Company: Birmingham Metropolitan College Student MET, Birmingham
Mentored by Ian St Peters (former BBC Radio Journalist)
June 2010 - City and Guild Advanced Diploma in Journalism
Aspiring students from the Birmingham MET journalism course travel down to London for a tour of the ITV News' London Headquarters and to watch a lunchtime broadcast live from within the studio. Shortly after meeting anchor James Mates and gaining advice for breaking into journalism from his experienced knowledge.
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| ITV Lunchtime host James Mates meeting trainee journalists. First Byline: Birmingham Student MET Pictured: Niall Mann, Chop Van Souwe, Natalie Jameson, James Mates, Student Newsletter Joshua Saunders Anita Sohal |
Below is an article I submitted to both the Great Barr Observer and Birmingham Mail - the staff reporters published their own names above the piece, despite only altering the top line. Meaning the articles are virtually the same. However both of the pieces were page leads and gained favour from the public
Beeches Cadets Marching Band were asked to perform at the ten year memorial event of the September 11th attacks, but to afford the trip £60,000 in funds was needed by the group. If the group managed to raise the money with help from the public they would be the only group in the UK asked to perform at ceremony.
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| Featured in the Great Barr Observer - Beeches Cadets |
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| Teaser for the story featured on the Great Barr Observer's front page |
Unfortunately the group were not able to make enough money to make the trip to New York, however the public truly got behind the cause with some writing in letters of support.
A letter to the Great Barr Observer from one reader exclaiming
how impressed he was with the group's dedication to their cause.
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| Seeing double? The same piece published in the Birmingham Mail |
