Jonathan Holmes is a digital broadcast journalist. His main brief is to look after the digital content that sits on Radio Bristol’s Facebook and Twitter pages. That means editing, filming and a to of working with Points West regional TV.
Jonathan started out as a broadcast assistant on radio Bristol’s breakfast programme, but he has completely left radio behind for the brave new world of digital content. In effect, he is now doing a brand new job without changing BBC sites!
We are looking forward to meeting Jonathan at the Alumni Conference!
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!
Hasina now works for the Medical Research Council.
Hasina Sacranie is a former University of Lincoln Journalism student who graduated with First Class Honour’s in 2010. Since graduating, Hasina has gained valuable experience in different organisations including Natural England, where she worked as a licensing and communications support advisor for just under 3 years, and the National Apprenticeship Service for a year, as a Copyeditor.
Hasina is currently working for the Medical Research Council (MRC) as a Web Content Editor. The MRC is a non-departmental public body, funded through the governments’ science and research budget. Some of the organisation’s notable successes include the development of penicillin, invention of MRI and DNA fingerprinting. Her job entails her to take a strategic overview of the MRC’s corporate website and associated microsites. Hasina is also responsible for design, writing, editing and updating content in line with the MRC’s communication’s objectives. We are looking forward to meeting with Hasina at the Alumni event and talking with her more thoroughly about her life after university.
We caught up with Hasina at the alumni conference and asked her a few questions about her life after graduating from the university. Catch the interview below!
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