16th – 20th January – Media Week 2012
Media Week 2012 has now concluded, and we’d like to thank everyone who came along to an event, asked a question, spoke or had anything else to do with the week.
We were lucky enough to have some of our fantastic speakers agree to us recording their sessions for podcast purposes, so fear not if you missed out due to lectures/laziness or the terrible, terrible weather.
The podcasts can be found on the SRC’s shiny new mixcloud page (exciting times).
Media Week is a rare opportunity to hear what some of the key professionals from across Glasgow’s vibrant Media Industry have to say and to quiz them about just how ‘glitzy’ working in the Media actually is.
All of the events are free to attend and open to everyone, though we would ask that you attend the relevant Facebook event (linked below) in order that we can keep an eye on numbers. The talks and workshops mostly take place in the Williams Room, just up the front stairs in the John McIntyre Building.
We’re proud of what we think is a fantastic programme of interesting events organised for the week. Have a browse of the event listings and hopefully we’ll see you soon.
Monday 16th January
Will crowd-sourced news spell the end of journalism? – Iain Pope, STV Local
Politics and the Media – Nicolai Gentchev, Editor, BBC Question Time
Studio Tour & Bodge Competition – GUST
Tuesday 17th January
How To Get Hired through Social Media – Various
Shooting Professionally – Tommy Ga-Ken Wan, Freelance Photographer
Online & Print Media: Worlds Apart? Robert Dawson Scott, stv.tv
The Essentials of Freelancing – Francis Shennan, Freelance & NUJ
The Importance of Effective Communication – John Morrison, Morrison Media Strategies
Wednesday 18th January
Scottish Radio: What You Need to Know – Graham Stewart, BBC Scotland
What Can PG Courses in Journalism Offer? – Ken Garner, Glasgow Caledonian University
Mass Production of Ignorance: What aren’t we told by the media? – Greg Philo, Glasgow Media Group
Thursday 19th January
Writing for the Media Workshop – Gareth K Vile, The Skinny
Social Media: Guilty as Charged? – Lesley Riddoch, Journalist & Broadcaster
Creative Writing & Publishing: What You Need To Know – Louise Welsh, Author & Adrian Searle, Literary Agent
Videogames Industry: What You Need To Know – Edward Stern, Splash Damage
GUM & The Importance of Student Media – Ina Andersson, GUM & The National Student
Where do we go from here? The Future of the Media Panel – Glasgow Guardian & Guests
Friday 20th January
Writing a CV to Get Noticed in the Media – Glasgow University Careers Service
Making A Living As A Screenwriter – Sergio Casci, BBC Scotland & Freelance
From Horny Cows to the Egyptian Revolution – Ruaridh Arrow, Journalist & Filmmaker
Creative Networking in Media – Glasgow University Careers Service
How to Start A Revolution Screening & Q&A – Ruaridh Arrow, Journalist & Filmmaker
More Information
A full programme of the events of media week is detailed in a handy booklet we produced, which can be viewed online. All events can be found from our facebook, where each event is listed individually. There’s a couple of pages of them, so have a flick through, see what takes your fancy and head over to the John McIntyre building.