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WELCOME! You’ve made it – you’re here! Welcome to Leeds and welcome to #SPANC17, the UK and Ireland’s biggest student journalism conference, hosted by the biggest student media organisation, the Student Publication Association.

This year’s theme is ‘The Future of Journalism’ and we’ve put together a packed schedule of talks, workshops, and networking opportunities from leading industry figures to help you develop your skill and publications, as well as navigate life in the media after you graduate. #SPANC17 also marks our fifth birthday as an association, and we’re thrilled so many of you have decided to join our celebrations. We’ve continued to grow this year, with more than 1,000 of you entering our prestigious national awards and more than 160 publications signing up to join us.

Our members are at the heart of everything we do at the SPA and we hope you have a wonderful weekend here with us in Leeds. If you need any help - or have any feedback - don’t hesitate to ask someone in blue!

- The #SPANC17 Team

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THE Team 1 .Gemma Shields Gemma is the Development Officer and Interim Chair of the SPA. She is the two-term editor of The Gaudie student newspaper of the University of Aberdeen, from where she will graduate in June. She is also a freelance graphic designer for the BBC. 2. Hannah Mylrea Hannah is the Marketing and Events Officer for the SPA and is currently studying for her Masters in Broadcast Journalism. She also freelances for various entertainment websites and will start an editorial internship in July.

3. Fraser Whieldon Fraser is the Membership & Communications Officer for the SPA. He is currently a Trainee Reporter with the Herts Advertiser in St Albans, and a court reporter for the Welwyn Hatfield Times. He was previously SPA South-East Officer 4. Jem Collins Jem is a Trustee for the SPA and works as the News and Social Media Editor at RightsInfo.

She also freelances for the i Paper, Metro.co.uk, PinkNews, and others. She was previously the SPA’s Chair, and before that the South-East Officer. She likes gin.

5. Bree Allegretti Bree is a Trustee for the SPA. He is a Political Reporter for HuffPost UK, but moving in late May to Sky News. He served as the SPA’s Digital Media Officer for two-terms. Bree’s proudest exclusive is getting Owen Smith MP to deny he has a 23-inch penis.

6. Elliot Davies Elliot is a Trustee for the SPA and works as a Newsroom Developer for The Times & Sunday Times, where he builds interactive graphics and tools for journalists. He was once upon a time the SPA’s Development Officer and wrote the organisation’s constitution.

7. David Gilani David is a Trustee for the SPA and works as Student Communications Manager at Middlesex University. In 2012, whilst working as a Sabbatical Officer at the University of Southampton Students’ Union, he helped establish the SPA.

8. Zaki Dogliani Zaki is the SPA’s London Officer and a freelance journalist and has worked for Times Higher Education, BBC Countryfile Magazine, BBC Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine and Wonkhe since graduating from the University of Bristol, where he edited Epigram. He now does a mixture of writing, subediting and social media work for magazines, websites, and businesses.

9. Conor Matchett Conor is the Scotland Officer for the SPA, and a soon-to-be graduate of the University of Edinburgh. He was Sport Editor at The Student for more than a year and is currently desperately scrabbling around for an actual real-life job.

10. Jamex Dix James is the Northern England Officer for the SPA, and is a postgraduate Leadership and Management student at Northumbria University. He also works in a students’ union supporting some stellar student media.

11. Rowena Field-Carter Rowena is the South-East Officer for the SPA and is a second year Modern History student at the University of Essex. She was the Culture Editor for their student publication Albert and is currently Editor of Rebel.

12. Jon May Jon is the Communications Manager at Westminster Students’ Union, previously student media coordinator at Sheffield and Royal Holloway and worked on the student newspaper The Waterfront while studying at Swansea University.

13. Bridie Pearson-Jones Bridie is the Online Editor of the SPA and former Editor of Wessex Scene. She’s currently studying for an MA in Interactive Journalism at City University. When she’s not crying into a spreadsheet she spends most of her time on the Indy100 desk and also freelances for Press Association, VICE, and others. She starts on the MailOnline graduate scheme in August.

Speakers MARK WRAY Managing Director of PA Training

DAVE FLETT Sports Reporter at The Press

JAMES BALL Special Correspondent at Buzzfeed UK

EMILY SHACKLETON Senior Social Media Producer at Metro.co.uk

DR JAIRO LUGO-OCANDO Associate Professor at The University of Leeds

ANDREW BOUNDS Northern Correspondent and Enterprise Editor at The FT

NED SIMONS Assistant Political Editor at Huffpost UK

ROBYN VINTER Founder at The Overtake

BILL COLES Ex-Royal Reporter and Political Correspondent at The Sun

GARETH JONES Sports Editor at BBC Radio Leeds

JASMINE ANDERSSON Freelance Journalist

RICHARD BROOKS Vice President (Union Development) at NUS

MATT TAYLOR Digital Development Editor at The Times

RICHARD EDWARDS Political Reporter at BBC Radio Leeds

SEAN DAGEN WOOD Editor in Chief at Positive News

JOHN ELLEDGE Editor of CityMetric and Staff Writer at New Statesman

LAURENCE DODDS Assistant Comment Editor at The Telegraph

CHARLES BOUTAUD Data Journalist at The Bureau of Investigative Journalism

MIĆO TATALOVIĆ Environment and Life Sciences Editor at New Scientist

ANDREW GREAVES Head of Journalism at News Associates

JEM COLLINS News and Social Media Editor at RightsInfo

PHIL MORCOM Chair of the NUJs Public Relations Council

BRENDA WONG Head of Social and Editorial at Debut

AUBREY ALLEGRETTI Political Reporter at Huffpost UK

the venue We’re keeping it simple this year - there are only three places you need to know to get the most out of conference. Our team will also be on hand all weekend, so just look out for anyone wearing a SPANC17 blue t-shirt if you get lost.

The IBIS Budget Hotel 2 The Gateway North, Crown Point Road, Leeds, LS9 8BZ If you’ve booked accommodation through us, you’ll be staying in a twin room in the IBIS Budget Hotel. We’ll be holding a conference registration point there on Friday from 4 to 6pm, but you’ll still be able to check-in to your room outside these times if your travel plans don’t match up exactly.

The IBIS reception desk will already have your name, and our team will be on hand in case of any problems. If you don’t have time to check-in before conference or need somewhere to store luggage after checking out, we’ll have a locked luggage room at Leeds University Union.

Leeds University Union 2 Lifton Place, Leeds, LS2 9JS There’s no getting away from Leeds University Union - this is where we’ll be holding every session at conference and the awards dinner. We’ll also have a conference registration here on Friday evening, as well as Saturday and Sunday morning.

As soon as you make it onto Leeds University campus you should be able to find us easily enough - as well as being the blue t-shirt gang, we’ll also be plastering the place with signs.

The Palace Kirkgate, Leeds, LS2 7DJ Arriving on Friday? This is where all the fun starts! We’ll be holding our evening social in The Palace, a short walk away from the IBIS Budget Hotel. Don’t worry if you’re not booked in at the IBIS - if you’re coming for conference you’re welcome! Food will also be available for purchasing at The Palace if you’re a bit peckish too.

Leeds University Union

meet the hosts This year SPANC is heading up North! We’re delighted to be hosted by the team at The Gryphon in Leeds, who’ve worked with us to put on the best conference possible.

The Gryphon, Leeds’ Official Student Newspaper The official student publication of Leeds University Union, The Gryphon has been around in some shape or form since 1897.

As well as covering news both on and off campus in the weekly paper, it’s sister publication In The Middle covers everything cultural, from music and clubs to fashion and arts.

The likes of Daily Mail Editor Paul Dacre, Observer Food Critic Jay Rayner, ex Guardian Deputy National Editor Polly Curtis and BBC Royal Correspondent Nicholas Witchell have passed through their office doors, and their latest editors have gone on to write for The Mirror, The Times and The Evening Standard.

Jessica Murray, Host Officer of #SPANC17 and Editor of The Gryphon Jessica is the full time Editor-in-Chief of Leeds’ official student newspaper, The Gryphon, after graduating with a degree in English Literature last year. As Host Officer for #SPANC17 she is the main contact at Leeds and has taken the lead on accommodation, decor, and entertainment.

As well as her roles at Leeds she has also worked with The Telegraph, Sky News, and The Observer.

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AGM and elections schedule

Every year SPA members elect five Executive Officers to run the organisation. This happens at the Annual General Meeting – held on Sunday. They’re responsible for growing and developing the association, as well as being generally awesome. You don’t need to have been involved in the SPA in any way prior to running, you just need to be passionate about helping student journalists.

If this sounds like you, put your name forward and help build the next generation of journalists in the UK and Republic of Ireland. There’s a short handover period to provide you with full training and support, and our current Officers and Trustees are more than happy to give advice. For more information check out the constitution on our website - which we promise is more fun than it sounds.

Here are some of the roles you can run for:

CHAIR The Chair is the figurehead of the SPA, looking after its reputation, and is the main contact for external organisations. It is the most time-consuming and and requires dedication, a passion for student media, and a determination to see all student publications succeed.

Responsibilities include: • Being the public face and spokesperson for the SPA • Overseeing and supporting the other officers • Organising and chairing committee meetings • Overseeing any SPA campaigns • Being responsible for the SPA’s financial affairs

MEMBERSHIP AND COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER Our members are our most important asset, and it’s the Membership and Communication Officer’s job to make sure we’re serving them.

Responsibilities include: • Maintaining communications with SPA members • Organising a monthly newsletter outlining the activities of the SPA, it’s executive officers, upcoming events and campaigns • Recruiting new member publications to the SPA • Processing membership applications • Maintaining the public list of member publications • Recording and making publicly available the minutes of all Executive Committee meetings

DEVELOPMENT OFFICER The Development Officer looks after the future of our members. Always innovating, they help to keep members trained and up-to date with relevant laws and industry standards, as well as the SPA’s objectives. The Development Officer works closely with the Chair.

Responsibilities include: • Developing the SPA so that it better meets its aims • Offering support, advice, and training to members • Recruiting, training and overseeing Regional Officers • Updating and maintaining the SPA constitution • Overseeing the governance of the SPA

DIGITAL MEDIA OFFICER Almost everything we do takes place online as our members are so spread out! It’s the Digital Media Officer’s job to make sure we’re doing the best job we can to be accessible, help, and generally digitally savvy.

Responsibilities include: • Managing the SPA’s web and social media presence • Ensuring the SPA website is kept up to date • Providing technical support for members

MARKETING AND EVENTS OFFICER The Marketing and Events Officer is the reason you know what we’re up too! Across all our campaigns and coverage, they are also the lead officer for producing our national conference.

Responsibilities include: • Organising and overseeing all events, including venue and speaker booking, attendee registration, and ticket sales • Organising and overseeing the SPA’s annual National Conference, including submissions, judging and prizes for the awards • Managing event sponsorship and budgets with the Chair • Supporting members in sponsorship and advertising • Securing sponsorship and advertising for the SPA • Raising the profile of the SPA through public relations

And that’s not all - as well our elected committee the SPA appoints regional officers across the UK and Republic of Ireland. We also recruit for alumni, admin, and online officers. If this sounds like you watch out for application announcements shortly after conference.

The Media Society is delighted to supporting the next generation of student journalists at #SPANC17 by sponsoring the Best Newcomer Award.

As well as working with the SPA throughout the year, we put on a range of events and networking for young people, and run several competitions, bursaries and scholarships.

Find out how to join us at www.themediasociety.com

Social at spanc Last year we gave away bottles of wine to the people who tweeted the most at #SPANC16. Thought that would get your interest…

Twitter: @spajournalism Tweets mean prizes! We’ll be tweeting all weekend from our @spajournalism account. If you give us a cheeky follow, and send some quality tweets using the #SPANC17 hashtag, we’ll be giving away some stellar prizes throughout the weekend.

Tweet pictures of yourself at the awards ceremony, interesting lines from speakers, or just photos of your cat - they’re all welcome.

Snapchat: @spajournalism Boast about your #SPANC17 successes to your friends on Snapchat - with our very own conference fancy filter! We’ll be compiling all the best moments from this weekend on our story. The best Snapchatter will also win a prize. Aren’t we generous.

Facebook: /groups/studentpublications /studentpublicationassociation

Our Facebook group is one of our most important assets - it’s a place where we can communicate with members, and where members communicate with each other.

We post job adverts, competitions, talks, important announcements, and lots more. Many of our members also use it as a forum to ask for advice from fellow publications on censorship, printing costs, and contacts - among other things. It is a hugely valuable resource and we strongly suggest you join if you haven’t already.

We also have a Facebook page, and Facebook groups for each region, where our Regional Officers are your first point of contact. Events or jobs specific to your locality are posted in these.

Just check the description of the main group for all their details.

Any Questions?

If you’re lost around the building, simply tweet our hosts @TheGryphon and they should be able to help guide you to your destination.

If you need some information or help at any point during the conference, the fastest way is to ask a #SPANC17 organiser wearing a dashing light blue t-shirt - or tweet at us @spaournalism

schedule

FRIDAY

16:00 Registration and Conference Check-in opens at IBIS and Leeds SU

18:00

Registration closes at IBIS and Leeds SU

19:00

Evening social at The Palace

SATURDAY

09:00

Registration and Conference Check-In opens at Leeds SU

10:00 Mark Wray, Managing Director of PA Training (Mutlimedia Journalism)

10:45 Emily Shackleton, Senior Social Producer at Metro.co.uk (Social Media for Your Publication) OR

Ned Simons, Assistant Poltical Editor at HuffPost UK

(How to Become a Political Journalist)

11:30 Gareth Jones, Sports Editor at BBC Radio Leeds and Dave Flett,

Sports Reporter at the Press (Sports Journalism Panel) OR

Dr Jairo Lugo-Ocando, Associate Professor at The University of

Leeds (Statistics in Journalism)

12:15 Robyn Vinter, Founder at The Overtake, Jasmine Anderson, Freelance

Journalist and Jem Collins, News and Social Media Editor at RightsInfo (Freelance Journalism Panel)

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Lunch

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Swap Shop, Careers Fair and Networking

14:45 James Ball, Special Correspondent at Buzzfeed UK

(Fake News and Post-Truth Journalism) OR

Andrew Bounds, Northern Correspondent and Enterprise Editor at

The FT (Specialist Reporting)

15:30 Bill Coles, Ex-Royal Reperter and Political Correspondent at The Sun

(Making it in the Media) OR

Richard Brooks, Vice President (Union Development) at NUS (Working with Your Student Union)

16:15

Matt Taylor, Digital Development Editor at The Times and The Sunday Times (How is the Internet and Social Media Changing News?)

17:00

Conference Ends

19:00

#SPANC17 Dinner and Awards Ceremony

23:00

SUNDAY

After Party

Registration and Conference Check-in Opens at Leeds SU

09:00

09:45 Jem Collins, News and Social Media Editor at RightsInfo, Aubrey

Allegretti, Political Reporter at Huffpost UK (So, I’ve Graduated... What Next?)

10:30 Mićo Tatalović, Environment and Life Sciences News Editor at

New Scientist (Science Journalism) OR

Phil Morcom, Chair of the NUJ’s Public Relations and Communications

Council (Busting PR Myths)

11:15 Richard Edwards, Political Reporter at BBC Radio Leeds (Why Local News Matters)

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AGM

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LUNCH

14:00 Laurence Dodds, Assistant Comment Editor at The Telegraph (How Not to Go Wrong with Comment Writing) OR

Andrew Greaves, Head of Journalism at News Associates and Editor at

Mancunian Matters (Using FOI in Journalism)

14:45 Brenda Wong, Head of Social and Editorial at Debut (How to do Personal Branding Online) OR

Sean Dagen Wood, Editor in Chief at Positive News (Constructive Journalism)

15:30 Charles Boutaud, Data Journalist at The Bureau of Investigative Journalsim (Data Journalism)

16:45

Conference Closes

awards shortlist BEST PUBLICATION

BEST USE OF DIGITAL MEDIA

The Boar, Warwick Roar, Kings The Glasgow Guardian, Glasgow Epigram, Bristol London Student, London The Gryphon, Leeds InQuire, Kent Concrete, UEA The Lemon Press, York The Mancunion, Manchester Exposé, Exeter

The Daily Touch, Nationwide Redbrick, Birmingham The Boar, Warwick The QH and Smoke Media, Westminster Epigram, Bristol London Student, London Exeposé, Exeter

BEST FEATURE

Charlie Benson, The Daily Touch Adele Momoko Fraser, Epigram Joe Tanner, Impact Tessa Neal, River Online Billy Perrigo, The Panoptic Alexi Demetriadi, Pi Media Caitlin Doherty and Megan Baynes, Concrete Tallulah Lyons, Wessex Scene Benedikta Fones, Exeposé Tessa Davey, Felix Rosie Solomon, Redbrick Hannah Butler, Exeposé Hope Barker, The Boar

BEST SPECIALIST

Interhacktives, City University FCapitalSport, London Tales, Concrete THINK, Edinburgh Fashion North, Sunderland The Linguist Magazine, Birmingham The Lemon Press, York TheGIST, Glasgow and Strathclyde I, Science, Imperial Life Magazine, Falmouth and Exeter The ISIS, Oxford Holdall, Brunel

BEST PHOTOGRAPHER Ryan Lim, SR News Ewa Ferdynus, BUMF Magazine Virginia Moore, Impact Magazine Alicia Love, The Mancunion Cameron Seymour, The Orbital Megan Baynes, Concrete Wang Yon Yan and Sachi Minami, Exeposé Cathy Wang, Roar News Alex Fargier, London Student

BEST SPORT COVERAGE

The Demon, De Montfort Gair Rhydd, Cardiff The Badger, Sussex London Student, London The Student, Edinburgh The QH, Westminster Roar News, Kings The Boar, Warwick Exeposé, Exeter Sportsbyte, Sunderland Brig Newspaper, Stirling

BEST DESIGN (MAGAZINE) The ISIS, Oxford The Lion, Heythrop The Demon, De Montfort CUB Magazine, Queen Mary Label, Loughborough POW! Mag, Middlesex Glasgow University Magazine, Glasgow Smoke Mag, Westminster Quench, Cardiff The Stag, Surrey Impact, Nottingham Holdall, Brunel RUMS Review, UCL Magdalen Magazine, Dundee BUMF, Bournemouth Arts

BEST COMMENT

BEST DESIGN (NEWSPAPER)

Luke Rix-Standing, Nouse Ellen Jenne, Wessex Scene Molly De Dois Fisher, Roar News Tracy Achonwa, London Student Connor Higgs, Impact Eleanor Gray, Impact Beth Sexton, The Student Daire O’Driscoll, Trinity News Naomi Southwell, The Oxford Student Devin Thomas, The Badger Tessa Davey, Felix Emma Yeomans, London Student Molly Wyatt, Quench Emma Bessant, Exeposé Hannah Butler, Exeposé

BEST WEBSITE

BEST ENTERTAINMENT

Brig, Stirling SR News, Sunderland Impact, Nottingham London Student, London TheGIST, Glasgow & Strathclyde InQuire, Kent Concrete, UEA The Edge, Southampton UCC Express, Cork Ellipsis, Liverpool The Saint, St Andrews

BEST REPORTER

Conor Matchett, The Student Susannah Keogh, Exeposé Malik Ouzia, Epigram Emily Faint, Epigram Oda Ottesen, River Online Euan Hammond, The Gryphon Joseph Cassidy, The Saint Joe Tanner, Impact Magazine Chris Owen, Nouse Lef Apostolakis, Felix Sophie Dishman, SR News

Keren Brody, The Boar Xavier Voigt-Hill, The Edge Ed Grimble, Epigram Jessica Murray, The Gryphon Ruth Murphy, The Student Andrea Marchiano, woke Magazine Axelle Van Wynsberghe and Lee Sisimayi, Steal This Magazine Megan Baynes, Concrete Cameron Clark, The Boar Conrad Duncan, Redbrick Susannah Keogh, Exeposé Hannah Parker, Northern Lights Hannah Butler, Exeposé

The QH, Westminster Redbrick, Birmingham Concrete, UEA InQuire, Kent The Mancunion, Manchester Epigram, Bristol Gair Rhydd, Cardiff Exeposé, Exeter The Saint, St Andrews

BEST INTERVIEW

Jessica Murray, The Gryphon Maddy Hay, Impact Etienne Fermie, The QH Caitlin Doherty, Concrete, Lucy Furneaux, Nouse Megan Baynes and Caitlin Doherty, Jessica Frank-Keyes, Concrete Ashleigh Millman, The Edge Jeremy Brown, Exeposé OUTSTANDING James Chater, The Oxford Student COMMITMENT Lewis McClenaghan, The Boar Katy Scott, Glasgow Guardian Alessia Lawrence, Fashion North Emma Yeomans, London Student Hannah Butler, Exeposé

Sophie Dishman, SR News Tianna Graham and Flora Doble, Epigram James Andrew Smith, London Student Amy Avent, Smoke Mag Gemma Sowerby, The Mancunion Abbie Llewelyn, York Vision Owain Evans, Exeposé

BEST NEWCOMER

The Panoptic, Nationwide Woke Magazine, Kingston The Scratch, Birmingham City The Pulse, UCLan The Manchester Magazine, Manchester Smoke Mag, Westminster Holdall, Brunel RUMS Review, UCL Q3, Cardiff

BEST NEWS STORY Abbie Llewellyn, York Vision Lef Apostolakis, Felix Finn Judge, Nouse Josh Salisbury, York Vision Huw James, York Vision Emma Yeomans, London Student Megan Baynes and Emily Hawkins, Concrete Kyle Hoekstra, London Student Connor Higgs and Tamsin Parnell, Impact Eliza Slawther, The Mancunion Elise Gallagher, The Mancunion Georgia Roberts, Exeposé Theodore Stone, Exeposé Susannah Keogh, Exeposé Johnny Thalassites, Epigram Steven Green, Impact

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As a not-for-profit organisation, we’re constantly striving to make the SPA as useful as it can be for student journalists. Here are just some of the ways we can help you…

Online support - wherever you are With more than 160 publication members and almost a thousand people on our Facebook group, we’re the biggest online network of student journalists we’ve come across so far. And we’re only going to continue growing. That’s a whole lot of people to connect and share your work with, and the possibilities for collaboration are endless! Not only that, but we’ll always help you find opportunities the best opportunities first, from post grad schemess and paid work to workshops and wine, we’ve got you covered.

We exist in the real world too As well as having a huge Twitter and Facebook community, we run regional conferences across the UK and Republic of Ireland. We not only showcased the best of journalism in those areas, but we’ve given a variety of student papers the chance to network, swap ideas and get to know one another.

We’re great believers that student journalism can only become stronger with collaboration, and we can’t wait to see what else you come up with after #SPANC17.

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