Media Madness returns: Trinity Term 2011

Welcome back everyone! As it's exam term (eugh, sorry to mention it in the first line) Oxford Media Society will be putting on one or two events this term to offer you a break from revision, but not overwhelm you.

Make sure you don't miss the chance to see Richard Peppiatt, formerly of the Daily Star, come to speak on Wednesday of 1st week (as advertised in the post below). In regards to future events, we are currently confirming dates for a very exciting event in association with SkyNews, so keep checking your email and these posts to find out who our guest is- he'll be tied up reporting the Royal Wedding this weekend, so there's clue number 1 for you...

In other news, we have a new media society president on board in the shape of Tim Williams so we'd like to give him a warm welcome!

We hope you had a brilliant Easter and look forward to seeing you all again soon,

Hannah and Tim

Daily Star Whistleblower Richard Peppiatt: The Anti-Careers Talk

Wednesday of 1st (4th May), 8pm, Lecture Room 23, Balliol

Richard Desmond, the media mogul who once said 'I've got so much money it's ridiculous', attracts enemies almost as much as his papers, the Express and Star, attract opprobrium. Now one of his former servants, Richard Peppiatt, has turned whistleblower, telling the world the inside story of Desmond's Northern & Shell empire in quite spectacular fashion, via this (https://nexus.ox.ac.uk/owa/redir.aspx?C=6344cae354bc4f898e4f2aa90b4a9d6f&URL=http%3a%2f%2fbit.ly%2fhvSr6J) longest suicide note in history as he resigned from the company last month.

The letter criticised the Star's 'hatemongering' anti-Muslim propaganda and admitted that the paper's stories were regularly made up. 'At 6pm and staring at a blank page I simply plucked it from my arse,' he wrote.

This term, Peppiatt comes to Oxford to deliver an antidote to the careers talk - or at least a 'how not to do it'. He will reveal more about the two years he spent on the Star to the Oxford Media Society and then answer questions on the ethics of journalism.

Giving the inside story on journalism today, Peppiatt's talk will be of interest to anyone who reads a paper, not just future journos.

£2 entry; free for Media Soc members

RSVP here - https://nexus.ox.ac.uk/owa/redir.aspx?C=6344cae354bc4f898e4f2aa90b4a9d6f&URL=http%3a%2f%2fon.fb.me%2flQd3sd

KINDLY SPONSORED BY SKY NEWS

Media in Conflict and Peacebuilding Conference

For those of you who came to our event with Tim Marshall, or are interested in reporting on conflicts and foreign affairs, OxPeace are holding a day of discussion involving the media on 7th May. Speakers include Mike Wooldrige (BBC World Affairs), Professor Richard Keeble (Journalism, Lincoln Univ.) as well as a host of international experts. The topic is: Conventional and new media in reporting and creating perspectives on conflict and peace; monitoring violence, mobilizing, peacebuilding. It is free for students; £7 for others. Includes food/drink. If you want to go email either liz.carmichael@sjc.ox.ac.uk or therese.feiler@exeter.ox.ac.uk to register. For more info click here. Conference is at St John's College Auditorium on Saturday 7th May, 10am-4.30pm.