Alumni
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Graduate’s road to covering G8 summit
JMU Journalism Class of 2010 graduate Hugh O’Connell blogs about working as a journalist covering the recent G8 summit at Lough Erne.
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Don’t give up the reporting dream
JMU Journalism graduate Sheena McStravick blogs about finally landing her ideal journalism job.
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How I helped Obama win the Presidency
JMU Journalism graduate Helen Dodd’s remarkable tale of how she helped Barack Obama get re-elected after campaigning in Ohio.
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Big scoops for presenter Alex
JMU Journalism graduate Alex Brooker interviewed PM David Cameron and London Mayor Boris Johnson live at the Paralympics.
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From Gold to Mercury for Chris
Chris Bradley went for a mock interview as part of LJMU’s World of Work programme and ended up with a real job at Mercury Press.
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Exciting Times for the site we started
Founding Editor Dan Burke remembers the launch of Liverpool Life and marvels at its development since 2009.
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JMU Journalism led to my job in politics
When I was in my Reporting UK Politics lesson at university just a couple of years ago I never thought that in the near future I’d be working for an MP.
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Building this website was so rewarding
Class of 2007 legend Aaron Boland explains how he was the technical brains behind the redesign and relaunch of the JMU Journalism website.
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JMU Journalism Class of 2012
Meet the people behind the JMU Journalism website, as they discuss their final year and Liverpool Life.
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Shorthand success and more for Jess
Jess Galley has good reasons to celebrate on graduation day, as she has a First, a new job, and passed the NCTJ 100wpm shorthand exam… with 100%.
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Behind the scenes at LFC TV
Liverpool FC fans dream that one day they can get the chance to work for the club. Two JMU Journalism students turned the fantasy into reality.
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Website role helped land job back home
A job in online news back in Ireland offered Hugh O’Connell the perfect chance to apply the skills he learnt while working on JMU Journalism.
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Graduate benefits from JMU scheme
A JMU Journalism graduate has been given a unique way into the world of work, through a new scheme sponsored by LJMU at the Index on Censorship.
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Freelance life at BBC Radio 4
Radio student Hugh earned a month-long placement with the BBC Radio 4 ‘You and Yours’ programme and has since been given paid freelance shifts.
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JMU Journalism alumni off to work
Our graduates are defying the tough employment conditions as some manage to get the jobs they were hoping for after studying with JMU Journalism.
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World Firefighters Games 2008
JMU Journalism provided the host broadcast TV coverage when Liverpool staged the World Firefighters Games.
