Northampton Chronicles Podcast: guest speakers in media and journalism

On this week's Chronicles podcast, we were joined by Vice Chancellor Anne-Marie Kilday to discuss some of the issues at the University.

Hosted by Hilary Scott.

Presented by Cole Mason and Mason Harper.

On this week's Chronicles podcast, we were joined by Northampton Chronicle and Echo reporter Tom Vickers. Tom has been working for the newspaper for over 10 years and has been covering Northampton Saints home and away.

During the talk, hosted by Multimedia Journalism lecturer Jefferson Lake, who was also a former colleague of Tom, they shared some memories of their time together as well as some stories of Tom's years spent closely with Northampton Saints.

This week's episode is hosted by Adam Huber and George Halfhide.

On this week's Chronicles podcast, we were joined by Tottenham Hotspur social media manager Matthew Derrig interviewed by Jefferson Lake.

Matt has worked for Northampton Town, Nottingham Forest and now Spurs and has achieved his dream of working in the Premier League at 28.

During the talk, he talks about his time at University being an ex graduate, his role at the cobblers, forest, spurs and name drops Harry Kane!

This week's episode is hosted by Shea Everett and Will Oelrich.

Lisa Scott the founder of The Media Type and working in marketing services, content creation, web management and copywriting. She started off her freelancing journey as teenage blogger about beauty and makeup. We spoke about the effects and challenges you face when choosing a freelancing career.

On this week's Chronicles podcast, we are joined by Matt Burgess, journalist for Wired Magazine. We talk all things tech, security, hackers and, of course, AI. We also put the accuracy of AI to the test ourselves.

This episode was hosted by Jessie George and Katie Rawson.

BBC Radio 4's Polly Weston shares all about her experiences behind her unique show, The Patch, where she explores random postcodes for stories that you might never have known before.

Louisa Jackson gives us some insight on her life as a journalist.

On this week's Chronicles podcast, we were joined by creator of the Lucy Letby podcast and BBC broadcaster, Caroline Cheetham.

The Lucy Letby podcast covered the trial of 33-year-old neonatal nurse, convicted of murdering seven infants and attempting to murder six more, at the Countess of Chester Hospital. The trial was closely followed by the public, and the first-of-its-kind podcast received over 13 million downloads.

During the talk held by lecturer Kate Ironside, Caroline talked about the logistics of creating such a legally-tight podcast, as well as tips for aspiring journalists.

On this week's Chronicles podcast, we were joined by local sports reporter Jon Dunham. Jon has recently departed his role after spending over 20 years as a reporter for a local newspaper company, the Northamptonshire Telegraph.

During the talk, hosted by Multimedia Journalism lecturer Jefferson Lake, he tells the story of a national football hero coming to town, as well as sharing some career advice which will be sure to resonate with all year groups.

This week's episode is hosted by George Halfhide and Adam Huber.

On this week's Chronicles podcast, we were joined by BBC Radio Northampton's Annabel Amos and Graham McKechnie. Annabel has been the breakfast show presenter on the station for the last five years but has over 20 years in the BBC.

Graham is the sports editor at Radio Northampton covering mainly Northampton Town Football Club, Northampton Saints and Northants Cricket.

During the talk, hosted by lecturer Hilary Scott, they gave an insight to local radio cuts, how they both started and both told us their most embarrassing moment on air.

This week's episode is hosted by Shea Everett and Will Oelrich.

BBC Northampton sports journalist Jake Sharpe 

On this week's Chronicles podcast, we were joined by local journalist Katie Wheatley. Katie has recently graduated from the University of Sheffield and has moved back to her home town, Northampton, as a trainee reporter for the local newspaper, The Chronicle and Echo. 

During the talk, hosted by Head Journalism lecturer Hilary Scott, she gave insight into life as a newly graduated reporter, as well as some honest, relatable advice, catering to all year groups.

On this week's Chronicles podcast we were joined by journalist Steve Scoles. Steve has worked for local newspapers such as the Bedfordshire Times and also worked for bigger newspapers such as the Metro. 

During the talk, hosted by Head Journalism lecturer Hilary Scott, he talks what it was like reporting in a warzone, what it was like at the beginning of the Metro newspaper and the opportunities that journalism has been able to give him.

This week's episode is hosted by Tobey Williams and Will Dyer.

On this weeks Chronicles podcast we were lucky enough to be joined by Sky News reporter, Anton Toloui. Anton has worked for Sky for more than a decade and recently led on the coverage of the Lionesses' glorious Euro 2022 campaign. He is a key member of the Sky Sports News reporting team and has developed a specialist role covering the Women's Super League. 

This weeks talk was hosted by Anton's former Sky colleague turned lecturer Jefferson Lake and this episode is hosted by Craig Evans.

Julia Gregory joins us for this week's episode, focusing on how she has reported on the Grenfell Tower over the past five years. Julia is a Local Democracy Reporter based in London and she began to work in Kensington and Chelsea, the borough of Grenfell Tower, in 2018, one year after the fire. Since then she has become part of the tight-knit community, giving those affected by the fire a voice through her many published articles on the disaster. 

During the talk, conducted by University of Northampton journalism tutor Kate Ironside, Julia touches on how to interview and work with those affected by disasters and how to look after yourself as a journalist working on such a devastating topic. This week's episode is hosted by Will Dyer and Sam Clark.

In this week's episode Howard Littler talks to lecturers and students at University of Northampton about John Schofield Trust's new journalism mentoring scheme. Howard is the Fellowship Manager of the John Schofield Trust and has been both a mentor and mentee throughout his career. Hosts Ben and Eric (with the help of Howard) will guide you through everything you need to know about this new programme while also exploring how the Trust are striving to bring diversity into newsrooms.

BBC Radio Northampton's Ollie Conopo joined us this week to discuss his career and how the station reacted to the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. As a graduate of the University of Northampton, Ollie gave great insight in his conversation with Senior Lecturer Hilary Scott. Third-year students Richard Smyth and Chloe Finch guide you through this week's episode. 

We are joined by BBC's Westminster correspondent, who gave us an insightful look into all things journalism, alongside how he got into journalism and his views on 'partygate' - 3rd Years Adam Scott & Lynden Dixon discussed these topics!

Liam Thorp, political editor of the Liverpool Echo, spoke to Journalism students about how he got into journalism as well as his big story during the pandemic. 3rd Years Adam Scott and Lynden Dixon discuss these topics.

Charlie Atkinson, Editor of EV Powered, and a former student at the University of Northampton, spoke to the Journalism students about his life in the working world, his work experience, as well as what to do, and not to do when it comes to various assessments. Third Years, Archie Corbett and Sherry Muhammad, pick apart these points.

Jake Hanrahan, an British Journalist, Filmmaker and Podcaster spoke to the University of Northampton Journalism students Natalie and Robert about his time in prison, life in the middle of war zone and how he wants to tell stories that are often overlooked. 

Barnie Choudhury, an investigate journalist, spoke to the Univerisity of Northampton's Journalism students

Natalie Pinkham talks to University students. 

Northampton Chronicles Podcast: Guest Speakers in Media and Journalism

Gordon Farquhar spoke to University of Northampton Journalism students

Harry Davies spoke to University of Northampton Journalism students

Our first Chronicles Talk of the year! We spoke to Sophia Smith-Galer, a Vice World reporter and TikTok journalist. James Wiles and Bea Maynard discuss the talk.

Bilal, Carl and Max present this weeks Chronicles Podcast with ITV Anglia reporter Sarah Byrd.

Celebrity features writer and author Lisa Marks chats with Hilary Scott about her journalistic career to date. We hear her top tips on approaching interviews and on navigating the world of celebrity journalism.

Sam Jahan is a journalist who has won the Human Rights Press Award twice for his incredible work on the Rohingya crisis.

He spoke to us about the current world of journalism and offered us advice on out future work (note, background noise limited our clips!)

The special guest for this episode was Jack Murley presenter of BBC Sport's LGBT podcast and a presenter on BBC Radio Cornwall.

For our 50th episode, we are joined with Journo Resources' Jem Collins.

This weeks podcast was with TV presenter Kelly Somers hosted by Marc Webber. Third years Matt, Harry and Tommy dive into the issues around abuse on social media and the benefits of working at all different levels within the journalism industry.  

Keira, Tanya, and Bernice discuss their chronicles talk from Kerry Provenzano.

Former journalist and academic, Ted Sullivan, speaks to Kate Ironside about his work with Reporters without Borders. The episode is presented by Miriam and Chelsea.

In this week's Chronicles podcast we had Jordan Jarrett Bryan, Channel 4's News sports reporter and talkSPORT host who discusses how he became a reporter at Channel 4 and the things he experienced on his journey to get to where he is now. This episode is presented by Judith Boateng and Jassica Mensah.

Episode 45 of the Chronicles podcasts and this week we learnt about a variety of topics around sports reporting with broadcast journalist, presenter, commentator and producer Thomas Gayle. This weeks podcast was presented by Toby Lown and Sam Boggon.

First episode of the year kicks off with former journalist, Sam Holden, who is now a PR officer as Head of Communications for the NHS. Sam discusses the transition from journalism to public relations and gives us a insight of what it is like to represent one of the largest government departments in the midst of a pandemic. 

Week 43 and the last podcast of the year finds us talking to Kate Williams, Deputy Dean of our University and award-winning radio and tv journalist, with over 22 years of experience at the BBC. She tells us about her early years as a journalist and what the modern-day newcomer journalist, may have to look out for to progress their career.

Vassos Alexander is a sports reporter and ultra athlete who you'll have heard on BBC Radio 1, 5Live and across many other outlets, and he's currently on the Chris Evans show on Virgin Radio, as well as hosting a successful podcast. 

Reach Plc’s New Audience and Platforms Editor chats with Marc Webber about the power of analytics, and future trends in journalism.  We hear how his career began and his top advice for graduates.

Senior Producer of Premier League Productions, Nia Wyn Thomas, talks with Marc Webber about her rise through TV production and career in the media industry. This episode is presented by Harry Davies, Matthew Johnson and Tommy Bennett.

Keira, Tanya, and Bernice talk about UON's guest talk from Nina Goswami.

This week's Chonicles guest was producer, broadcast journalist and podcaster Nelly Rodriguez. After her graduation in 2015, she took a very interesting route into the world of journalism, and spoke to us all about her journey.

BBC reporter, Nadia Gyane talks with Kate Ironside about her career and experiences in the media industry. This episode is presented by Adam Scott and Miriam Kimvangu.

Ida Hamer a Croatian Reporter who was a former student at University of Northampton. Ida caught up with Hilary about life after her degree and gave us advice about  how she used her knowledge and skills learnt from the degree in work life.

Sky Sports journalist Jefferson Lake sits down with Hilary Scott to discuss his journey into the industry, this podcast is presented by Sam Boggon and Toby Lown.

Senior Journalist for the BBC, Kady is also a former student on the Multimedia Journalism course at the University of Northampton. This podcast is presented by Chelsea Bennett and Precious Balogun