Tomorrow, Lincoln School of English and Journalism hosts its annual alumni conference. It will be taking place in the Cargill Lecture Theatre, located in the Minerva Building at 2pm. A whole host of alumni shall be attending the event, who studied either Journalism or PR in the past. Leigh Milner who is currently working at BBC Look East, Holly O’Flinn, a trainee journalist at The Lincolnshire Echo. Also joining is Will Longman who works as an Editorial Assistant for WhatsOnStage, Jonathan Holmes a digital broadcast journalist at BBC Bristol. Adam Tomlinson is also taking a break from his duties as Media Executive at Huddersfield Town Football Club, as well as Junior Account Executive Emma Wright from Dragonfly PR and Ellie Smart who is a Media Relations Officer at South Yorkshire Police. Finally we have Web Editor, Hasina Sacranie, who is currently working for The Medical Research Council.
The afternoon will allow students to hear alumni talking about their time at the University of Lincoln, but more importantly how they got there current jobs. They shall also be offering advice and tips on how to ‘make it’ after graduating from Lincoln. We spoke with Journalism and PR lecturer and Event Organiser, Sam Pidoux, to see why the event is so valuable to the university. Catch the interview below!
The event can be followed live on the conferences blog and social media pages – Twitter, Facebook and Instagram – using the hash tag #lsjalumni2017. There shall be a networking session with cake and refreshments after the event. We look forward to seeing you there!