Seminar Programme
Wednesday 3 March, 2010 BBC Broadcasting House, Portland Place, London
1pm Registration and refreshments
1:15 Welcome by host, Martyn Lewis CBE, Chairman and Founder of YouthNet, former BBC broadcaster
1:20 Tom Whipple, Features writer at the Times, Freelancing your way to your dream job
1:35 Amol Rajan, Assistant Comment Editor at the Independent, Building your media profile and carving a niche
1:50 James Thornhill, Editor of the National Student, Setting up an original publication
2:05 Question and discussion
2:25 Break
2:35 Hannah Joliffe, Editorial Manager for TheSite.org, Chris Denholm, Multimedia Assistant for TheSite.org, Workshop: How TheSite.org can help you write fresh and accurate stories for your student publication
3:30 Break
3:40 Welcome to part II, Martyn Lewis
3:45 Ben Gallop, Head of Interactive and Formula 1 at the BBC, How the internet has transformed sports journalism
4:05 David Seymour, Former Political Editor of the Daily Mirror and founder of the Student Mirror, Who cares about the readers?
4:25 Questions and Discussion
4:50 Close, Martyn Lewis
5:00 Drinks and networking