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Journalists from some of the leading broadcasters, newspapers, magazines and online will be speaking and/or running workshops during this our 5th annual Journalism Week. Over the four days there is the opportunity to listen to, work with, network and learn from a wide range of key industry professionals who will be talking about many aspects of journalism, the media and marketing and focusing on the impact new technology is having across the industry.

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MONDAY 25 FEBRUARY10am - 11am Jeff Stelling, Presenter, Sky Sports (MHLT)

11am - 12pm Stuart Rowson, Sports Editor Interactive, BBC Sport (MHLT)

12pm - 1pm Julian Coman, Assistant Editor, The Observer (MHLT)

2pm -3pm Mark Austin, News Anchor, ITV (MHLT)

3pm - 4pm Andrew Hebden, Deputy Director, CBI Northeast (MHLT)

4pm - 5pm Lindsay McIntosh, Scottish Political Correspondent, The Times (MHLT)

6pm - 10pm Radio Academy Event with Rod McKenzie, Editor, BBC Radio1’s Newsbeat and 1Xra News (MHLT)

TUESDAY 26 FEBRUARY10am - 11am Martin Kelner, Freelance Journalist (MHLT)

11am - 12pm Joseph Stashko, Co-Founder, Liveblog Pro (AG27)

12pm - 1pm Trevor Morris, Visiting Professor in Public Relations University of Westminster (MHLT)

2pm - 3pm Katie Baldwin, Health Reporter, Yorkshire Evening Post/Yorkshire Post (AG21)

3pm - 4pm Mark Bradley, Group Editor, Halifax and Yorkshire weekly newspapers (MHLT)

WEDNESDAY 27 FEBRUARY10am - 11am John McCready, Music Journalist (AG27)

11am - 12pm Neil Wallis, Former Editor, The People (MHLT)

12pm - 1pm Duncan Wood and Christine Talbot, ITV (MHLT and TV Studio)

2pm - 3pm Alex Moss, Leeds Reporter, BBC Online (AG27)

3pm - 4pm Isi Abebe, Station Manager, Made in Leeds (MHLT)

THURSDAY 28 FEBRUARY10am - 11am Tony Curtis and Mark Buckingam, Sky Sports News workshop (AG27)

11am - 12pm Prof. Brian Cathcart, Founder, Hacked Off Campaign (MHLT)

12pm - 1pm George Eaton, New Statesman (AG27)

2pm - 3pm Nomia Iqbal, BBC Radio Newsbeat and Leeds Trinity Alumnus (MHLT)

3pm - 4pm Alex Miller. Editor-In-Chief, Vice UK (MHLT)

3pm - 4pm Rachel Townsend, ITV (MHLT)

4pm - 5pm Alumni Association Launch with Danny Savage, North of England Correspondent, BBC (MHLT)

(MHLT = Mary Hallaway Lecture Theatre)

Welcome To Journalism Week 2013I’m so pleased to welcome you to Leeds Trinity University’s annual Journalism Week. Now in its fifth year, Journalism Week has become such a success that students are now guaranteed to hear from journalists from some of the leading broadcasters, newspapers, magazines and online.

Journalism is such a fantastic industry to be involved in. I’ve worked in the journalism and media industry for the majority of my working life, and I still find it rewarding, exciting and constantly evolving. I wholeheartedly support Journalism Week, which gives students access to a wide range of leading journalists each year. It’s so important for students to hear first-hand from journalists alongside their studies. It lets students gain a variety of industry perspectives, up-to-date insight on exciting industry developments, the challenges faced by journalists as well as tips for getting into the industry. There seems to me to be no better way to inspire students, and to help them to put their learning into the context of the journalism industry today.

Leeds Trinity University’s Centre for Journalism has an excellent reputationwithin the industry, and it’s evident that its students reap the success of this. On my first visit to Leeds Trinity University as Chancellor, I waslucky enough to spend time with a group of Journalism students whoworked together to interview me in the University’s TV studio and producea high quality news piece. I was so impressed with the students, who not only demonstrated their excellent journalism skills and expertise, but also their enthusiasm and dedication to pursue careers in journalism.I was also extremely impressed with the facilities available for the studentsto use, and the passion and expertise of the staff in the Centre for Journalism. With opportunities like Journalism Week, it’s no wonder Leeds Trinity boasts such an excellent track record of getting its students employed after University.

Journalism Week will run from Monday 25 February until Thursday 28 February, and I’d encourage all students to take full advantage of the brilliant opportunities on offer.

Gabby LoganChancellor Leeds Trinity University

We’ll be tweeting throughout Journalism Week from @journalismweek All participants, audience members and people following the week remotely are encouraged to tweet their questions and observations with the hashtag #ltjw and we’ll also be live blogging at www.journalismweek.co.uk

10am - 11am, MHLT Jeff Stelling, Presenter, Sky Sports @jeffskysports

Jeff Stelling is best known as the anchor on Gillette Soccer Saturday, the landmark football institution that stretches across six hours of the game’s busiest day with a much celebrated (and imitated) mix of features, reports, informed studio opinion, lively banter and the fastest results service you can find anywhere.

Jeff has also presented a range of live events on Sky Sports, dating back to the channel’s birth in1992, and is now the main presenter for Sky SportsUEFA Champions League coverage.

An experienced journalist and broadcaster, Jeff’s media career began nearly 40 years ago as a news reporter at his local paper, the Hartlepool Mail. A move to Radio Tees led to the role of reporter on local club Middlesbrough and the beginning of a radio career that took Jeff to two Olympic Games in Los Angeles (1984) and Seoul (1988). After joining TV AM as a member of the sports team in 1988, he moved to BSB in 1990 and after a brief period at Channel 4, he began a long association with Sky Sports that has included presenting live darts, snooker, greyhound and horse racing. He has also been the presenter of the ever popular Channel 4 show Countdown, produced by ITV Yorkshire.

In his limited leisure time, Jeff can be found following the fortunes of Hartlepool United.

11am - 12am, MHLT Stuart Rowson, Sports Editor Interactive, BBC Sport @stuartrowson

Stuart has been with BBC Sport since its move to MediaCity in Salford in May 2011. He is responsible for all content across its several digital platforms: web, mobile, app, red button including digitext, IPTVand social media.

He led and planned BBC Sport’s interactive Olympiccoverage which brought in a record-breaking audience of 10m global users per day.

Prior to joining BBC Sport, Stuart was the editor of BBC Look North in Hull, having previously worked as the sports editor at the Hull Daily Mail and the Grimsby Town reporter for the Grimsby Telegraph.

12pm - 1pm, MHLT Julian Coman, Assistant Editor, The Observer @fernville

Julian Coman is Assistant Editor of the Observer, with responsibility for home and foreign news. Hewas formerly Paris and then Washington correspondent for the The Sunday Telegraph and Home News Editor for the Independent.

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2pm - 3pm, MHLTMark Austin, News Anchor, ITV @markaustinitv

Mark Austin is a multi-award winning journalist who now co-presents ITV News at Ten. Previously, Mark was Senior Correspondent for ITV News, covering major foreign and domestic stories. For fifteen years he was a foreign correspondent based in Africa and Asia and travelling all over the globe. Mark’s achievements include winning a BAFTA in 2010 for his part in ITV News’ coverage of theHaitian earthquake, being named Television and Radio Industries Club’s Newscaster of theYear in 2010, an International Emmy in 2000 for his reporting of the devastating floods in Mozambique,a Gold Nymph in 1999 for covering the war in Kosovo, and a Gold Medal at the 1996 Film & Television Festival of New York for his coverage of the Bosnian war.

3pm - 4pm, Andrew Hebden, Deputy Director, Confederation of British Industry Northeast @andrewhebden

Andrew joined the CBI in December 2012 having spent more than a decade in regional journalismin Yorkshire, Scotland and the North East. A graduate of Durham University, he

completed a Masters at Sheffield Universitybefore joining the Bradford Telegraph & Argus as a trainee reporter in 2001. He went on to become Business Editor before moving to the Press & Journal newspaper based in Aberdeen where he was Business Editor and later News Editor.

He joined ncjMedia, publisher of The Journal and Evening Chronicle titles in the North East, in 2008 where he was Assistant Editor and Headof Business. During his time at ncjMedia, he played a major role in the development of The Journal including the creation of a new daily comment and analysis section and led a series of business-focused campaigns, including two successful bids to the Regional Growth Fund worth over £30m for North East companies.

He is a graduate of the CBI Future Leaders programme, a former member of the council of the North East Chamber of Commerce and is actively involved with a Business in the Community programme to help ex-offenders into employment.

In his current role he is responsible for looking after the concerns of CBI member companies in the North East and linking them in with the work of Britain’s leading business lobbying organisation, which speaks on behalf of 240,000 UK firms, including many of the FTSE100.

Outside of work, he is a keen long-distance runner, occasional surfer and long-suffering Bradford City supporter.

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4pm - 5pm, MHLT Lindsay McIntosh, Scottish Political Correspondent, The Times @lmkmcintoshLindsay McIntosh studied Law at the Universityof Edinburgh before completing the Trinity Mirror journalism training scheme in Glasgow.

She began her career as a trainee reporter at the Press and Journal in Aberdeen and left thepaper four years later as chief reporter. After a year reporting at The Scotsman, where she covered the banking crisis, she joined The Timesas a Scotland correspondent. She now covers Scottish politics for The Times and writes extensively about the independence debate.

6pm-10pm, MHLT Radio Academy Event with Rod McKenzie, Editor, BBC Radio1’s Newsbeat and 1Xtra News @rjdmcHosted by the Radio Academy (Yorkshire Branch), this special session – “And finally ... the end of radio news - how to fight for young audiences in a multi-screen world” - will feature Rod McKenzie the Editor of the BBC Radio1’s Newsbeat and 1Xtra News which have an estimated ten and a half million listeners, and a staff of more than fifty.

The session will explore how radio news can compete in a digital age when audiences can access news and information on a wide range of web-linked devices – particularly those we carry in our pockets.

Rod is responsible for the expansion of specialist journalism in fields such as entertainment news and youth health, driving an agenda that’s very different from that of the mainstream BBC News. Under his editorship, 1Xtra launched its news service and has developed an award winning and critically acclaimed documentary strand. He has also re-shaped Newsbeat’s online presence and the programme has developed a reputation for being an audience-led programme with large interactive elements and listener involvement through social media.

Admission is by ticket only, obtainable from the Radio Academy website.

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10am - 11am, MHLT Martin Kelner, Freelance Journalist @martinkelner

Martin Kelner has been a journalist for more than 30 years, starting as a trainee reporter on the Western Daily Press, since when he has written as a freelance for the Independent, the Observer, the Mail On Sunday, the Daily Telegraph, and several magazines including GQ, Later, Men’s Health, and Public Servant. For 16 years he wrote the column Screen Break for The Guardian, about sport on TV. He is also a radio presenter, who has broadcast on most British radio stations.

He currently presents a daily show on BBC Radio Leeds, is a columnist for the Racing Post, and a regular panellist on the BBC Five Live show Fighting Talk. He has written two books, When Will I Be Famous and Sit Down and Cheer.

11am – 12pm, AG27Joseph Stashko, Co-Founder, Liveblog Pro (workshop) @josephstash

Joseph Stashko is a journalist who has worked for several media organisations including ITV News and the Associated Press. He is a cofounder of Liveblog Pro, a liveblogging platform, where he works on user experience and community management.

12pm - 1pm, MHLT Trevor Morris, Visiting Professor in Public Relations, University of Westminster

Trevor Morris is Visiting Professor in Public Relations at the University of Westminster , a Fellow of the Public Relations Consultants Association and an author, consultant and mentor. He was formerly the CEO of Chime Communications Public Relations , the UK’s largest PR group.

In over thirty years in the PR industry he has been the CEO of the UK’s largest PR group, worked for numerous major companies and organisations and written and lectured extensively. Former colleagues include Lord Tim Bell (former PR advisor to Prime Minister Thatcher), David Hill (former director of communications for Prime Minister Tony Blair) and Sophie Rhys-Jones (the Countess of Wessex).

Trevor maintains a high profile in the industry. He regularly comments on PR matters in the media, speaks at conferences and chairs and advises a range of consultancies and corporates.

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2pm - 3pm, AG21 Katie Baldwin, Health Reporter, Yorkshire Evening Post/Yorkshire Post (workshop) @KatieBaldwinYEP

Katie Baldwin has worked in regional newspapers for 13 years, starting her career as a trainee reporter at the Halifax Evening Courier in 2000.

In 2002 she joined the Telegraph & Argus in Bradford as a senior reporter where she took on the running of a successful campaign to raise £1m for cancer research.

She joined the Yorkshire Evening Post in 2004 and has been the paper’s health reporter since 2006.

For the past two years she has led the paper’s campaign to keep the Leeds children’s heart surgery unit open, which has included visiting Downing Street with supporters and quizzing the Prime Minister on the issue.

3pm - 4pm, MHLT Mark Bradley, Group Editor, Halifax and Yorkshire weekly newspapers @WExp_Editor Mark has been in print journalism for 18 years, starting in London as a reporter, then as a Sub-Editor at the Yorkshire Evening Post.

He became editor of The Wakefield Express 11 years ago and has since become group editor of 15 titles, including the Wakefield Express series, Dewsbury Reporter series and Halifax Courier series.

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10am - 11am, AG27 John McCready, Music Journalist (workshop)

In a career of over 25 years, John McCready hasworked in many capacities in the record industry but is chiefly known as a music writer, TV documentary producer, DJ and record collector.

John had long standing associations with New Musical Express, The Face, ID magazine, Mojo, Word Magazine and Radio Times, has contributed to the Independent, The Times, the Guardian andmany international publications. Known as a keycommentator on Detroit Techno, British club culture and music technology, he has also written extensively on Disco and Dub.

A champion of the North West’s remarkable contribution to popular music and a respected part of Manchester’s music scene, he has compiled and annotated releases for New Order and The Stone Roses.

John was a resident DJ at the Hacienda club in Manchester for five years and a tour DJ for New Order and Doves.

He has helped produce documentaries for Channel 4 and the BBC.

11am – 12pm, MHLTNeil Wallis, Former Editor, The People @neilwallis1

Neil Wallis joined The Sun as investigations editor in 1986 and rose to become Deputy Editor, before serving as Editor of The People and Executive Editor of the News of the World.

Along the way, he earned the nickname “wolf man” because of his loud and larger-than-life style. Mr Wallis was also a member of the Press Complaints Commission, before moving into the world of Public Relations. He hit the headlines in 2011 when he was arrested as part of the police inquiry into phone hacking, although no charges were ever brought.

Producing documentaries for the BBC, he has been outspoken about the Leveson Inquiry, defending the newspaper industry’s right to self-regulation. Mr Wallis has described those behind the Hacked Off campaign as “an unsavoury alliance” and fears the British media could be controlled by politicians.

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12pm - 1pm, MHLT and TV Studio Duncan Wood and Christine Talbot, ITV Yorkshire @duncanwooditv @christinetalbot

Duncan and Christine are the co-anchors of ITV Yorkshire’s flagship news magazine programme Calendar. Christine took over the hot seat in 2001, Duncan joined her in 2003 and they are now the longest serving presenting team in ITV News.

Both started out in journalism working for local newspapers before moving into broadcasting. Christine was a reporter and presenter with BBC North West Tonight before joining the Calendar team as a reporter in 1993. Duncan’s first television job combined two of his greatest loves – sport and journalism – before he joined GMTV as North of England correspondent.

2pm – 3pm, AG27Alex Moss, Leeds Reporter,BBC Online

Alex is a journalist for the BBC news website based in Leeds. Part of the Yorkshire online team, she works with television and radio colleagues covering news stories for local sites and national indexes as well as developing original stories and features. Alex previously worked for six years in regional print journalism as a news reporter, crime reporter and assistant news editor.

3pm - 4pm, MHLT Isi Abebe, Station Manager, Made in Leeds @isiabebe

Station Manager Isi Abebe will be responsible for the day-to-day running of the new Local TV service for Leeds - Made In Leeds, when it launches this Autumn. Isi is a Creative Director and Media Executive with a background in Television, Design, and Publishing. A graduate of Chemical Engineering from Leeds University, he went on to study Law in London before actively pursuing his interests in media. The licence for the new service was awarded by the regulator OFCOM earlier this month.

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THursDaY 28TH FeB10am – 11am, AG27Tony Curtis and Mark Buckingham, Sky Sports News, (workshop)

Tony Curtis @SkysportsTC

A well-respected sports journalist and sub-editor with a wealth of experience working at a range of media outlets, from local newspapers to the national press.

He currently works as the chief sub-editor and chief rugby union editor at skysports.com, where he has played a key and proactive role in the site’s development and continued success. He started out at the Ackrill Media Group in Harrogate, working on the property pages, before going on to become the group sports editor at the age of 21.

From there he worked for the York Evening Press before moving to the Daily Star, where he was the deputy sports editor of the Welsh edition and deputy chief sub-editor. He then worked on the sports desk at the Yorkshire Post before joining Sky Sports in 2006.

Mark Buckingham @SkySportsBucko

Mark Buckingham is currently the Deputy Editor and Football Editor for skysports.com, and has played an integral role in the website’s continued growth and success.

He graduated from Teesside University in 1999 with a degree in journalism and started his career with Planet Football. He initially worked across several of the official websites for Premier League and Championship clubs, before moving into the betting editorial team and then onto the Planet Football editorial staff.Planet Football’s parent company was bought by Sky in 2000 and gradually the Planet Football became part of skysports.com. Mark has primarily worked as an editor for the past 10 years and has been in his current role for the last five years.

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11am - 12pm, MHLTProf. Brian Cathcart, Founder, Hacked Off Campaign @BrianCathcart

Brian Cathcart is Professor of Journalism atKingston University London and was a founder of the Hacked Off campaign. He has been a journalist for more than 30 years, working as a foreign correspondent for Reuters, as well as Deputy Editor of the Independent on Sunday.He is also a famous crime writer, having writtenbooks on the murder of Stephen Lawrence and Jill Dando. He was specialist adviser to the Commons select committee on culture, media and sport for its inquiry into press standards, privacy and libel between 2008 and 2010.As founder of Hacked Off, Prof Cathcart hasworked with alleged victims of media intrusion,including celebrities Hugh Grant and Steve Coogan. The campaign group is demanding stricter controls on the British press.

12pm – 1pm, AG27George Eaton, New Statesman @georgeeaton

George Eaton is the editor of the New Statesman’s politics blog The Staggers. He previously worked at PoliticsHome.com after graduating from Warwick University. He has appeared as a commentator on BBC News, CNN, Al-Jazeera and Radio 4.

2pm – 3pm, MHLTNomia Iqbal, BBC Radio Newsbeat and Leeds Trinity University Alumnus @NomiaIqbal

Nomia Iqbal is one of the main reporters and presenters for BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat. She is responsible for covering national and international stories to reach the station’s target audience of 15-29 year olds. She’s also delivered reports for BBC Radio 5Live and Radio 4. Nomia graduated from Leeds Trinity in 2005 and worked in commercial radio in Yorkshire and the Northwest before joining Radio 1 in 2008.

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3pm - 4pm, MHLT Alex Miller, Editor-In-Chief,VICE UK

Alex Miller is the editor-in-chief of VICE UK. He looks after editorial content and the production of shows and documentaries. He also hosts documentaries, produces and writes for the site and magazine. He started as a journalist at NME after he finished university in Leeds and joined Vice as the online editor four years ago.

3pm - 4pm, AG27 Rachel Townsend, ITV @rachtownsendITV

Born in Liverpool Rachel is a journalist, reporter and presenter for ITV. After successfully completing Leeds Trinity’s Postgraduate Journalism Diploma course she worked from 2008 with ITV Yorkshire on their flagship news magazine programme Calendar, before moving across the Pennines to join ITV’s Granada Reports in Manchester. She got an international exclusive last year when she was travelling on a train from Wilmslow to London and noticed the Chancellor George Osborne arguing with the guard after sitting in First Class despite apparently having a Standard Class ticket. The story was picked up around the world after Rachel broke it on Granada Reports.

4pm - 5pm, MHLT Danny Savage, North of England Correspondent, BBCfollowed by Alumni Association launch @dannysavage Danny Savage is the BBC’s North of England Correspondent. His main role is reporting for the BBC national news bulletins - the One, Six and Ten O’clock news on television and the hourly bulletins on the national radio networks.He also writes for BBC online and reports for the Today programme, PM, Newsbeat and Radio 5-Live.

He has a particular affinity with Leeds Trinity University as this is where he studied for his degree in Geography and Public Media between 1991 and 1994. While studying for his degree here he did his first year work experience with AA Roadwatch and carried on working for them as a broadcaster throughout his time in Leeds.

Many of our journalism and media students have achieved interesting and highly successfulcareers and we want our current students tobenefit by learning from their experience. Through the Alumni Association graduates will be able to share their tips on professional development and inspire students still studying for their degrees. The network will also enable students and alumni to access funding to support business start-ups and to support mentoring projects. Each year, the Alumni Association will hold events to allow graduates and students to share experiences as well as producing an online magazine to profile graduates and share their personal and professional success stories.

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