SPA London Regio al Co fe e e Spo so ed
King's College London Anatomy Lecture Theatre (Floor 6) Strand Building Sunday 1 February 10.00- . Hosted Roar News
9.45 - Registration (please arrive from 9.45 for a 10am start)
10.00 - Matt Taylor, The Times
1.00 - Coffee/tea break and swap shop
11.15 - Steve Bird, Financial Ti es
12.15 - Meet the sponsors (PA Training) and lunch
13.15 - Jodie Jackson, Constructive Journalism Project
4.00 - Abi Wilkinson, freelance
5.00 - Jasmine Birtles, freelance
16.00 - Coffee/tea break
.15 - Hina Pandya, freelance
.15 - Closing remarks/questions
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- Drinks
Meet the speake s Matt Taylor is Digital Production Editor at The Times He was previously a Linguistics student at Queen Mary, University of London, where he worked on QMessenger (now The Print), founded Quest Radio, and built up his own student publication online and in print, The Elephant, from pennies earned freelancing nights. He organises Build The News, a yearly weekend event for student journalists to gain valuable digital experience and ideas assisted by professionals from the industry (thetim.es/btn2016). Steve Bird is Head of Print Production of the Financial Times’ special reports and Head of the FT Group's National Union of Journalists (NUJ) chapel. He has been at the FT since 1996 and also spent three years as Chief Sub-Editor at its New York office. Since 2013, his union role has involved weekly discussions about the strategic direction of the paper and website and the impact of digital change on FT journalists.
Jodie Jackson is a researcher for the Constructive Journalism Project. She is currently completing a Master's degree in Applied Positive Psychology. Her research has been focused on the psychological impact of news on the reader and most notably the role of positive news/ constructive journalism and its perceived effects. Constructive journalism is becoming an important approach to reporting - this talk will look at what constructive journalism is, what it is not, why it is important, what the psychological and sociological effects of this kind of reporting are, who is doing it already and how.
Abi Wilkinson is a London-based freelance journalist who writes about politics, inequality, gender and internet culture, among other topics. Formerly at Mirror Online, she now contributes to a range of publications, including the Telegraph, IB Times and Total Politics. She has discussed news stories on Sky News, London Live and BBC Radio. She has also sat on panels and delivered lectures at Polis, LSE's journalism and society think tank. Jasmine Birtles is a financial expert, TV presenter, entrepreneur and author of 38 books. She has 'never had an actual job' but began her media career in the ‘90s as a news reporter for BBC Radio Sheffield, Sky News, LWT and Thames and writer for various newspapers and magazines. In 2004, she became presenter of BBC One’s Homes under the Hammer and has since made hundreds of TV appearances on shows such as Watchdog, This Morning, GMTV and Daybreak. Publications she has written regular columns and features for include the Guardian, Telegraph, Spectator, Reader’s Digest, Cosmopolitan, Red and Glamour. In 2007, she set up and started editing moneymagpie.com, a website full of moneysaving and moneymaking tips, and is currently co-founder of a radio startup. Hina Pandya is a freelance journalist who previously worked at ABC News and wrote policy for UK government departments. She has written about many different subjects, including health, politics, travel, arts, music and entertainment, for publications such as The Economist and Times Educational Supplement. She often guest lectures at universities and conferences and also delivers training to create e-books. She is a keen advocate on ways to make journalism pay in the modern world, runs training for the NUJ and is the founder of its 'Freelance Salon'.
Meet the organisers Zaki Dogliani graduated from the University of Bristol in 2015 with a degree in Politics and Italian after spending a year as Editor of Epigram, the independent student newspaper at Bristol. He has worked as Online Editor for BBC Countryfile Magazine and Freelance Editorial Assistant for BBC Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine, and is currently Reporter for Wonkhe, the online higher education policy and politics website. In addition to higher education, his journalistic interests include news, politics, music and sport. He is the SPA’s London Officer. The Student Publication Association (SPA) is the national body that represents student publications and journalists across the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. It aims to support, train and showcase student journalists and their work, both on a national and regional level. Its team of five committee members work with Regional Officers across the UK and Ireland to run training events, conferences and provide swift support to journalists in difficultly. Its Chair is Jem Collins.
Meet the host Roar News is the multi award-winning student newspaper of King's College London. It is editorially independent of both the university and KCL Students' Union and has an award-winning website.
Roar won Student Publication of the Year at the Guardian Student Media Awards 2015. It also won four Student Publication Association awards in the same year (Best Publication, Best Website, Best Design and Best Entertainment Piece), being highly commended for a further two (Best News Story and Best Feature). Roar has existed in various incarnations since 1973, but in 1992 its name was changed from 'Casey L' to 'Roar News' - named after the university's mascot, Reggie the lion. It prints three to four times a year, spending most of its energy on bringing students and staff up-to-the-minute news online. Its website includes news, comment, music, arts, fashion & lifestyle, science and sport. Its editor is Aditi Shorewal.
Location and travel details King's College London's Strand Campus is well-connected and accessible by all sorts of public transport, even by boat from Embankment Pier (although we think it is extremely unlikely that someone will choose a cold Sunday in February to become the first ever person to travel to an SPA conference by river). By underground Temple (District and Circle lines): 2 minute walk. Charing Cross (Bakerloo and Northern lines): 10 minute walk, Embankment (District, Circle and Bakerloo lines): 10 minute walk, Waterloo (Jubilee, Northern, Bakerloo, Waterloo & City lines): 12 minute walk, Holborn (Central and Piccadilly lines): 12 minute walk. By train Charing Cross: 9 minute walk. Waterloo: 12 minute walk. Waterloo East: 10 minute walk. Blackfriars: 12 minute walk. By bus: 1, 4, 11, 26, 59, 68, 76, 168, 171, 172, 188, 243, 341, RV1, X68
The event is in the Anatomy Lecture Theatre on the sixth floor
The tall Strand Building is marked in green and with the letter B on the map and should be relatively easy to find on Google Maps from each station
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Other info With its jam-packed schedule and exciting range of speakers, the SPA's latest London Conference promises to be a busy day of talks and discussions for young and student journalists. If you haven't already, please make sure to buy your ticket via the Eventbrite page for just £5: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/spalondon-student-journalismconference-masterclass-tickets-21173321976 Where applicable, please bring a couple of copies of your student newspaper or magazine for the purposes of the swap shop, where delegates from different publications are invited to compare newspapers and magazines and share best practice. Tea, coffee and light refreshments will be available, but there is no lunch provided, so attendees will have time to purchase food off campus during the lunch break or consume packed lunches. Email london@spajournalism.com if you have any any questions about the event and call Zaki on 07981986121 if you have any trouble finding the venue The Twitter hashtag for the day is #SPALONDON16.