Lucy Martin-Davis graduated from the University of Lincoln in 2008 with a BA in Public Relations. She is currently the marketing manager for Becton Dickinson for the UK and Ireland. Becton Dickinson is a leading global medical technology company that develops, manufactures and sells medical devices, instrument systems and reagents. The Company is dedicated to improving people’s health throughout the world!
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Dan Clough graduated from the Lincoln School of Journalism in 2008, having been the first deputy editor of The Linc Newspaper! He now works as the Darwen reporter at his hometown newspaper the Lancashire Telegraph, having previously been a sub-editor for the Scunthorpe Telegraph and working in newspaper production hubs in Hull and then Blackburn. He also writes a column on Championship football club Blackburn Rovers!
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Jono Brine works as a broadcast journalist and presenter for BBC radio Lincolnshire! He graduated from the University of Lincoln in 2013 with a BA in Journalism and majored in Radio and TV whilst at Lincoln University.
Jono Brine
Jono has presented shows on both hospital and community radio and produced content for BBC and commercial radio stations in Lincolnshire. He has also worked for an E-Learning company as an on screen presenter. Jono also came runner up in the BJTC Radio News Item award in 2013, for his package on Mary Gordon.
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Jono says his love for radio started from the age of 3, creating radio shows in his bedroom with his Spice Girls tape! He says that Chris Moyles was a big inspiration for him, he had a go at being like him but says that he was “crap!”.
He worked at Drive Time on BBC Lincolnshire local radio station in a team of two, he says that it was great fun and they came up with silly ideas and things to do.
Jono Brine
Jono explains how Lincoln equipped him perfectly for a future in journalism. It’s all about taking risks he says.
Top Tip: Get experience!
He originally didn’t want to do Journalism and came to Lincoln studying Product Design but then realised he couldn’t draw.
Oliver Wilson graduated from Lincoln University with a Masters in Sports Journalism in 2013, and is now a sports commentator and reporter for TalkSPORT, IMG, Kentaro Productions and a number of other Organisations.
Oliver has covered Premier League and Championship Football, some of Boxing’s world title fights, Ironman and half distance triathlon as well as the NFL, while also hosting television shows covering La Liga football and American sports!
Due to Oliver getting a new job he has had to leave the conference early, but gave great tips and information about what he has done in his career. See that through our live blog stream, Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. @LSJalumni #LSJalumni2015
Besma explains how in her third year she had to produce a documentary film – she chose to focus on the Tunisia revolution. Besma had to beg her lecturer to let her go out there, but eventually was allowed to go, she went with her dad as she cannot speak a word of Arabic. She interviewed and filmed many people over the two weeks she was there, including those who had lost family members and been injured.
In third year she had no social life! Working constantly and on her trip she filmed constantly and found the experience enjoyable but also very stressful – she came back with 24 tapes worth of footage!
She now works with fellow students Josh and Oli making documentaries – although only a small company she loves it! However getting funding is difficult, but she says there is a lot of funding out there.
Sadly working as a freelance means he has to rush back to London and do some work urgently. He has no idea when and where work will turn up – which he says can be quite worrying.
He is currently doing a quick Q&A and explaining how he gained experience and made his way to where he is now.
Talking about his career and how he got the opportunity to work at the NFL!
“I should probably retire, it doesn’t get much better than this!” – His thoughts after working at the NFL in Los Angeles.
He did a BA in International Politics which he didn’t enjoy too much! He played a lot of sport at uni which he said got him through it. He took a year out gaining experience and travelling before applying for a MA in Sports Journalism at the University of Lincoln.
Having a broad knowledge of sport allows you to work a lot more – and opens up more opportunities. However, as long as you research events and sports before working for them you should be okay.
Top Tip: Study the way presenters work for that certain field. For example if you’re covering a football match try and listen to the way it is presented.
Being able to name drop is something he loves about his job! He gets to travel a lot and finds that people are often interested in what he does.
Dave has created a exciting and intriguing presentation using video and soundbites to make sure everyone is engaged and listening – it seems to be working!
He talks about how crucial networking is and how he got to where he is today, including tales of how he once got a lift home from Harry Redknapp!
Top lines are crucial! They need to be hard hitting and grab the readers attention.
It is not all plain sailing – his local radio station were reluctant to take him on originally but eventually they gave him a break. Dave explains how he learnt a lot there about decision making and which stories were worth taking a risk on.
Dave presenting!
Dave talks about the trials and tribulations that he faced with radio editing and which parts to cut and which parts to keep to ensure an interesting story.
He now works at Sky providing international news as Editor – a role he achieved in 2013. He has around 20 people in his team, he work on providing mainly entertainment news as well as sport. Sky is a very cultural channel and provides information across all
“Radio itself is a very resilient medium… it is a very powerful medium which is why it continues to grow.”
He got the opportunity to interview people at Westminster, including figures such as David Cameron and Nigel Farage, an experience which has provided him great experience for the future.
Dave was working on Boxing Day in 2004 when the tsunami hit Indonesia. It was a very unusual story amongst fairly ordinary ones, it grabbed his attention straight away, he was on the front line trying to get all of the information that was coming in to his desk out on the air.
Deaths of famous people such as Michael Jackson and Amy Winehouse were crucial stories for commercial radio.
A top tip: Be honest and concise on your CV.
What a great and informative talk! Questions can be asked later on.
