a cadet in 1967. He was recruited by CAR in 1978, and became editor from 1981 – 1988. He is still a day to day contributor and columnist at Autocar and still loves it. Here he discusses getting on and getting into journalis | 3 2 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Future of Multimedia Journalism at the BBC - Pete Clifton | Pete Clifton is the head of BBC News Interactive and the BBC’s head of editorial development for multimedia journalism. He has been in charge of BBC News Interactive since 18 October 2005 - first as Chief Operating Officer then as controller. The News Interactive department includes BBC News Online, the BBC News website, CBBC Newsround, the Ceefax teletext service, the digital text service, On This Day, BBC’s Interactive TV, the Action Network and a variety of news services to mobile phones and other mobile devices. Here he discusses the future of multimedia journalism at the BBC | 25 1 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Editing the Coventry Telegraph - Darren Parkin | Darren moved to the Midlands in 1993 as Chief Reporter on the Solihull Times and later Birmingham Metro News, winning the UK Press Gazette Young Journalist of the Year three years in succession. He became the country’s youngest newspaper editor at the age of 24, editing the News of Wolverhampton. He was appointed editor of the Coventry Telegraph in November 2009 | 22 1 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Paying for the News? - Alan Rusbridger, Guardian Editor | Alan has been editor of The Guardian since 1995. Previously he was a reporter, columnist, features editor and the deputy editor of The Guardian. He is a member of the board of Guardian News and Media, of the main board of the Guardian Media Group and of the Scott Trust, which owns The Guardian. In this Coventry Conversation he discusses the future of the Guardian in light of recent financial losses. | 15 1 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Car Photography - Mike Valente | Mike Valente is one of the UK’s leading car photographers. He has worked on many UK and leading international publications – both magazines and newspapers – in addition to a whole host of car manufacturers and ad agencies. Mike now also produces and edits video and stills for many online channels and magazines | 14 1 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Creative Life After Coventry - Verity Pabla, The Don Burroni and Brad Powell | Three creative graduates - Verity Pabla, Brad Powell and 'the Don Burroni' - came back to Coventry University to discuss how they have set up their own creative businesses. Verity Pabla co-founded I’m Not a Machine Productions and launched as a professional company in late 2007. Her company has developed a reputation for being innovative, resourceful, free-spirited and truly creative through, in the most part, music and film work. 'The Don Burroni' conceived, scripted, produced, directed and edited the 3D Animated series The Hunt for Bin Laden. He also modelled the virtual reality puppet characters and background sets, did all the computer animation, performed the voices and did the motion capture. Brad Powell is a company director at Pro-Mo Media, a Midlands based video production company producing work in an array of areas from Documentary and live events through to Corporate and Educational films | 10 12 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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What’s happening with Gaming? - Andrew Oliver, Blitz Games | Andrew Oliver is from Blitz Games. Here he discusses what is going on in the games industry as part of the TV graphics day at Coventry School of Art and Design. | 10 12 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Secrets of the BBC Election Graphics - Jonathan Spence | Jonathan Spence is lead graphic designer for the BBC Election and a former Coventry student. Here he shares an insight into the production process for preparing election broadcasting as part of the TV Graphics Day at Coventry University. | 10 12 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitInto the Dragons’ Den and Out of the Recession - Evan Davis | Financial Journalist Evan Davis discusses Dragons' Den, the Today Programme and the state of economics reporting in the UK. Evan gave this talk just moments after receiving his Honorary Doctorate from Coventry University. | 26 11 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Being TV’s Shakespeare - Paul Abbott | Paul Abbott is a BAFTA winning English television screenwriter. He has become one of the most critically and commercially successful television writers working in Britain today. Here he discusses writing for the screen, the state of British drama and Shameless USA. | 20 11 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Is PR Good for us? - Trevor Morris | Trevor Morris is Visiting Professor in Public relations at the University of Westminster and an author, business consultant and mentor. He was formally the CEO of Chime Public Relations, the UK’s largest PR group. Here he discusses his some of the issues in his book 'PR A Persuasive Industry?: Spin, Public Relations and the Shaping of the Modern Media | 20 11 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Does Local Commercial Radio Have a Future? - Phil Riley | Phil Riley is owner of 6 radio stations across the midlands. He joined BRMB in 1980 as a graduate trainee, and subsequently gained extensive programming experience as a Presenter, Producer, then Programme Director. Since 2007 he has advised a number of UK and European Media Group Boards on strategic issues. Here he discusses the future of local commercial radio. | 19 11 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitLife after Big Brother - Bex Shiner | Rebecca (Bex) Shiner shot to fame on last year’s Big Brother. Here she discusses life after being catapulted into the limelight on the hit Channel 4 show | 12 11 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Blood, Iron and Gold: How the Railways Transformed the World - Christian Wolmar | Christian Wolmar is a British journalist, author, and railway historian, best known for his popular books and commentary on transport, especially on Britain’s railway network. Here he discusses his latest book 'Blood, Iron and Gold: How the Railways Transformed the World' | 5 11 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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From the Headington Shark to Radio Success - Bill Heine, BBC Radio Oxford | Bill is the Drivetime presenter on BBC Oxford 92.5fm Monday to Friday. He is considered by many to be very opinionated and perhaps somewhat controversial in the field of radio presenting, Heine is not afraid to speak his mind and allows his listeners to do the same during his phone-in show. Here he discusses the working in radio. | 5 11 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Is there a Crisis in World Journalism? Nick Davies | Nick Davies has been named Journalist of the Year, Reporter of the Year and Feature Writer of the Year for his investigations into crime, drugs, poverty and other social issues. Hundreds of journalists have attended his masterclass on the techniques of investigative reporting. He has been a journalist since 1976 and is currently a freelance, working regularly as special correspondent for The Guardian. He was the first winner of the Martha Gellhorn award for investigative reporting for his work on failing schools and recently won the award for European Journalism for his work on drugs policy. Flat Earth News was published as a hardback in February 2008 and won the first Bristol Festival of Ideas book award. Here he discusses his views on whether world journalism is in crisis. | 29 10 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Is there a Crisis in World Journalism? Jeremy Paxman | Jeremy Paxman is a prominent and noteworthy presenter known and praised his abrasive and straightforward style of interviewing. He started his career in a local radio at BBC radio Brighton and in 1977, he became a part of BBC’s current affairs programme, Tonight. Was a reporter for Panorama and contributed to television programmes like Six O'Clock News and Breakfast Time. Owing to his commanding verbal skills, Jeremy Paxman became the anchor of BBC Two television programme, Newsnight. In 2003, the former British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, decided to discuss the invasion of Iraq with the television studio audience and Jeremy Paxman mediating the event. Jeremy Paxman has delivered lectures expressing concerns over the consequence of recent production scandals that has made media to lose public trust rapidly. Here he discusses whether world journalism is in crisi | 29 10 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Is there a Crisis in World Journalism? Judith Townend | Judith Townend is senior reporter at Journalism.co.uk, where she covers the digital news industry, with a particular interest in media law, regulation, ethics and press freedom. Before hand, she worked as a researcher at Al Jazeera English and as an occasional freelancer. More recently, she was deputy editor at an arts and entertainment magazine in Leeds. She now blogs at FromtheOnline.com and contributes to Global Voices Online, a website for free expression and advocacy. She holds a BA Hons in Archaeology & Anthropology from the University of Cambridge and a postgraduate diploma in newspaper journalism from City University, London. Here she discusses whether world journalism is in crisis. | 29 10 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Is there a Crisis in World Journalism? Professor Tim Luckhurst | Tim Luckhurst is a former editor and deputy editor of The Scotsman. He began his career as a journalist on BBC Radio 4's Today Programme for which he produced, edited and reported from the UK and abroad. Prof. Luckhurst covered the Romanian Revolution and the First Gulf War for BBC Radio and reported on the liberation of Kosovo and the fall of Slobodan Milosevic for The Scotsman. He was the BBC's Washington Producer during the first year of the Clinton presidency and returned to the UK to become a senior member of the team that designed and launched BBC Radio Five Live. He has won two Sony Radio Awards for news broadcasting. He writes for The Guardian, Independent, Times, Toronto Globe and Mail, Los Angeles Times and The New Republic. Here he discusses his views on whether journalism is in crisis. | 29 10 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Is there a Crisis in World Journalism? Professor Richard Keeble | Richard Keeble is a professor of journalism at Lincoln University. He is also a director of the Institute of Communication Ethics and co-edits their quarterly journal, Ethical Space. He has written a number of articles on the journalism of George Orwell and is currently co-editing for Routledge a collection of papers on literary journalists – such as Daniel Defoe, Charles Dickens, William Hazlitt, Willa Cather, Angela Carter, Truman Capote – called The Journalistic Imagination. He writes for a number websites such as www.medialens.org, and is a member of the Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom and contributes to its journal, Free Press. Here he discusses whether world journalism is in crisis | 29 10 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Is there a Crisis in World Journalism? Professor Jeff Jarvis | Jeff Jarvis is an American journalist and an associate professor and director of the interactive journalism program at the City University of New York’s new Graduate School of Journalism. He writes a new media column for The Guardian and hosts its Media Talk USA podcast. Jarvis is the creator of the popular weblog BuzzMachine, which tracks developments in new media. Prior to that, Jarvis was creator and founding editor of Entertainment Weekly; Sunday editor and associate publisher of the New York Daily News; TV critic for TV Guide and People; a columnist on the San Francisco Examiner; assistant city editor and reporter for the Chicago Tribune; and a reporter for Chicago Today. Live from New York he discusses his views on whether journalism is in crisis | 29 10 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Is there a Crisis in World Journalism? Professor Adrian Monck | Professor Adrian Monck is Managing Director and Head of Communications and Media at the World Economic Forum. The Forum is an independent, international organisation incorporated as a not-for-profit foundation in Geneva, Switzerland. He was educated at Oxford University and London Business School and went on to be an award-winning broadcast journalist with CBS News, ITN and Sky News. His work at Dunblane and in Bosnia received awards from the Royal Television Society, and on Rwanda won the special report gold medal, and overall festival prize at the New York International Festival. From June 2005, he was head of Journalism and Publishing at the Graduate School of Journalism at City University London, where he still teaches. Here he discusses whether world journalism is in crisis. | 29 10 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Is there a Crisis in World Journalism? Dr Suzanne Franks | Suzanne Franks is Director of Research at Kent University’s Centre for Journalism. At the start of her journalism career she worked with the BBC as a researcher on documentaries and then joined the Television Current Affairs department, producing programmes such as Newsnight, Watchdog, The Money Programme and Panorama. In the 1990s she started an independent production company, Sevenday Productions, which was awarded the first outside contract for the televising of Parliament. She was based in Westminster, responsible for all the coverage from the Lords, Commons and committees until 2001. The company also developed a web business specialising in political coverage and was awarded the first webcasting contract from Downing Street. Here she discusses her thoughts on whether world journalism is in crisis | 29 10 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Is there a Crisis in World Journalism? Dr George Nyabuga | Dr George Nyabuga is an award-winning journalist and acclaimed media trainer. He joined Media Convergence Group as Managing Editor earlier this year and has key responsibilities across the Group's multi-media platforms. Dr Nyabuga holds a PhD in Politics, History and Media and a Masters in Online Journalism. Nyabuga brings wide-ranging hands-on experience as a journalist in Kenya, South Africa and the US. He has taught journalism, media and cultural studies at Worcester and Coventry universities in the United Kingdom. He was a Merit Prize winner at the African Journalists of the Year Awards in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 2000 and was in 1997 a Freedom Forum International Journalist-in-Residence Program award winner. Here he discusses his thoughts at the 'Is Journalism in Crisis?' Conference | 29 10 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Is there a Crisis in World Journalism? Dr Fred Mudhai | Okoth Fred Mudhai is a Senior Lecturer in Journalism and Global Media/Communication at Coventry University, UK. He has written research papers and memos on ICT and politics as a member of the IT and Civil Society Network of the IT and International Cooperation Program, US Social Science Research Council (2003-2005). At the Tunis (2005) World Summit on the Information Society, he received a Media Award by Panos London and Global Knowledge Partnership. He was also a category runner-up in the 2007 African Information Society Media Award. Here he shares his thoughts on whether journalism is in crisis | 29 10 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Is there a Crisis in World Journalism? Professor Bo Cui | Professor Bo Cui is from the Zhejiang University of Media and Communication in China. Here she gives a Chinese perspective on the question of whether world journalism is in crisis. | 29 10 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Blocking Investigation or Ensuring Truth for Clients? John Stonborough | John Stonborough specialises in media relations, providing an authoritative and discreet media management service to corporate and private clients world-wide. He is the MD of Stonborough Media Group. Here he discusses his role in helping clients to ensure that they are represented fairly. | 29 10 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Making ‘Nativity’ - Debbie Isitt | Debbie Isitt is a comic writer, film director and performer. She set up world renowned theatre company Snarling Beasties in the 1980’s to great critical acclaim. She then went on to direct 'Confetti' and here she discusses the making of her latest film 'Nativity', an improvised comedy out this Christmas. You can see the trailer for Nativity here | 22 10 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Jon Snow - The Best and Worst of Times in 21st Century Journalism | Jon Snow is an English journalist and presenter, currently employed by ITN. He is best known for presenting Channel 4 News. Here he discusses the past, present and future of broadcasting and british media. This talk is also available on CUTV | 15 10 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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From Here to There - Gideon Coe, Radio 6 | Gideon, a former Coventry student, joined BBC GLR in 1994 as sportscaster on the Breakfast Show, he later took over joint-presentation duties. He won a Sony Award in 1995 and another in 1999 for the sports show. He now works at 6 Music for the BBC. | 14 10 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Documentaries from Tough Places - Eamon Matthews | Eamonn Matthews runs Quicksilver Media, and is the Executive Producer of Channel 4’s foreign affairs strand Unreported World. Here he talks about life as a documentary filmmaker | 8 10 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitMy new life in The Sun (radio) - Jon Gaunt, SunTalk | Jonathan Charles Gaunt, better known as Jon Gaunt or “Gaunty” is a radio talk show presenter and a newspaper columnist for The Sun. He describes himself as a ‘working-class, educated guy with, in broad strokes, a rightwing agenda.' Here he talks about getting sacked and his new job at The Sun. WARNING - THIS TALK CONTAINS SOME STRONG LANGUAGE AND EVEN STRONGER OPINIONS The Coventry Conversations are brought to you by the Department of Media and Communication at Coventry University which has courses in Journalism and Media, Media and Communications, Media Production and Photography. You can stay up to date with us by visiting the CU Today Journalism Student website | 2 10 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Looking Beyond Top Gear - Steve Cropley, AUTOCAR | Steve Cropley, editor-in-chief of Haymarket’s Autocar magazine, has been given top honours by his peers in new awards for motoring journalism. One judge called Cropley “One of the top five most important journalists in the world” and another described him as “The ultimate journalist in every way – professional, personable, sharp as a razor and a beautiful scribe”. Here he discusses life in Automotive Journalis | 1 10 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Working and Surviving in the Media - Arti Halai | As a TV Presenter, Reporter and Producer Arti has worked in both radio and television for some of the country’s largest organisations including ITV1 Central where she was known as the face of Central News. She has also worked for the BBC, ITN News Channel, Carlton, LWT, Mirror Group and Sunrise Radio. A businesswoman with her own training company, A H Action, Arti is a consultant and a trainer on presentation, media and communication skills. Here she discusses surviving in a media career | 16 7 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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How to Write a Biography - Carole Angier | Carole Angier is the award-winning biographer of Jean Rhys (1985 8 1990). Her biography of the great Italian writer Primo Levi, was published in the UK and the US in 2002 to critical acclaim. Here she discusses how to write about people. | 16 7 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Storytelling - Amanda Smith and Mez Packer discuss their books | Amanda Smith and Mez Packer discuss their books as part of the Coventry Literary Festival 2009. | 16 7 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Importance of Regional TV- Wesley Smith and Dennis Coath | Wesley Smith has twenty four years experience in TV presenting and broadcast journalism. He is an accomplished live performer and has hosted nightly news and current affairs programmes. Dennis Coath has worked as Sports Editor, Presenter, Reporter and Newsreader with ATV and ITV in the Midlands and also produced several documentaries. Here they discuss the importance of regional television. | 6 7 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Crisis Facing International Media - Raymond Snoddy | Raymond Snoddy is a freelance journalist who presents the BBC Television accountability programme Newswatch and writes regularly for a variety of publications after being media editor of The Times for seven years. In this Coventry Conversation he discusses the crisis facing the local and international media industries today. | 18 6 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Making Mugabe and the White African - Lucy Bailey | The documentary, which was shot covertly in Zimbabwe in 2008, charts white farmer Mike Campbell who takes President Mugabe to court for racism. Campbell won his case despite intimidation, threats and violence against him, his family, the 500 black workers and their families who share life on the farm. Lucy talks about the making of the documentary which is currently touring a number of festivals around the world. | 11 6 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Specials - Horace Panter in Conversation | Horace Panter is a true icon of British music. In the 1970s Horace formed "The Specials" who went on to become one of the biggest bands of the 1980s. This year they are reforming to play a number of big shows, including headlining slots at Glastonbury and V Festival. In 1972 Horace started studying fine art at Coventry’s Lanchester Polytechnic, now known as Coventry University. In his second year there he met Jerry Dammers and soon they formed The Specials. They started playing in Coventry bars and pubs and by 1980 were arguably the UK’s biggest band. Here Horace talks to Coventry Conversations about growing up in Coventry, the day after the Specials played their first gig since they reformed | 18 5 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Money Saving Expert Martin Lewis | Martin is an award-winning TV and radio presenter, national newspaper columnist and bestselling author. An ultra-specialised journalist, he spends his life focusing on how to cut bills without cutting back. He is also an innovator/entrepreneur and his website, moneysavingexpert.com, is one of the most visited destinations on the Here he speaks live to Coventry Conversations via video link from BBC Television Centre. This podcast was recorded on 13th March 2009. | 4 5 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Creativity is International - Dean Stockton | Dean Stockton is a British creative star. Since January 2008 Dean has been Senior Creative Director of Chellomedia Group. He leads group creative direction and responsibility for managing all corporate brand strategy, including most channel and online services. He delivers and impliments creative direction and creative marketing solutions across the group; provides creative inspiration, creative lead and creative expertise – promoting the importance of creative excellence throughout the organisation. Here he talks about creativity and the importance of not being sloppy, not thinking and not taking time to look at things properly. He also talks about the huge changes in the creative industries over the years | 30 4 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIt’s Only Rock n Roll But I Like It- Paul Gambaccini | Paul Gambaccini presents his weekly America’s Greatest Hits show on BBC Radio 2 and contributes to various publications. From March 2008 he took over as chairman of the Radio 4 music quiz called Counterpoint. In August 2008 he returned to Classic FM, to present Paul Gambaccini’s Hall of Heroes’ series. Be warned, this Coventry Conversation contains some very strong language and unfortunately we have had to edit out some of the music that Paul refers to | 29 4 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Why all Governments Need Spin - Nicholas Jones | Nicholas Jones was for many years BBC political correspondent. His books include Sultans of Spin, The Control Freaks, Soundbites and Spin Doctors and Trading Information. He has been involved in the world of politics for more than 30 years as a journalist, most prominently as the BBC’s political correspondent and in uniquely qualified to talk about how politicians can manipulate the media. In this Coventry Conversation, Nicholas discusses why spin is central to all governments, both Tory and Labour | 23 4 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Computing the Creative Way - Peter Every | Peter is a senior lecturer and course leader for Creative Computing degrees at Coventry University. Peter co-ordinated the DfEE funded National Information Design Network from 1996 until 1999. He has recently completed an IPED Research scholarship investigating the usability of discussion forums in an academic context. In this Coventry Conversation, Peter discusses a number of future developments that combine computing with creativity. | 16 4 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Role of Football in Development - Africa Day - Oneyachi Wambo | Oneyachi Wambo runs Score4Africa, celebrating the power of football to transform lives for the better. The Score4Africa awards ceremony is to celebrate African footballers and was staged at the House of Lords in 2008. In this Coventry Conversation, Oneyachi talks specifically about the role of football in development | 11 3 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Football IS the New Slavery - Africa Day - Ade Daramy | Ade Daramy is Sierra Leonese by birth. He is a journalist and broadcaster working in London who takes a professional interest in African Football. This talk, which was recorded as part of the Coventry Conversations Africa Day, starts with Ade suggesting that football is the new slave trade | 11 3 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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How to Stay in the Radio Business - Tom Reeves | Tom Reeves is currently the Producer of ‘Breakfast with Andy Goulding’ on Mercia FM. Tom began working at Red Dragon FM in 2002 and became Breakfast Producer in December 2004. He won the best Breakfast Show award at GCap Boot Camp Awards and In 2008 he left Red Dragon to launch a new breakfast show at Mercia, which has so far shown an increase in audience figures of 14,000 listeners. In this Coventry Conversation, you can hear Tom talking about how to stay in the radio business | 11 3 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Is Football the New Slavery? - Africa Day - Chris Nathaniel, Football Agent | Chris Nathaniel runs NVA Management, represents Rio Ferdinand and is a host of African origin footballers. In this Coventry Conversation, as part of Africa Day, Chris talks about whether football is the new slavery | 11 3 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Black Players in Football - Africa Day - Cyrille Regis MBE | Cyrille Regis MBE won the FA Cup with Coventry in 1987. He made his name at West Bromwich Albion and played for England five times. Cyrille is a regular visitor to Africa. In this Coventry Conversation Cyrille talks to John Mair about his experiences as a black footballer | 11 3 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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It’s Tough Times for Newspapers - David Brookes | David Brookes has spent over 30 years in journalism including roles as a reporter, page designer, sub-editor, chief sub-editor, assistant editor and editor. He was editor of the Sunday Mercury, based in Birmingham, from 2000 – 2008. David has been editor of the Coventry Telegraph since January 1st 2009 and in this Coventry Conversation, you can hear him talking about why he thinks working in Newspapers is such hard work | 10 3 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Confrontation in TV - Roger Cook | Roger Cook is an investigative journalist, reporter and broadcaster. In 1971 he created and first presented the Radio 4 programme Checkpoint, which specialised in investigating and exposing criminals and con-men. In 1985 he moved to Central and created The Cook Report. The show is best remembered for Cook’s trademark confrontations with his targets. In this Coventry Conversation you can hear Roger talking about being an investigative journalist. This talk is also available to watch on CUTV. | 4 3 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Is it all Doom and Gloom? - Bob Satchwell | Bob Satchwell is Executive Director of the Society of Editors. He is an experienced speaker, debater and lecturer on media issues, press freedom, freedom of information, business ethics, leadership, business in the community and strategic public relations. In this Coventry Conversation you can hear Bob talking about doom and gloom in the media world | 25 2 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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I Have Seen the Future - Peter Barron, Google | Peter Barron is an enigma; he left one of the best and most high profile jobs in British television journalism – Editor of Newsnight – in the summer of 2008 of his own violation. He jumped ship to the digital world of Google where he is Head of Public Relations for the UK and Ireland. Peter's spell at the helm of Newsnight was the longest since the programme's creation and the most creative – he brought in blogs, vodcasts and more. In this Coventry Conversation you can hear Peter talking about the future of digital innovations | 11 2 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Is There Life After Newspapers? - Andrew McKenzie | Andrew Mackenzie looks at the end of an era for newspapers as we know them. Andrew's Coventry Conversation focuses on the way that the internet is restructuring the way that journalism works, the way it is going to work in the foreseeable future, and how this will affect journalism students. This talk is also available to watch on CUT | 28 1 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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My Journey as an Athlete, Broadcaster and Athletics Administrator - David Moorcroft | David Moorcroft has been involved in athletics for more than 30 years at club, area and international level as a competitor, teacher, coach, broadcaster and from 1997-2006 was chief executive of the sport’s national governing body. In this Coventry Conversation, David talks about his career | 21 1 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Barack Obama? - John O Oucho | John O. Oucho holds a PhD in Population Geography from the University of Nairobi and was a post-doctoral fellow of the Carolina Population Centre in the University of Nairobi, University of Ghana and University of Botswana. He is a well-travelled and well-published academic and has participated in many international conferences, presenting papers and chairing sessions. This Coventry Conversation was recorded just a day after Barack Obama won the presidency in the US. This is the subject of John's talk. | 20 1 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dog Eat Dog and Flat Earth News - Nick Davies | Nick Davies is a divisive figure in journalism circles for what he calls the ‘dog eat dog’ attack on his recently released publication, Flat Earth News, covering the profession he’s worked in for more than 30 years. The book details the commercialism of the media industry and the managerial-led decline of newsrooms into ‘ghastly news factories’ including how cuts in staff and the tripling of pages have grown profit margins at the expense of news quality, and how PR has filled the gap. In this Coventry Conversation, Nick talks all about his book and the state of journalism today. This talk is also available to watch on CUT | 14 1 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Beginnings - Jon Blair, Award Winning Director and Producer | Jon Blair is a multi award winning film and television producer and director, and is the only director working in the United Kingdom who has won all three of the premiere awards in his field; an Oscar, an Emmy (twice) and a British Academy Award. In this Coventry Conversation you can hear Jon talking about his career. | 7 1 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Jon Snow Coventry Conversation | Jon Snow is a journalist and presenter best known for presenting Channel 4 News. He has won several RTS Awards – two for reports from El Salvador, one for his reporting of the Kegworth air disaster, and two as “Presenter of the Year”. This is the recording of his second appearance at the Coventry Conversations | 12 12 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Working in the British Film Industry - Lucy Main | Lucy Main graduated from Coventry in 2002 with a BA honours degree in Communication, Culture and Media plus some great intentions. After working for the BBC and a number of corporate production companies on blue chip accounts, Lucy conducted a smash and grab raid for a management position at the New Producers Alliance (NPA). In this Coventry Conversation you can here Lucy talking about her current role as Executive Producer on a number of films being made in the UK | 11 12 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Football, Finance and Funny Business - Simon Chadwick | Simon Chadwick was a founder, and remains a Director, of London University’s Birkbeck Sport Business Centre. Simon is a founder and director of CIBS – the Centre for the International Business of Sport at Coventry University. His research interests are based around sport marketing and sport business strategy. In this Coventry Conversation, Simon talks about corruption and dodgy dealings in the world of football. This talk is also available to watch on CUTV | 4 12 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Spin, Blair and PR - Richard Peel | Richard Peel is at the top of the PR tree in Britain. He has ‘spun’ for many of the bluest chip organisations in Britain – The BBC, The ITC, Ofcom, The England and Wales Cricket Board and now Camelot the lottery operator. In this Coventry Conversation Richard talks about spin, politics and public image | 27 11 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Directing the Royal Shakespeare Company - Vikki Heywood | Vikki Heywood is the Executive Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company based in Stratford Upon Avon. She is responsible for 20 productions each year, 700 staff and an annual budget of 30 million pounds. The RSC is also deep into a rebuilding project in Stratford. In this Coventry Conversation Vikki discusses life at the Royal Shakespeare Company. This talk is also available to watch on CUTV | 20 11 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitLife as a Shock Jock - Jon ‘Gaunty’ Gaunt | He was last week suspended from Talksport for insulting a London councillor on air. Sony award-winning Gaunt, who writes a column for the sun, also called the councillor an “ignorant pig”. This talk was recorded the week that he was sacked and was his first public appearance. With an average audience of nearly a million listeners every day at 10.00, Gaunt was one of Talksport’s highest profile presenters, nothing if not controversial on and off air. In this Coventry Conversation, he talks about life growing up in Coventry and his illustrious career as the voice of the worker. This talk is also available to watch on CUT | 20 11 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Stalin, the Nazis and the West - Laurence Rees | In this talk, Laurence Rees shares insights into some of the issues faced when making his latest series, ‘WW2: Behind Closed Doors Stalin, the Nazis and the West’, which was broadcast on BBC 2 in November 2008. This Coventry Conversation was recorded in Coventry Cathedral as part of the series. This talk is also available to watch on CUTV | 13 11 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Making ‘Nativity’ - Debbie Issit | Debbie Isitt is a comic writer, film director and performer. She set up world renowned theatre company Snarling Beasties in the 1980’s to great critical acclaim. Her plays have won several awards including “The Independent theatre award” in 1989 and the “Time Out” theatre award in 1991 as well as Perrier Pick of the Fringe for three consecutive years. Debbie is renowned for her work with actors and improvisation. In this Coventry Conversation you can hear Debbie talking about "Nativity", the film she is currently working on for release at Christmas 2009 | 13 11 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Moving from Documentary to Fiction - David Pearson | David Pearson is an award winning documentary maker who has turned to fiction. He invented the Cheltenham Screenwriting festival. It is the only festival of its kind in Europe and a huge success – each july 600 flock to the Cotswolds to talk writing for feature films. In this Coventry Conversation David talks about his impressive career | 6 11 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Future of Gaming - Philip Oliver, Blitz Games | Philip Oliver is best known as one half of U.K. Spectrum design duo the Oliver Twins. Along with his brother Andrew they produced some of the most popular games for the system and in the 1980s, they launched their own highly popular franchise, the Dizzy series of games. In 1990 they set up their own business, Interactive Studios – now known as Blitz Games. In this Coventry Conversation, Philip talks about his views on the future of the games industry. A snippet from this talk is available to watch on CUT | 30 10 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Automotive Journalism - Steve Cropley, Autocar | Steve Cropley is Editor-in-chief at weekly automotive magazine, Autocar. For the last 35 years, he has remained one of the country’s most prolific and respected motoring journalists. For 15 years of that time, he has been an avid columnist and more recently blogger on Autocar’s highly-popular online website. Listen to the podcast here or Watch a snippet from this talk on CUTV | 16 10 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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My Experience in Documentary - Alex Holmes - Writer, Producer and Director | Alex has been responsible as producer/director/writer for three major pieces of recent UK television history: In 1999 he was the series editor of the groundbreaking series Macintyre Undercover; In 2004, Dunkirk told the human stories of the Dunkirk landing in factual drama form; and his latest offering is House of Saddam which was based on 2 years of research. In this Conversation, Alex comes to Coventry fresh from Los Angeles and London to talk about the latest drama | 9 10 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Writing ‘Manchester UTD: The Biography’ - Jim White | Jim White is sports columnist for the Daily Telegraph as well as an author and broadcaster. Jim was a founding member of The Independent in 1986 and worked there for a decade before moving to The Guardian. He won sports columnist of the year during his time there and established himself as one of the most well-respected sports journalists. Jim now writes for the Daily Telegraph as a regular columnist and arts critic and recently released his eighth book, 'Manchester United: The Biography' which is the topic for this Coventry Conversation | 2 10 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Being a Sky News Correspondent - Stuart Ramsay | Stuart Ramsay is the Chief Correspondent for Sky News. Stuart previously reported on major domestic and foreign stories as the Chief Reporter for Channel Five News. For 13 years Ramsay has worked for Sky News (with that short spell away at Five News), starting as a reporter and climbing the career ladder. From a base in London, he worked on a variety of stories both domestic 8 foreign. In this Coventry Conversation he talks about his life as a correspondent for Sky | 25 9 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Journalism Now and in the Future - Alan Kirby, Coventry Evening Telegraph | Alan Kirby, previous editor of the Coventry Telegraph, is a seasoned journalist: Working at his craft for 35 years, the past 10 were spent as editor at the Coventry Telegraph until in August 2008, he announced that he would be retiring at the end of the year. Alan originally joined the Telegraph as a reporter at the Rugby office. Since then, his career has extended to a variety of editorial positions at the Coventry office, including News Editor, Feature Editor and Deputy Editor. In this Coventry Conversation you can hear Alan talking about journalism as a career | 24 9 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Doing TV Drama - Kate Harwood, BBC | Kate Harwood is much garlanded within the Television industry for her production skills. Her credits include David Copperfield, Beggars Bride, Close Relations and Daniel Deronda. Kate has won two BAFTA awards for dramas from both ends of the social scale: Eastenders from the bottom and Charles II – the pride and the passion from the top. In this Coventry Conversations Kate talks about making TV drama | 29 5 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Making Documentaries that Matter - Paul Watson | Paul Watson and controversy go together hand-in-hand. This is what he does in his films and in the media storms that so often surround them. Paul is making documentaries that matter. Little wonder they cause ripples in TV executive suites and in the press. Paul lives his films. Literally. He has retooled so his “crew” is just him and a digital video camera. It allows him to get right in the face and under the skin of those he is filming. In this Coventry Conversation, Paul talks about making Documentary film and making it matter | 28 5 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Media and Politics - Nicholas Jones | Nicholas Jones has spent forty years chronicling the media’s relationship with politicians, trade union leaders and other prominent personalities. He is an active campaigner in groups promoting high journalistic standards and the widest possible spread of media ownership. In this Coventry Conversation, Nick talks about spin and government. More information can be found on Nicholas’ blog http://www.nicholasjones.org.uk | 22 5 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Racism and the Police - Going Undercover - Mark Daly | Mark’s first media job was working for his local newspaper, The Clydebank Post, in 1999. He was named Scotland’s Young Journalist of the Year six months later and moved to The Scotsman. One year later he joined The Daily Record – the country’s biggest tabloid and spearheaded a number of award-winning undercover investigations. In 2002 he joined the BBC and embarked on a two-year undercover investigation into racism in the Greater Manchester Police Service. The resulting documentary caused a national outcry and triggered a national investigation into racism in the police. In this Coventry Conversation, Mark talks about going undercover | 15 5 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Hacks and Spies: Journalism and Espionage - Richard Keeble | Professor Richard Keeble is a director of the Institute of Communication Ethics and co-edits their quarterly journal, Ethical Space. He has written a number of articles on the journalism of George Orwell and is currently co-editing a collection of papers on literary journalists for Routledge. He is a member of the Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom and contributes to its journal, Free Press, and is also a member of the association for Journalism Education. In this talk, Richard Keeble confronts the question of journalism and truth. | 8 5 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Why are you so good? - Jeremy Paxman | Jeremy Paxman – the best broadcast interviewer of his generation - comes to the Coventry Conversations live via video link from Television Centre in London. His style, which some see as aggressive, usually gets results whoever the interviewee. Jeremy has just again won the Royal Television Society Presenter of the Year Award. In this Coventry Conversation Jeremy talks about what makes him so good at what he does | 7 5 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Sports Journalism - Olympics Day - Jim White | Jim has, in addition to writing for the Telegraph and the Independent, appeared on TV and radio. His broadcast credits include sport on Radio Five (Which he won a Sony Gold for a documentary) to Radio Four’s Front Row to documentaries for Sky Sport. In this Coventry Conversation, part of a day devoted to Olympics banter, Jim talks about his life and career as a sports journalist | 24 4 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Olympic Controversy - Olympics Day - Duncan Mackay | Jim’s career includes: From 1990–93 Editor of Rugby World, 1994-96 Freelance work and from 1996 to present, The Guardian and Observer. He has also published a number of books including: Linford Christie: The Unauthorised Biography (1995) and Running Scared: How Athletics Lost its Innocence (1996). He is currently working on a number of other books. In this talk, part of a day of discussion about the Olympics, Duncan discusses why this particular sporting event is surrounded by so much controversy | 24 4 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Pinnacle of Performance - Olympics Day - David Moorcroft | David has been involved in athletics for more than 30 years at club, area and international level as a competitor, teacher, coach, broadcaster and from 1997-2006, he was chief executive of the sport’s national governing body. As a competitor, his highlights include setting the world record for 5000m at 13 minutes 00.41 seconds in Oslo in 1982 – it remains the UK record to this day -and winning the Commonwealth Games Gold medals for 1500m in 1978 and 5000m in 1982. In this talk, part of a day's worth of talks about the Olympics, David talks about his experiences of athletics at all levels | 24 4 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Making 10 Days to War - Colin Barr | Colin Has worked as a TV Director and Producer, his credits include, as director, ‘The Secretary who stole £4 Million’ and ‘The Lavender List’. He was Director and Producer on ‘Get Carman: The Trials of George Carman QC’, ‘The rise of the Celebrity Class’, and a Producer on ‘Maxwell’ and ‘10 Days to War’. In this talk, Colin describes his experiences of working in TV and focuses on the making of ‘10 Days to War’ | 24 4 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Zimbabwe, Kenya: Can Africa do Democracy? Dr Mano and Professor Oucho | Dr Winston Mano discusses Zimbabwe and Kenya with Professor John O. Oucho. Dr Mano is a Course Leader; he has a Graduate Diploma in Media and Communication Studies and a Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Media and Communication Studies. Prof Oucho has undertaken consultancies for various United Nations agencies, among them UNFPA, UNICEF, UNESCO, ILO, the world bank, UNHABITAT and other organisations. | 17 4 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Is ITV in Trouble? - Jim Godfrey | Jim Godfrey, ITV’s director of corporate affairs, is leaving in March after three years to set up his own PR agency. Godfrey, a former Labour special adviser, said he intended to specialise in political campaigns and branding with his new company, which will have ITV as its first client when it launches in July. He is a former special adviser to Patricia Hewlett when she was the trade and industry secretary. Before that he was director of communications for leading think-tank, the Institute for Public Policy Research. In this Coventry Conversation he talks about ITV and whether it has a future | 13 3 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Media Ethics - Phil Harding | Philip Harding is a journalist and media consultant. Until last summer he was Director of English Networks and News at the BBC World Service, responsible for all the BBC’s international radio programmes in English with 42 million listeners. Phil is a fellow of the Radio Academy and last autumn Phil was made a Fellow of the Society of Editors. He is a member of Society’s Advisory Committee. He is also a Trustee of the One World Broadcasting Trust. Phil starts this talk with a question about ethics in the media | 12 3 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Glamorous Life of a TV Presenter - Arti Halai | Arti Halai is currently a Presenter for ITV1’s regional news output in the Midlands Central News. She also has her own training company and is a consultant and a trainer on presentation, media and communication skills. She has spent fifteen years working in both radio and television. She started her career working for BBC Radio WM as a reporter and presenter based at Pebble Mill in Birmingham where she covered a wide range of stories. She is a governor for Mathey Boulton College of Further and Higher Education, a trustee for an educational charity, Academy of Youth and a Trustee for an independent charitable research organisation called Human City Institute which looks at solutions to issues affecting inner city areas | 12 3 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Face the Facts - John Waite | John Waite presents Radio 4’s award-winning investigative journalism programme Face The Facts, which has been a fixture in the Radio 4 schedules for 16 years and for which John has won 3 Sony Radio Awards as either Reporter or Broadcaster of the year. He also co-presents Radio 4’s daily consumer affairs programme You and Yours | 6 3 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The BBC World Service - Nigel Chapman | Nigel Chapman is Director of BBC World Service. He is responsible for the overall editorial leadership and management of the world’s leading international radio broadcaster and its new media operations. He has worked for the BBC for more than 20 years | 28 2 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Resigning from Government - Clare Short | lare Short was Secretary of State for International Development from 1997 to May 2003. DFID was a new Ministry created after the 1997 general election to promote policies for sustainable development and the elimination of poverty. In 2003, Ms Short resigned from the government over the Iraq war and in 2006, she resigned the Labour Whip. She now sits as an Independent. She will leave Parliament at the next election. | 28 2 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Is Local Radio at the Heart of the Community? - Bill Heine and Daniel Bruce | Bill Heine is considered by many to be very opinionated and perhaps somewhat controversial in the field of radio presenting, Heine is not afraid to speak his mind and allows his listeners to do the same during his phone-in show. Heine employed the sculptor John Buckley in 1986 to design a 25ft fibreglass sculpture of a shark that appears to be crashing through the roof of his house, it forms something of a controversial local landmark. Daniel Bruce became Regional Managing Editor for all of the CN Radio Group’s Midland stations at the end of 2005. He will be leaving this post in March 2008 to take up a new role with Internews. The new job is as a Project Director and Resident Journalism Consultant in Northern Uganda. Together they discuss whether local radio still has the community at its heart | 21 2 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Middle Class Bent at Radio 4? - Mark Damazer | Mark (born 15th April 1955) is the controller of Radio 4 and BBC 7 in the United Kingdom. He trained at ITN in 1980. He joined the BBC World Service as a current affairs producer in 1981. From 1982-4, he worked at ITV on TV-am, returning to BBC News in 1984. He joined Newsnight as an editor in January 1986. In August 1988, he became deputy editor of the Nine O’Clock News, becoming editor in 1990. In 1994, he became Editor of Television News Programmes, then Head of (what became) Current Affairs in May 1996. He became Head of Political Programmes in March 1998. He became Assistant Director of BBC News in December 1999, then Deputy Director in April 2001. He was appointed Controller of Radio 4 and BBC 7 in October 2004 | 21 2 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Managing Radio - Phil Riley | Phil’s radio career started in 1980. He has extensive programming experience gained from his roles as a Presenter, Producer, and Programme Controller. Phil was responsible for the successful launch of XTRA-AM in 1989 in Birmingham. In 1990 he was appointed managing director of Leeds 96.3 Radio Aire, which he managed from near-bankruptch to profitability. Phil has been active in the development of digital radio, sitting on the board of the Digital Radio Development Bureau (DRDB). Phil has held main board membership of The Radio Centre for over 10 years | 31 1 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Being a Broadcast Journalist - Paul Marriott | Paul speaks about his experiences of how he first became a broadcast journalist (starting his career in newspaper before moving into radio), and of being a news editor. He also gives tips and advice for aspiring journalists looking to work in radio or print. | 23 1 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Internet and Journalism - Andy Griffee and Alan Kirby | Alan Kirby is the Editor for The Coventry Telegraph, he joined the Telegraph as a reporter 35 years ago. He has since worked as News Editor, Production Editor, Features Editor, Deputy Editor and was appointed Editor in January 1999. Andy Griffee is Controller for English Regions at The BBC. He became controller in March 1999 after just 11 years working for the BBC. Together they talk about the influence the internet has had on Journalism, and their plans for future internet based news delivery methods. | 17 1 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Can we trust the International Media? - John O Oucho and Fred Mudhai | John O Oucho holds a PhD in Population Geography and was a post-doctoral fellow of the Carolina Population Center in the university of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, U.S.A. in 1982-3. He has taught at the University of Nairobi (2 decades), University of Ghana (3 years) and University of Botswana (8 years). He was elected Fellow of the Kenya National Academy of Sciences (KNAS) in 1989 and the World Academy of Art and Science (WAAS) in 2003. He is a well traveled and well published academic and has participated in many international conferences, presenting papers and charing sessions. Here he discusses the way that African nations have been portrayed by the British media, alongside Coventry University academic Dr Fred Mudhai. | 10 1 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Getting into Radio - Madeleine Kent | Madeleine did a degree in media Culture and Communications at Coventry University. She then worked at the bear 102 in Stratford for two years. She has also worked as Midlands reporter for GWR, she then accepted a job as News Editor of Kix. She has also worked for Chrysalis on Heart FM/DNN and Galaxy, before becoming news editor at CN radio. She is soon to start working for advertising agency McCann Erickson. In this Coventry Conversation Madeleine talks about her experience of getting in and getting on in Radio. | 6 1 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The BBC Natural History Unit - Viv Simson | Viv Simson is the Executive Editor with the BBC Natural History Unit. He is responsible for creating, selling and delivering of a number of major series for BBC 1, 2 8 4. The most recent of these series is ‘The Nature of Britain’ | 6 12 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Coogan, Comedy and Making the Nation Laugh - Armando Ianucci | Armando Iannucci has been a producer, writer, columnist, and has stared in his shows. He has worked with some of the biggest and brightest stars of modern comedy; From Steve Coogan, Chris Morris and Peter Baynam to Stewart Lee and Adam Buxton. He was the brains behind shows such as ‘The Day Today’, ‘I’m Alan Partridge’, ‘The Friday Night Armistice’, ‘Time Trumpet’ and many more. In this talk he discusses his life in comedy with some great anecdotes from his successful career | 6 12 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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PR and Racial Equality - Colleen Harris | Colleen Harris has recently set a consultancy which helps map out issues of Equality and Diversity for companies such as Channel 4 and the Telegraph Media Group. She has previously worked as a PR advisor for Trevor Phillips, John Prescott, Prince Charles and Margaret Thatcher amongst others. | 29 11 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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‘Crowngate’ and ‘TV Fakery’ - Will Wyatt | ‘Crowngate’ was one of the biggest media news stories during the frenzy on TV ‘fakery’. At the time Wyatt promised he would endeavour to “establish a full understanding of the events” that led to the furore surrounding the film about the Queen. Wyatt now works as a media consultant and company director. In 1988, he was Head of Documentary Features before becoming Managing Director BBC Network Television. In 1996 he became Chief Executive of the BBC, overseeing the launch of BBC Online, UKTV and BBC America | 21 11 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Adapting for the Screen - Andrew Davies | Andrew Davies is the country’s most sought after writer. He has managed to make script writing both interesting and saleable. Andrew is well known for his period drama adoptions with notable successes including ‘Pride and Prejudice’, ‘Vanity Fair’ and ‘Doctor Zhivago’. Hear Andrew in his second Coventry Conversation | 15 11 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Women’s Journalism - Katherine Whitehorn and Felicity Green | Journalism has changed enormously over the last decade with the introduction of new technology and new platforms, by the real revolution has been the ever greater role and involvement women play in the field. Two of the most renowned, Katharine Whitehorn and Felicity Green are the personification of how their respective styles have helped make them household names. | 8 11 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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One woman, a multinational and a victory - Shelley Jofre, Panorama | Panorama reporter Shelley Jofre discusses her investigated allegations that psychiatric drugs, in particular the best-selling antidepressent Seroxat have devestating side effects and are being over-prescribed to children in the UK and US. Shelly questions how much faith we should put in the medicines we take. | 1 11 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Blitzing the Games Industry - Philip Oliver | Philip Oliver is a co-founder of ‘Blitz Games’, along with his twin brother Andrew. In 1999 he was made the Managing Director, and in 2001 he became the Chief Executive Officer of ‘Blitz Games’. Since his position change he is now responsible for the company’s overall management, direction and image. ‘Blitz Games’ have produced games for PC, Xbox, Xbox 360 and PS2, with titles from many genera’s, from ‘Reservoir Dogs’ to ‘SpongeBob Squarepants’ | 22 10 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Faith and Politics in a Diverse Society - Baroness Amos | Baroness Valarie Amos’s political career began in 1981 where she worked in Equal Opportunities, Training and Management Services until 1989. She was a co-founder of Amos Fraser Bernard, and director (1995-1998) where she advised the South African Government on public service reform, human rights and employment equality. She was created a life peer in 1997 by Tony Blair. From 1998-2001 she was a government whip in the House of Lords. She was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office in June, 2001. Amos was the first joint black woman peer and the third woman in history to lead the upper House of Parliament. In recent months she has been awarded a number of accolades including being voted the most powerful black woman in the UK, and awarded ‘Peer of the Year’ by Dods political publishers in the same week. In this talk, delivered in Coventry Cathedral, Baroness Amos discusses faith and politics in a multicultural society. This talk is also available to watch on CUT | 18 10 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Speaking for the McCann’s - Clarence Mitchell | Clarence Mitchell is the spokesman for the McCann’s. He has been involved with the BBC for a number of years, and until recently was working for the government in the Media Monitoring Unit | 18 10 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Power of Advertising - John Hegarty | John Hegarty, of global advertising agency BBH, has been behind a number of the last 25 years most successful advertising campaigns. He talks about the power of advertising. | 11 10 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Putting Channel 4 on the Air - Channel 4 Day - Mike Bolland | Mike Bolland joined BBC Scotland in 1963 as an office junior before leaving for production work at the BBC in London and then in 1981 for the then newly established Channel 4. There he was the first media employee in the UK responsible for youth programming before becoming the Channel’s Head of Arts and Entertainment (1987 – 1990). Currently Mike works as a freelance television consultant and writer and has been head of TV at the National Film and Television School since 2006. This Coventry Conversation was recorded as part of Channel 4 Day at Coventry University | 4 10 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Jon Snow - Channel 4 Day - Coventry University | Jon Snow presents Channel 4’s award winning ‘Channel Four News’. In April 1989 he was made the lead presenter shortly after joining. Jon was named Journalist of the Year at the Royal Television Society Awards in 2006 for his coverage of America’s New Orleans disaster, Pakistan and Africa. Jon has also anchored Nelson Mandela’s walk to freedom in 1990 and the Berlin Wall collapse in 1989 | 4 10 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Re-inventing Entertainment on 4 - Channel 4 Day - Kevin Lygo | Kevin Lygo was Channel 4’s head of entertainment between 1998 and 2001 where he commissioned programs such as TFI Friday, Smack the Pony and Spaced. He has also worked for Channel Five as Controller of Programs, and then he returned to Channel Four as Controller in 2003. He is now the Director of Television and Content for the channel. Hear Kevin about Channel 4's vision for re-inventing entertainment | 4 10 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Founding Channel 4 - Channel 4 Day - Jeremy Isaacs | Sir Jeremy Isaacs was Channel four’s founding Chief Executive (1981 – 1987). He has also held positions such as Director of Programmes at Thames Television (1981-1987) and Director General of the Royal Opera House (1988-1996). Hear him discuss what Channel 4 is for | 4 10 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The History of Channel 4 - Channel 4 Day - Maggie Brown | Maggie Brown has been covering the media industry for over twenty years and has built a reputation as one of the countries most respected and highly regarded specialist media journalists. Granted access to Channel 4’s rich archive and frank interviews with the founders, chief executives and stars alike, she has recently completed a fresh British Film Institute history on the channel due out in November. Here she discusses the history of Channel 4 | 4 10 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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What is 4 for? - Channel 4 Day - Steve Hewlett | Steve Hewlett is a freelance media consultant, broadcaster and columnist for the MediaGuardian. He is a former director of programmes at Carlton TV in London, former Controller of Factual Programmes for Channel Four and was editor of ‘Panorama’ at the BBC from 1995 to 1997. This talk was part of a day devoted to Channel 4 at Coventry University | 4 10 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Producing Reality TV - Peter Ogden, Big Brother | Peter Ogden – The producer of reality tv shows such as Big Brother 8, I’m a Celebrity, get me out of here! and Love Island speaks about his experiences as a producer on Big Brother 8 and how reality TV works behind the scenes. Peter Ogden started his media career studying at Coventry University and was one of the pioneers responsible for setting up Source Radio, the Coventry University Student Radio Station | 25 9 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Presenting Local Radio - Liz Kershaw, BBC | At a Coventry University Coventry Conversations series event on 5th July 2007, BBC Coventry and Warwickshire Radio presenter Liz Kershaw shared her experiences with a group of about 50 students doing taster lessons in Journalism and Media Production. The group at the Media and Communication Department, in the Ellen Terry Building, was part of about 400 students attending Summer School at the University. One of them recorded Liz Kershaw’s talk | 4 7 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Presenting the News - Nick Owen, BBC | TV’s Mr Smooth comes to sit on the Coventry Conversations Sofa. A Midlands TV icon speaks to John Mair to end the current highly successful Coventry Conversations series. Nick Owen is on television nightly. He is the main presenter of BBC Midlands Today and has been for nine years. His is one of the best known faces on TV; from his early days at Central TV through to TVAM, Good Morning with Anne and Nick and the ITV Midweek Sports Special. But what is the secret of TV presentation? Is it as easy as Nick makes it look and how long will he get away with telling such awful jokes? In this talk, Nick shares the secrets of a lifetime spent in front of the camera | 30 5 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tackling Consumer Affairs - Ed Doolan, BBC | Ed Doolan presents BBC WM’s popular consumer affairs programme every weekday from 10am to 1pm and his Biographical series “The Other Side of ….....” which is heard Sundays at 12 noon and Fridays at 8pm. Ed was born in Sydney, Australia on July 20th, 1941. After a ten year career as a school teacher in Sydney, Edinburgh and London, he moved to Cologne, taking his first step into broadcasting with Radio Deutsche Welle, the German World Service, in 1970. From 1974 to 1982 Ed was a presenter at Birmingham’s first commercial radio station BRMB, joining BBC WM in 1982. Between 1982 and 1987, Ed also presented ‘Tuesday People’ and ‘Doolan at Large’ on BBC Two, as well as standing in for Jimmy Young and Bryan Hayes on Radio 2 in the 1990’s. Ed began his current consumer programme on BBC WM in 1988. There have been over 5000 programmes over the past 18 years and the programme continues to be one of the most listened-to in the region. He is well known for pioneering social action broadcasting, tackling dishonest and cavalier traders on behalf of the consumer. Ed also takes on the big utilities, the councils of the West Midlands and even areas of national government if an injustice has been done. Ed aims to ‘make a difference’ to the less fortunate and in his radio and charity work he can proudly claim to have had great success, being heavily involved in the many charities carrying his name. Ed has won numerous broadcasting awards and in 2004 became the first BBC Local Radio personality to be inducted in to the Radio Academy Hall of Fame. He was awarded the MBE in 1998 and was the first person to be awarded Honorary Doctorates by all three Birmingham based Universities. Hear him in conversation with John Mair who begins by talking about his bread and butter…. | 9 5 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Getting into Television - Jim Sayer, Maverick TV | Maverick’s MD Jim Sayer, appointed just last year, is the latest name to accept the invite to come and converse in Coventry. He spoke to Philip Draycott about the challenges of independent production and ways in to TV for young people and others. Jim’s credits as Executive Producer for Maverick include The Property Chain and Taboogie for Channel 4, Selling Yourself for Five and Who’ll Age Worst for UKTV. Prior to coming to Maverick, he was responsible for include the highly acclaimed series Brat Camp for Channel 4, Manhunt for BBC One and Where Do We Come From? for Five | 2 5 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Commercial Radio in the UK - Gillian Reynolds | Gillian Reynolds MBE is a Liverpool born journalist and broadcaster. During her career, she has worked as Radio Critic for the Guardian and for the Daily Telegraph, as well as Programme Controller of Radio City, Liverpool. She has served as Member and Vice Chair of the Art Council of England’s Film and Video Broadcasting Panel. She was a Member of the National Sound Archive Advisory Council, and chairs the Charles Parker Archive Trust at the Central Library, Birmingham. She is a Council member of the Broadcasting Committee of the Society of Authors. Hear her in her second conversation in the last 6 months with John Mair, with her view on the health of commercial radio in the U.K | 26 4 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tot’s TV - Anne Wood, Ragdoll | Anne Wood, Stratford based Ragdoll’s Founder and Creative Director talks to John Mair in the Coventry Conversations series about her work, her remarkable success with Teletubbies and her most recent and ambitious project, “In the Night Garden” In The Night Garden (100×30’ episodes) is intended for children aged 1-3 and has been devised by Anne Wood and Andrew Davenport, the partnership responsible for Teletubbies. As with Teletubbies, it has international appeal and a breadth of scale to establish a new standard for pre-school television | 25 4 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Producing ‘The Queen’ - Andy Harries | The man who produced the award-winning British film, “The Queen” has swapped the red carpet of Hollywood for a Coventry University lecture hall this week. Andy Harries, who saw Dame Helen Mirren win the Oscar for her outstanding performance as the Queen, spoke to John Mair, as part of the Coventry Conversations series. Andy was appointed Controller of Drama and Comedy in 2000 having spent seven years creating and running Granada’s acclaimed Comedy Department. In his capacity as Controller of Comedy, he oversaw programmes including Cold Feet for ITV1, which won a BAFTA (Best Drama 2002); The Mrs Merton Show (1997 BAFTA Best Talk Show) and The Royle Family for BBC1 (2000 BAFTA Situation Comedy). As Controller of Drama, Comedy and Factual Drama, Andy’s departmental output has been prolific. Productions range from Hot Money and My Beautiful Son for ITV1 to the adaptation of The Forsythe Saga and Dr Zhivago. In 2003, he supervised BAFTA Award-winning The Deal for Channel 4, Henry VIII and Donovan, the critically acclaimed dramas Wall of Silence and Danielle Cable: Eyewitness and the Prime Suspect. In 2004 he launched Life Begins, Island at War, Tell Me Lies, Planespotting, Angell’s Hell and Christmas Lights | 24 4 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Producing the Chelsea Flower Show - Karen Arrand | The woman who was responsible for getting the Chelsea Flower Show onto the television for the BBC talks to Coventry Conversations organiser, John Mair. The Chelsea Flower Show is a vital part of the English summer for those fortunate enough to visit the show but to those who watch it on the small screen, it has to capture the spectacle of the event live for 10 hours each year. Karen Arrand was the BBC producer responsible for bringing the show into our living rooms in 2000 to 2003. Karen took over the Show when it came back to the BBC after Channel Four had televised it for a few years. She transformed it into a great watch which generated the biggest audience for BBC Two in 2002 and 2003. Karen managed large teams in front as well as behind the camera working with some of the best known names in the gardening world. Karen shares with the audience how the televising of the Chelsea Flower Show was done and look at some of the highs as well as the lows and what lessons she learned doing it all. Karen now lectures part-time in Media Production at Coventry University | 23 4 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Fairness and Complaints in Broadcasting - Kath Worrall | Kath Worrall is Chair of the Fairness Committee of the Office of Communications – charged by law with making sure that what is broadcast is fair, decent and does not invade privacy. These are some of the most contentious issues in the modern media. Judging the public mood and the line to take is not an easy job – she currently has 40,000 complaints about the last series of ‘Celebrity Big Brother’ on her desk | 19 4 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Media in an Age of Moral Ambiguity - Mark Thompson, BBC Director General | Mark Thompson was appointed Director-General of the BBC on 21 May 2004, after being Chief Executive of Channel 4 since December 2001. Hear him give a lecture on “Media in an age of Moral Ambiguity” recorded at Coventry Cathedral on 17 April 2007 as part of the Coventry Conversations series. This talk is also available to watch on CUTV | 17 4 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Commissioning TV Drama, Comedy and Films - Jane Tranter | Jane is responsible for leading the group which covers Drama Commissioning, Comedy Commissioning, Programme Acquisitions and BBC Films. From 2000 to 2006, she was Controller, Drama Commissioning and responsible for drama commissioning on BBC One, BBC Two, BBC Three and BBC Four. Commissions during this time included Shakespeare, Rome, Jane Eyre, Life on Mars, Bleak House, Hotel Babylon, Robin Hood, Doctor Who, Bodies, Torchwood, Blackpool, Casanova and Spooks. Commissions to be transmitted in 2007 include Jekyll, Sense and Sensibility, Lilies, Stuart, A Life Backwards and Party Animals. Before taking up her current position in 2000, Jane was the Head of Drama Serials. Her credits there include Care, Warriors, The Way We Live Now, Wives 8 Daughters, The Sins, The Lost World, Babyfather and Crime 8 Punishment. Hear her in conversation with John Mair From 1997, when she joined the BBC, Jane worked as an executive producer in films and single drama. At Carlton Television from 1995 to 1997 – following its merger with Central – Jane was the executive producer on Wilderness and Bramwell and Carlton’s first ever soap, London Bridge. Prior to this, Jane was commissioning editor for drama at Carlton, responsible for the initial development of its franchise commitments such as Frank Stubbs and Body 8 Soul. Before leaving for Carlton, Jane was in the BBC’s films and singles department with David Thompson and worked on a number of projects including Alive 8 Kicking and The Hour of the Pig. From 1986 to 1989 she worked as an assistant floor manager on EastEnders and Bergerac and then as a script editor on the fourth series of Casualty. Jane joined the BBC in 1985; her first job was working as a secretary in the radio drama department | 15 3 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Legal Controversy on the Telly - Glen Del Medico | Glen Del Medico, who is now retired, was the BBC’s chief programme legal adviser and worked for the corporation for nearly 40 years. In his time he’s dealt with almost every legal controversy the BBC has been faced with and says on the Hutton Inquiry, that he would have cleared Andrew Gilligan’s story about the dossier on Iraqi weapons for broadcast if he had been consulted on it. Hear him speaking to students on matters of media law | 15 3 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Brand Design in Television - Martin Lambie-Nairn | Lambie-Nairn began his career in 1976. In the 80’s his company quickly built a reputation for broadcast design with the launch of Channel 4 in the UK. Arguably this identity changed the face of television branding, as it was the first time a TV company had used its on-air identity to say something about itself as a brand as well as being the first to be designed to work on and off screen. This led to many years of working with the BBC during which he was part of re-defining the BBC brand. Hear him in conversation with John Mair | 8 3 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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A Life in Television - Jeremy Isaacs | Jeremy Isaacs is a television producer, broadcaster and arts impresario. Born in Glasgow, Isaacs was educated at Merton College, Oxford. He joined Granada Television as a producer (1958) and worked on programmes such as What The Papers Say and, for the BBC, Panorama. Isaacs has produced some of the most significant historical documentaries made for British television, such as The World At War (1975), made in 26 episodes, Ireland: A Television History (1981) and the Cold War (1998). He has been Director of Programs at Thames Television and was the first Chief Executive of Channel Four Television (1981-87), doing much to shape the reputation of that channel for quality alternative programming. Between 1988 and 1996 Isaacs was Director General of the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, enthusiastically allowing cameras in to view its controversial problems in the documentary The Royal Opera House – Behind The Scenes. Hear him in conversation with John Mai | 22 2 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Managing GMTV - Paul Corley | A former Coventry schoolboy who is now a top TV executive recently came back to the city to share the secrets of his success. Paul Corley was born in Coundon and went to school at Moseley Avenue Primary and Bablake School where he was the head boy. After graduating from Oxford University, he worked for the BBC and then went to work on to the ground-breaking Channel 4 series “The Tube’. He went on to be Controller of factual programmes for the ITV Network, Controller of factual programming for Carlton TV, Director of Programmes and then Chief Executive of Border TV. He is now the Managing Director of Europe’s biggest breakfast broadcaster, GMTV, a post he has held for the last five years. He is also a fellow of the Royal Television Society. Hear him in Conversation with John Mair | 15 2 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Being a Freelance Journalist - Chris Arnot | Chris Arnot has been a freelance feature writer on national newspapers and magazines for the past 17 years. His main outlet has been the Guardian. He has also contributed to the Independent, the Observer and the Daily Telegraph. During the 1990s, he made occasional contributions to BBC Radio 4, the Express and the Times. In this Coventry Conversation he talks about being a Freelancer. | 7 2 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Current Affairs - Jane Treays | In 1981 Jane became a Researcher in the Current Affairs Department at the BBC and worked on several major series including Soldiers, a 13-part flagship series fronted by Frederick Forsyth. “At 24 years of age I was picked to interview 120 war veterans around the world. It was an incredibly difficult task because for many of them, particularly the Vietnam war veterans, war experience was still fresh. It was doubted I’d stay the entire course, but stay the course I did. In fact I developed an absolute relish for asking questions that nobody else would dare ask and the directors used to tell me afterwards that they’d sit with their hearts in their mouths waiting for the answers." Hear Jane in conversation with John Mair | 1 2 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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History on TV - Laurence Rees | Laurence Rees is Creative Director of BBC Television History programmes and was also, for ten years (1992 to 2002), editor of Timewatch the BBC’s Historical Documentary strand. Under his editorship Timewatch won a host of awards including 3 Emmys. Hear him in conversation with John Mair, reflecting on the huge success of his series, Auschwitz: The Nazis and the Final Solution | 25 1 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Reporting Current Affairs - Paul Kenyon | Paul Kenyon is a highly experienced reporter and producer who has worked across BBC News and Current Affairs, and has also presented on Five Live. In 2005 he was the first reporter to film Iran’s secret nuclear sites, making an hour-long documentary which was shown around the world. Hear him in conversation with John Mair | 18 1 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Shameless Success - Paul Abbott | Paul Abbott, creator and writer of television's 'Shameless', talks about his career to Coventry University. | 11 1 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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A Life in Documentary - Paul Watson | Paul Watson is a British Documentary superstar. His 1974 series “The Family” on the Wilkins of Reading, set off the “fly-on-the-wall” genre and is a seminal moment in British television history. He has not stopped since “Sylvania Waters” and “The Fishing Party” and his most recent success has been the 100 minute “Rain in My Heart” on BBC 2, tackling the subject of alcoholism. This is the starting point in this Coventry Conversation with John mair | 13 12 06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Controlling at the BEEB - Andy Griffee | Andy Griffee became Controller, BBC English Regions in March 1999, 11 years after joining the BBC as a Broadcast Journalist. Working out of the English Regions’ headquarters at BBC Birmingham, Griffee is responsible for over 3,000 staff based across England, and for 3,000 hours a year of regional television programmes, over 250,000 hours of local radio from the BBC’s 39 local stations and 42 Where I Live local BBC internet sites. Here he talks about his job and responsibilities at the BEEB | 30 11 06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Novel Writing - David Dabydean | Critic, writer and novelist David Dabydeen is Director of the Centre for Caribbean Studies and Professor at the Centre for British Comparative Cultural Studies at the University of Warwick. | 23 11 06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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A Life in Numbers - Bob Worcester. MORI | Sir Robert Worcester, KBE, is the founder of the MORI polling and research organisation, and a member and contributor to many voluntary organisations. He is a well known figure in British public opinion research. Here he talks about his life working with numbers, statistics and public opinion polls. | 2 11 06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Craft of Scriptwriting - Andrew Davies | Andrew Davies, one of the top scriptwriters in the UK (Pride and Prejudice, Bleak House), discusses the craft of writing for the screen. | 26 10 06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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My Life Undercover - Donal MacIntyre | Donal MacIntyre, investigative reporter, discusses life as an undercover journalist. | 19 10 06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Did Video Kill the Radio Star? Gillian Reynolds | Gillian Reynolds, MBE, and daily telegraph columnist discusses why video didn't kill the radio star. | 12 10 06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Future of ITV News - Clive Jones | Clive Jones, Chief Executive, ITV News/ITV Regions talks to John Mair about ITV news, it’s future and whether he’s simply managing decline. It was recorded on 5th October 2006, well before the move of Michael Grade to ITV | 5 10 06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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