Communications, Media & Culture
@ University of Stirling
CMC research covered by Time, the New York Times and Social Media The recent publication of The State of News Photography: The Lives and Livelihoods of Photojournalists in the Digital Age has caused a great deal of debate in the industry worldwide. The study, which Read More …
The Jonathan Witchell Memorial Prize for Best Radio Feature 2015 has been awarded to Louise MacGregor, Jide Olanipekun, Elizabeth Ross and Martin Rowbottom. Their winning piece, “The Art of Storytelling” was produced last semester as part of their third year module in Radio Feature Production. Read More …
As I write this, I am experiencing what can only be described as some kind of post-uni limbo: fortunate enough to have been given the opportunity to work as a sportswriter for a national newspaper (a job I’ve craved from an early age), but not Read More …
A group of 4th year Film and Media production students were treated to a tour of the radio drama studios at BBC Scotland in Glasgow last week. Accompanied by radio tutors Suzy Angus and Janieann McCracken, the students were welcomed by Development Producer of Drama, David Read More …
The Jonathan Witchell Memorial Prize for Best Radio Feature 2014 has been awarded to Carolyn Kennedy, David Mercer, Dionne Cassidy, Eilidh Campbell and Alex Trimble. Their winning piece, “An American in Britain” was produced last semester as part of their third year module in Read More …
Sometimes opportunities will arise in your journalist career that you are just going to have to jump at: the chance to meet a distinguished politician, celebrity, or sports star; the chance to report on an election in a foreign country; the chance to work with Read More …
When the editors of the peer-reviewed International Journal of Jungian Studies first approached me in the Winter of 2012 with the idea for putting together an IJJS special issue on moving image, I jumped at the chance. Although not a Jungian myself, I have some Read More …
It is fair to say that the eyes of the world, including the eyes of Slovenian media, were on Scotland last week, closely watching how Scotland will decide at the independence referendum. As a free-lance British correspondent for Slovenian TV news Svet on Kanal A Read More …
Students from the University of Stirling are playing a key role in bringing the Commonwealth Games to homes around the world. Fifteen people – all on BA Honours courses in the School of Arts and Humanities – are working for TV crews bringing images of Read More …
This might seem an odd way to begin, but I love films. I really do. As anybody who knows me well can testify, the huge DVD collection in my house is bordering on the obsessive. And let’s not even start with the box sets of Read More …