http://covmedia.co.uk/blog Coventry University Department of Media and Communication Blog Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:01:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Induction week saw the new BA Photography students completing their first live brief of the course with a photo-shoot at Coventry's Guild Hall. Tasked to make images for press and web usage, all of the students got an initial taste of working to commission whilst acquainting themselves with the new Nikon equipment overseen ... http://covmedia.co.uk/blog/2008/10/03/first-commission-for-new-photo-ba-course/ In it's thirty year history, Thompson's gallery of Marlebone is hosting it's first ever exhibition of photography celebrating the medium as a fine art form, whilst also representing a valuable opportunity to invest in the medium's heritage.           The characteristic portraits of Coventry's Senior Lecturer Jonathan Worth offer intimate behind the scenes glimpses of subjects as ... http://covmedia.co.uk/blog/2008/07/15/thompsons-first-photography-exhibition/ 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 ... http://covmedia.co.uk/blog/2008/07/02/263/ 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 ... http://covmedia.co.uk/blog/2008/05/24/tom-signs-visitors-book/ 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 ... http://covmedia.co.uk/blog/2008/05/20/cov-flamenco-maestro-gets-sony-nomination/ A new course at Coventry University is hoping to attract students of all ages for a BA (Hons) degree in Photography. Course Director Paul Smith is a former student of the university and a renowned artist in his own right having exhibited all over the world with an extensive portfolio. His ... http://covmedia.co.uk/blog/2008/05/03/frame-at-last-old-skills-needed-for-new-photography-course/