{"id":1186,"date":"2017-03-17T10:07:44","date_gmt":"2017-03-17T10:07:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/northernquota-old\/2017\/03\/17\/mmus-first-journalism-masterclass\/"},"modified":"2017-03-17T10:07:44","modified_gmt":"2017-03-17T10:07:44","slug":"mmus-first-journalism-masterclass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/northernquota-old\/mmus-first-journalism-masterclass\/","title":{"rendered":"MMU\u2019s First Journalism Masterclass"},"content":{"rendered":"

MMU’s first Journalism Masterclass brought together the university’s top sports performers to show off their skills to an audience of multi-media journalists who took photos and videos and then conducted radio, online and TV interviews.<\/p>\n

There was a dramatic display of basketball skills by scholars Loick <\/strong>Pouale<\/strong> and Tyme Regent-Bascombe<\/strong>, a demonstration of lacrosse and the chance to meet top karate scholar Amber <\/strong>Sawford<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Hive<\/strong> Live <\/strong>Sport<\/strong> presenters Sam Richards<\/strong> and Harry <\/strong>Freebre<\/strong> interviewed all the athletes for their Wednesday afternoon sports show.<\/p>\n

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The MMU water polo team has had a particularly successful year, winning their league title in their first year, and now have a BUCS National semi-final clash with Cardiff this coming Wednesday (22nd<\/sup>) MMU sports performance manager and water polo coach Jerome Read told Sam he is confident his team will perform well.<\/p>\n

“Durham have won it for the last two years, but we’ve got belief and no fear,” he said.<\/p>\n

Team captain Dan Paddon<\/strong> added: “We’ve come this far and we all really want this. The team is looking to do what they have never done before and that is to be crowned national champions.”<\/p>\n

MMU Sport communications coordinator Ellie Caddick<\/strong> was on hand to advise potential reporters how to cover games for MMU outlets using the hashtag #MMUSport.<\/p>\n

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Two first year journalists Raidraig<\/strong> Curran<\/strong> and Callum McLeod<\/strong> will be covering next Wednesday’s finals for Hive Live Sport and MMU Sport.  The editors of all MMU editorial outlets – Humanity Hallows, Northern Quota and our new podcast ‘The Quote’ – were all at the Masterclass to give tips to mobile journalists and film-makers.<\/p>\n

Multimedia Journalism lecturer Vince Hunt<\/strong>, who organised the event, said: “The aim of the Journalism Masterclass is to bring together our outstanding MMU athletes with our journalists in a practical demonstration of how to cover sport in today’s multi-media environment.<\/p>\n

“There are great stories to tell about MMU Sport and this is a great way of getting to know each other, building relationships within the university and extending opportunities for everyone.”<\/p>\n