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Guest Speakers for the Journalism students
Hold the Press - Fleet Street's finest visiting the NCTJ course
Regular Guest Speakers at City College
The NCTJ course receives regular guest speakers and visitors to the course. This is a fantastic chance for students to meet professionals at the top of their game and get some great career advice. Below are some of the recent visits we have had from within the industry.
Caroline Lucas
MP for Brighton Pavilion, Caroline Lucas
As the UK’s first Green MP, Caroline has considerable experience of what it’s like to be in the media spotlight. She will be talking to Journalism students about her encounters with the press and what she expects or has encountered from journalists.
Vanessa Harriss
Vanessa Harriss
Vanessa has 15 years editorial experience (subbing, writing and editing) both on- and offline. Titles have included news magazines, glossy women’s magazines and newspapers. She has edited two national magazines in Ireland – Irish Tatler, Irish Wedding & New Home, and a women’s website iVenus.com. Vanessa worked for two and a half years as chief copyeditor at Time magazine (Europe), after two years as chief sub on SHE magazine. She has worked on five start-up titles, as well as freelance subbing for the Sunday Times, Prospect, Wallpaper*, Harper’s and Cosmopolitan. She has written features for Time, Business & Finance, Woman & Home, and contributes regularly to Cara, Aer Lingus’ inflight magazine.
Roy Greenslade
Roy Greenslade
Journalism students at City College Brighton and Hove recently benefited from the wisdom of one of the country’s leading media commentators, Roy Greenslade, who gave a talk at the College's City College East campus about the current state of the media industry.
Professor Greenslade has been a journalist for 41 years and has worked for most of Britain’s national newspapers. He was Editor of The Daily Mirror (1990-91), Managing Editor (news) at The Sunday Times (1987-90) and Assistant Editor of The Sun (1981-86). He is currently Professor of Journalism at London’s City University and has been a media commentator since 1992, most notably for The Guardian.
Student Olivia Delamere said after the talk: "I found it interesting to hear how journalism is moving forward in the age of the internet and it was important to face up to the bad news about how tough the industry currently is but at the same time, I think I’ve learnt that if you’ve got the passion and believe in yourself, you can still succeed."
Tim Cobb
Tim Cobb
Tim Cobb - the owner of Cobb PR, a communications and PR firm based in Brighton and Eastbourne - was first. He spoke to 40 students of both the magazine and news course on his life both as a former News Editor of the Press Association, and now running a successful PR firm. Among his clients locally are the Grand Hotel in Brighton and Sussex County Cricket Club.
MP for Lewes: Mr Norman Baker
Norman Baker MP
Norman Baker MP
Less than 12 hours after appearing on BBC1's Question Time, Lewes MP Norman Baker spoke to NCTJ Journalism students. Mr Baker shared many of his experiences as an MP, including his own views on MPs expenses and the Dr David Kelly tragedy.
Bill Smith
Bill Smith
Bill Smith
Editor in chief of Latest 7 and Latest Homes and driving force behind Latest TV's bid to become the city's first proper local TV Station, visited City College East in September.
He spoke about his career and how journalism works best by 'being nice to people' contrary to received wisdom that it's all down to ruthlessness!
Simon Price
Simon Price
Simon Price, probably our most distinctive looking guest speaker, is the rock and music critic for the Independent on Sunday. Suitably late, he went on to speak fluently without a break for 40 minutes about his own trajectory through the music writing business. Students stayed late and Simon fielded a number of questions looking at more arcane rock matters. Fascinating! - mention was made of former City College regular, Everett True, as well as Melody Maker, NME, Select and Simon's specialist area, the Manics.
Peter Austin and Ken McEwan
Peter Austin, a veteran of the media world with more than 40 years experience in the newspaper industry, as a reporter, editor and managing director. Peter spoke on the changing face of newspapers, and also spoke about the forthcoming college paper which he will be project-managing on behalf of Johnston Press.
Another veteran, Ken McEwan, has also been in to talk to the news students. Ken was a reporter and sports editor, primarily in Hastings and Eastbourne, and he still works on a frelance basis for Johnston Press.
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