Sean drives Irish motorsport magazine
Posted on July 2, 2008 - Filed Under Journalism, Media | Leave a Comment
Sean Moriarty, one of the first graduates of Coventry University’s automotive journalism MA course, has been appointed editor of a new Irish supplement of Motorsport News, the leading weekly motorsport newspaper.
The first instalment of the monthly supplement will appear in the June 25 issue and has eight pages of extra Irish coverage in a special […]
Tom signs visitor’s book
Posted on May 24, 2008 - Filed Under Journalism, Media | Leave a Comment
Automotive journalism student Tom Coulthard already has a motoring book to his name – Spritely Years, written in conjunction with former racing driver John Sprinzel. It was published in 1994 and has since sold out, fetching high prices on the secondhand market in recent years.
Earlier this year a limited edition reprint was reissued, and they […]
Cov Flamenco Maestro Gets Sony Nomination
Posted on May 20, 2008 - Filed Under Journalism, Radio | Leave a Comment
Oxford based writer and broadcaster and Coventry University lecturer Marcos Young is celebrating having been nominated for a 2008 Sony Radio Academy Award for the second year running. His programme ‘Global Echoes’ will be competing for the specialist music programme award on Monday 12th May at the Grosvenor House Hotel.
Marcos, who presents ‘Global […]
Coventry Uni journo talks Turkey
Posted on April 25, 2008 - Filed Under Journalism, Media, Research | Leave a Comment
Coventry journalism lecturer John Lister is not just a print journalist: he has specialised for almost 25 years in writing about the NHS, health services and health policies.
A few years ago John put a substantial book together on global changes in health care systems, which he warns is not for the faint-hearted: “I have been […]
Students encounter Union’s Renewed “fighting spirit”
Posted on April 5, 2008 - Filed Under Journalism, Media | Leave a Comment
Journalism students from Coventry University have spent the last three days at the National Union of Journalists‘ Annual Delegates Meeting in Belfast.
The meeting was held in the Europa, the province’s most-bombed hotel during the height of the troubles. The hotel’s re-building process is in many ways reminiscent of the NUJ’s.
The prominent message journalism students […]
Students Experience The Show Of A Lifetime
Posted on March 21, 2008 - Filed Under Journalism, Media, Radio, Video | Leave a Comment
Nine lucky journalism students from Coventry University had the opportunity to look in to their futures after being given a guided tour around the BBC studios in Birmingham writes Iain Green.
The highlight of the day for the first and second year students was to watch the lunchtime edition of Midlands Today go out, whilst sitting […]
