tomworman's diary

Well hello all, i've been told off inspired by Mr Fred Bradley's blog to actually keep you guys up to date with what is happening in the world of UPSU Media and I'm sorry but this is gonna be a big blog now as it has been so long since I last posted something...

Training

Well, obviously all of us Sabbs have been off doing various NUS training courses over the Summer. I'll be honest NUS offer very little media training that is of any use to myself - in previous months I would have slagged off NUS and what they do (this is not to say I entirely support the vast amounts we pay) but people such as Steve Topazio in his role of Education and Representation Officer gets alot more out of it.

On the 1st September I took Jacob Leverett (Pugwash News Editor) and Caroline Arthur (Pure FM Station Manager) up to London with me to a media reception held at Amnesty International in the hope that we could network and learn a lot from other student unions - whilst the content of the seminar for me wasn't that interesting the contacts I gained were invaluable and I hope Jacob and Caroline got the same out of it.

Last month we put our senior staff, sabbatical officers, and senior volunteers through a Media Law training workshop with Bernie Saunders from the Journalism school - after previous legal issues with our publications this is an absolute essential and there will be 3 further workshops for all of our media volunteers coming up in November starting on the 12th. Over the next few months we hope to have a whole host of training going on for all our volunteers in the media from Press Release writing through to design and photography.

Media Elections

We had over 360 people sign up to UPSU media at Freshers Fayre, which I believe is one of the best ever successes, however due to some mix ups with the new room booking system we had to split into various rooms for our elections, which whilst hot and sweaty in one of the rooms proved successful for the elections and i have to now say congratulations to the following print media electees:

Design Team:

Sophie Colverson (Magazine Design Editor)
Sarah Matthews (Magazine Design Sub-Editor)
Christina Eland (Magazine Design Sub-Editor)
Sophie Abbott (Newspaper Design Sub-Editor)
Oaha Berdah (Newspaper Design Sub-Editor)

Life & Style Team:

Elke Morice-Atkinson (Editor)
Nina Tennant (Sub-Editor)
Sarah Beer (Sub-Editor)

News Team:

Will Hobson (News Editor)
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