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The media controls what you see and when. It informs, entertains and challenges.
It is responsible for the thousands of adverts which bombard us every day. Yet
despite its considerable influence on our daily lives, the workings, skill sets and
people behind it often remain exotically obscure to consumers.
Media Week is a rare opportunity to hear what some of the key figures from across
Glasgow’s vibrant and youthful Media Industry have to say and to quiz them about
just how ‘glitzy’ working in the Media actually is. All of the events are free to attend
and open to everyone. The talks and workshops mostly take place in the Williams
Room, just up the front stairs in the John McIntyre Building. We’re proud of what we
think is a fantastic programme of unique and interesting events organised for the
week. Have a browse of the event listings and hopefully we’ll see you soon.
Luke Winter
SRC VP MC
The SRC’s job is to support the students of the University of Glasgow and
ensure their time here is as enjoyable, safe and interesting as possible.
Day-in, day-out we’re here to help, or even just listen to, the concerns of
students. We also proudly support the four student media organisations.
Keep up with what’s happening from the SRC’s facebook- www.fb.com/
glasgowuniversitysrc
Being a politician can’t be easy. Unflat- Rena and James both work at Glas-
tering pictures of them are regularly gow University Magazine (GUM)
daubed as entertainment across blogs the student magazine at this very
right through to newspapers. We read University. Published three times
critiques of their every move; judge a year it prides itself on tight,
their life’s work on one garbled 5 sec- edgy writing and stylish design.
ond soundbite. What’s it like to be on www.gumagazine.wordpress.com
the other side of the lens? The Right
Honourable Charles Kennedy will dis- MON 4pm ~ Williams Room
cuss the complex relationship between
politicians and the media.
Panoramic
Charles is MP for Ross, Skye and
Lochaber and Rector of our fine
Photography
University. Ex-President of the GUU, Dr Daniel K Oi / PhotoSoc
he also led the Liberal Democrat
party for 6 years and has recently Learn how to make interactive, high
been a vocal critic of increased tui- res, 360 degree panoramas. Photo-
tion fees, voting against the meas- Soc's in-house technology sage Dr
ures in Parliament. Daniel K Oi will demonstrate how to do
this in software with photos taken from
MON 2pm ~ Williams Room any camera at all. The talk will be fol-
lowed by open questions and then a
dash to the pub with a bunch of pho-
Writing Workshop tographers.
Rena Smith & James Foley
/ GUM Magazine PhotoSoc meet regularly for
screenings, talks, workshops stu-
“I wanna be a journalist, I can write, dio shoots, trips and exhibitions.
easy”. Ok, let’s do it. Writing doesn’t www.guphotosoc.co.uk
have to be rocket science, but Univer-
sity academics expect far drier prose mon 7-8:30pm - Boyd
from your essays than is often needed orr LT2 (ground floor)
in the adjective soaked, neon coloured,
hyper reality of the media industry.
GUM are running this writing workshop
on common journalistic techniques
and style - transferring the academic
Tue 18th Jan
you are a university society or a global
A GRAND TOUR company, the principles are the same.
Come along to find out more.
OF THE BBC
BBC SCOTLAND PACIFIC QUAY Kirsty works for Yomego, a lead-
ing social media agency based
The BBC have kindly invited us down to in Glasgow who help brands to
have a look about the nooks and cran- build, retain and monetise digital
nies of their highly polished operation communities. They were recently
down on the Clyde. They’re offering a featured on BBC News for an app
tour of the studio facilities, followed by which compiled festive wish lists
a special tour of the Archive services based on analysis of public mes-
and talk about digitisation - a rare sages posted to Facebook and Twit-
opportunity given it’s never normally ter. www.yomego.com
open to the public. Places for this one
are limited to 15, and we need to give Tue 12pm ~ Williams Room
security names by Friday 14th. To book
a place email vp-comms@src.gla.ac.uk
quicksharp. How I met Benga
The BBC make original television
94 times - The
and news programming from their mysterious world
shiny Scottish headquarters on Pa-
cific Quay in Glasgow.
of Music Promoting
Boom Monk Ben / Mixed Bizness
Tue 10am ~ booking required
Working in student media can lead
you down the rabbit hole of the mu-
Sexing Up The Durex sic promotion industry - a labyrinth
of email addresses, foreign mobile
Social Media Presence numbers, tour managers, promoters,
Kirsty Bell / Yomego handshakes and wry glances. If there’s
anyone in Glasgow who knows how to
Have you ever liked a brand on Face- de-tangle that mess it’s former Subcity
book? Have you ever tweeted about a Head of Events Boom Monk Ben. Glas-
brand and wondered if anyone at the weigan DJ extraordinaire, he’s toured
company has actually read it? Brands the world spinning platters for brands
are increasingly investing in social me- who want to matter, and booking some
dia to increase awareness and drive of his fellow super-luminary DJ friends
customer loyalty. Yomego has been to play at many of his outstanding par-
working with Durex to sex up their so- ties in this fair city. He’s also an ace at
cial media - from global strategy devel- promotion, both online and offline and
opment, to implementation and daily he’ll be sharing some of his professional
monitoring. If you want to learn how to know-how and stories of his exploits.
build a brand on social media, whether
Ben started Mixed Bizness in 2004 Glasgow clubbing scene primarily for
to share music that excited him. a party they threw in August 2010 in
In 2010 he put on acts including a secret wooded location a hundred
Big Boi, Starky, Fake Blood, Mag- miles outside the city. Shaun & Sam will
netic Man and, of course, Benga. explain how the event was managed -
www.mixedbizness.co.uk from conception to booking acts, pro-
moting it, selling tickets, setting up a
Tue 2pm ~ Williams Room tented mini-club in a forest and organ-
ising 3 coach loads of people there and
back safely. Topics will include brand
How to Get 200 building, online promotion, event or-
ganising and general skulduggery.
Strangers on a
Bus to a Party in Shaun has worked at Subcity
since 1806 - previously as sta-
a Secret Location, tion manager and head of events
and Why 400 Want and currently as a general guru.
Sam is ex- Subcity head of PR
to Come next time and currently part of the events
Shaun Murphy team. Along with Cheesy and Luke,
& Sam Murray / Vitamins they’ve been selling out unique
parties as Vitamins since May 2010.
Starting up a brand which aims to do www.fb.com/vitamins.glasgow
things a little differently is no small
task, and recently Vitamins have been Tue 3pm ~ Williams Room
making a name for themselves in the
11pm ~ £6/7
Stereo ~ Renfield Lane