Registration at 6pm.
Organised by the CIPR Education & Skills Group.
Meet the award-winning journalists who shape education news coverage. Pitch your ideas face-to-face at this informal evening. Hear them tell you what they're looking for, how best to approach them and what they hate the most from PRs.
Confirmed participants
- Sean Coughlan (BBC News website). Winner of the 2012 award for outstanding education reporting for national journalists.
- Marc Ashdown (BBC London Television News). Winner of the 2012 award for outstanding educational reporting for regional and local journalists.
- Phil Baty (Deputy Editor, Times Higher Education). Winner of the 2011 Ted Wragg award for sustained contribution to education journalism.
- Janet Murray (freelance journalist). Runner-up for the 2011 award for outstanding education reporting – national journalists.
- Ed Dorrell (News editor, Times Educational Supplement).
- Ian Nash (Journalist and media consultant with Nash & Jones Partnership).
- Kerry Eustice (Editor, Guardian Careers and Guardian Higher Education Network).
Venue
Russell Room, Chartered Institute of Public Relations, 52 - 53 Russell Square, London WC1B 4HP.
Nearest station: Russell Square (Piccadilly Line).
Format
The evening will start with a panel session on what makes a good pitch.
This will be followed by a 'speed meet' – 8 -10 minutes with each journalist per group.
There will be networking and drinks from 8pm. The evening closes at 9.30pm.
Price
£50 + VAT for members of the CIPR or the Education & Skills Group.
£65 + VAT for members of HERA, CASE, UUK, AoC.
£85+ VAT for all other participants.
Booking information
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