Read about each of our reporters. For updates throughout the delegate meeting read their individual pages.
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- French-speaking Photojournalism student at Swansea Metropolitan University interested in subjects related to Anthropology and Cultures, Languages and Interpretation, the Developing World, the Arts, Nature and the Environment, Local and World News with a particular focus on Palestine, climate change and the local community. I use a variety of approaches such as reportage, portraits, landscapes and also train in and use other medias such as video, feature and travel writing. I am currently involved with the media cooperative Local News South Wales and am about to become a co-director of One People Productions. You can see examples of my work at my blog. You can follow me @Ingridbousquet
- I am a third year at Dublin City University studying BA Hons Journalism. The course has specific modules in all three areas-broadcast, online and print but I have a passion for broadcast in particular. I work for the award-winning College View Newspaper and have also done work for our campus magazine and the DCUfm radio station.I really enjoy working in a fast paced news room scenario and would ultimately like to work in TV journalism. I’ve been heavily involved in college societies, the Media Production Society and the Drama Society in particular. You can follow me @touchofvibrance.
- I am a multimedia journalist at Liverpool John Moores studying BA Hons Journalism. I specialise in print however love to converge my work into all other mediums. I am the Digital Content Editor of Liverpool Life Website and have a love for blogging. Outside of university I enjoy photography and work as a freelance photographer in the holidays as well as freelancing for a number of other online publications. I am enthusiastic, motivated and thrive under the pressure of deadlines. You can follow me @missbrooks7.
- In addition to being a third year BA Criminology and Journalism student at the University of the West of England (UWE), over the past two years I have also been the News and Politics Editor and Deputy Editor for the UWE Students’ Union publication WesternEye. My interests are crime and criminal justice, international conflict and diplomacy as well as following how the development and proliferation of military technology affects this. On a lighter note, I also enjoy writing news satire and have a blog, Gripes From the Underground, that also occasionally includes some non-satire pieces. I also write for a news satire website, The Tooth. You can follow me @samfromstroud.
- I’m currently in my final year at Coventry University where i’m studying Journalism and English. Whilst at University i’ve become involved in many student publications including the student newspaper The Source. Although my specific interest lies in print journalism, I also have experience in broadcast journalism. I’ve had work experience with my local newspaper and a national magazine and I’m really looking forward to reporting on the NUJ Delegate Meeting. I’m very grateful to of been given this opportunity. You can follow me @MeganC101.
- I’m a second year student at Staffordshire University, studying BA Hons in Journalism and I write for StaffsLive, our university news website. In my spare time I enjoy blogging and taking pictures, which normally appear on my Flickr account. You can follow me @NatalieJosh.
- I’m a mature third year Magazine Journalism student at Southampton Solent University and plan to do an MA Media next year. I’ve had a camera in my hands since I was little and took photography option last year. My third year option is advanced magazine design. I’m good at proofreading/subbing and researching articles. This year, I will be running the Race for Life, buying a motorbike and hopefully, jumping out of a plane for charity. You can follow me @straymarbles.
- I am at Edge Hill University studying a BA in Journalism. At Edge Hill, I have been introduced to broadcasting and online journalism as well as studying shorthand and law.I have produced television news shows, news reports, radio shows, radio news pieces, newspapers and online news websites and am comfortable using any medium, including filming and photography. This year my work experience has been quite fruitful with Trinity Mirror in the offices of the Liverpool Echo and Post, which has since led to me reporting sport for their weekly publication the Ormskirk Advertiser. For more information please search Gareth Dowling online to find me on numerous social netwroking sites, and my personal site www.garethdowling.co.uk, which contains previous work, contact details and links to connect with and follow me. You can follow me @garethdowling.
- I am a first year journalism student at the London College of Communication. I am particularly drawn to public order issues and have covered the student protest movement and the English Defence League’s various protests across the country. I recently reported on the TUC march for a liveblog hosted by Elephant student media. I am currently a reporter for Bankside Press who produce a local news website in the south London area. I am currently striving to be as competent a multi platform journalist as I can be, embracing all mediums from new to old. You can follow me @Albert_HEO.
- I am currently taking sabbatical leave from studying Sociology and Politics at Lancaster University, in order to edit the student newspaper SCAN. I attended the ADM in 2009 as a student reporter and return this year as the Student Coordinator. After ADM I set up a student chapel at Lancaster and was briefly Mother of that chapel. Before university I did work experience at the Wirral Globe, Liverpool Daily Post and BBC Radio Merseyside. I was also employed for eight months as a writer for an independent news provider called Copycatcher. My specialist areas include the freedom of information act, higher education and tax. I am also a proficient sub-editor. I have recently begun a new blog to record my experiences as a start-up freelance journalist. You can follow me @lizzie056.
- I am a third year Photography student at the University of Portsmouth. Eventually I hope to gain a career within the creative industry, either photographing or writing. I am a keen writer and maintain my own blog with updates about my life and work. I probably find documentary photography most inspiring as one of my favourite things to do is ‘people watch’, saying that I really enjoy working in a studio too. You can follow me @intoruth.
- I am a first year at London College of Communication studying BA Hons in Photojournalism. I specialise in photographing and documenting events in and around London. In my spare time I like to blog and regularly update my Flickr. You can follow me @McCaugherty3.
- I am a final year student at Lancaster University, reading Linguistics. My main skills are in news writing, but I’ve also written feature and opinion pieces. I am currently the Assistant Editor of SCAN, Lancaster University Students’ Union’s newspaper, after being the News Editor during my second year. I am also the Clerk for the Lancaster University NUJ Chapel, and I was the editor of my college magazine and newsletter for a year. I enjoy blogging, when I get the chance, and I am a keen Twitter user. You can follow me @collmccolgan.
- I am currently studying Journalism at the University of the West of Scotland. My main passion is sport, and I aspire to work at major sporting events covering all the action – particularly football and tennis. I presently write for St Mirren Football Club, but would love to expand into other sports. I am also currently the Sports EditorI have recently opened an account with audioboo, the username is Hollz2012 and this is synonymous with my Facebook, YoutTube, Flickr and WordPress accounts. You can follow me @Hollz2012.
- I’m a second year BA Hons Journalism and Media student at Coventry University. My specialist area’s are music journalism and print journalism; however, I’m currently partaking in a placement at BBC Radio Oxford to further enhance skills. I’m currently the entertainment sub-editor for The Source and regularly contribute and am the Content Editor of the news team. I’m an intern at EQ Music, which is a blog which specialises in all things electro and have plans to cover the Lovebox and V Festivals. I also keep my own blog which generally contains musings of everyday life and my own personal work. You can follow me @jmuckley.
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- I am a third year PhD student in Pure Mathematics at Lancaster University. I’m currently Investigations Editor of the university newspaper SCAN and Head of News at the radio station Bailrigg FM. I’m also Mother of our university Chapel. My main areas of interest are writing investigations and analysis and broadcasting both national and Lancaster-based news. As well as that, I try
my hand at blogging and sketch writing. You can follow me @SamNewsham.
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- I am second year undergraduate Journalism student at Liverpool John Moores. I have a diverse portfolio of interests ranging from niche sports such as squash and weightlifting to salsa and religion yet I’m happy to chase up any story. I’m look.ing to specialize in public relations in my third year. You can follow me @diligentdan.
- I am a second year magazine journalism student at the University of Sunderland and specialise in writing about the arts and society in the North East. I write about the careers of people in the media and creative industries on my blog. I am also the Editor of an online magazine, edit a charity website myonlineworld.org.uk at the weekend, write for kyeo.tv and Just Sunderland Magazine. I hope to work on a B2B magazine when I graduate next summer. You can follow me @NPRobinson1.
- I am currently nearing the end of my TV and Current Affairs Masters at City University. I have had experience working with the BBC and a number of independent film production companies. I specialise in current affairs journalism but I am also passionate about print. I focus primarily on investigative work, I work for an organisation called Civic Brief. Civic Brief processes FOI requests and takes on investigations on behalf of charities and NGOs. I also write for various political blogs. You can follow me @siobhanschwartz.
- I have recently graduated from an intensive course at the NUCJ-affiliated NoSWeat Journalism Training. Prior to the course, I held down a career in publishing for a number of years. I have had my photography displayed in exhibitions; frequently write about music and organise concerts; and have shot a documentary on the Thames Barrier. You can follow me @Dominic_Simpson.
- I am currently studying for a Masters in Journalism at Salford University. I have had various print work experience placements but would like to learn more about broadcast journalism. For the past five years I have been working abroad as an English Teacher and have had the chance to live in many exciting and diverse countries. I’m very interested in current affairs and would love to be involved in international journalism. A blog of my time in Japan can be found at rakinthemisosoup.blogspot.com as well as links to my other travel blogs. You can follow me @Rakhi_Sinha.
- I am currently studying a Level 2 BTEC Diploma in Media at New College Nottingham. My ambition in life is to become a video/photo journalist. I have done some networking with professional working photo and video journalists, BBC camera men and news reporters. I have won some awards for my photography including work getting exhibited in China. I have also had two weeks work experience with the picture editor at the Nottingham Post. Where I live in Nottingham I have a good reputation with local organisations who have therefor offered me paid photography work. You can see examples of my work on my website and on Flickr. You can follow me @lewisstainer.
- I’m 20 and a first year Linguistics student at Queen Mary, University of London. In my year here I’ve been involved with student media, but want to I change the way journalism works for students in London: I founded Elephant at the start of 2011 as an independent, online student journalism group for students in London to participate in. We liveblogged the March For the Alternative from the streets of London, netting 1500 uniques over the weekend. I specialise in tech and am intensely interested in the progress of internet-technologies and social media in the future of journalism. In my spare time I can often be found SSH’d to a remote server, remotely toying with bugs and daemons (excuse the nerdy pun), blogging occasionally at http://teekay.me and tweeting much more rapidly. You can follow me @MattieTK.
- I’m currently finishing the third year of a Linguistics degree at SOAS in London. I started out in photojournalism covering the many protests and occupations at SOAS, and am a photographer for the London Student paper covering student activism, news and sports. I’m mainly interested in documentary photography – being able to tell relevant, engaging stories about people in a fair and balanced way. While stills photography is my passion, I’m a big fan of multimedia work (particularly photo/audio slideshows) to add context to my work. I’m a real believer in quality journalism as a force for good, so it’s great to be part of the DM where important policies are discussed at a national level. You can follow me @togmor.
- I’m a first year student at University College London studying for a BA in History. I am interested in writing about things in depth, with a good deal of analysis and reflection. I have recently been elected the editor of the Focus section of UCL’s largest student publication, Pi Newspaper. Over the past year I have written for both Pi Newspaper and Magazine. I am also an avid photographer and film maker and have particularly enjoyed photographing the student protests of 2010/11. My photos, videos and published articles can be viewed at oscarwebb.wordpress.com. You can follow me @owebb.
- I am an award-winning freelance journalist, editor and trainer. I run the Daily Finance website for AOL. I am chair of the NUJ’s Professional Training Committee (ProfCom). I run the student conference and the work experience programme at DM. I will be talking to each student during the conference and will provide each with a written report wafterwards. I guess if it all goes wrong I take the blame too. Follow me on Twitter at @whealie
I am just about to complete an FdA Magazine and Newspaper Journalism course at Cornwall College. I specialise in online print, travel journalism and photography. I have two blogs, one dedicated to travel and the other on events and life in the UK. I also write a column for the travel website Trip Atlas. In my spare time I love to blog and photograph the Cornish scenery and to find the next travel adventure. You can follow me @laurenameliaw.