Q&A: Media

Issued: Tue, 14 May 2013 11:00:00 BST

Date: Tuesday 14 May 2013
Time: 1300 - 1400
Venue: Wolfson Medical Building, Atrium and Yudowitz Room

Are you interested in working in the Media? If yes, come and get your burning questions answered from our panel of experts!

A panel of three media professionals who will be sharing their experience and advice are:

Neil McDonald, Creative Director of  Documentaries, BBC Scotland.  Neil oversees the production of a wide variety of programmes for transmission on BBC Scotland and the UK network. His recent titles have included ‘A History of Scotland’, ‘Stephen Fry - HIV and Me’; ‘Neil Morrissey: Care Home Kid’ and ‘RBS: Inside The Bank That Ran Out of Money’.

Keith Bruce, Arts Editor, The Herald. Keith has worked for the Herald in Glasgow for more than 25 years and has been the newspaper’s arts editor since 1994. Keith is a graduate of Glasgow University and has presented STV arts magazine programme ‘Don’t Look Down’ and scripted the original series of the BBC’s ‘Hollywood Greats’.

Gina McKie, Presenter of the Late Night Show, Radio Clyde. Gina has been in radio for 20 years. She worked as a programme controller at Tay FM in Dundee and to date hosts the Late Night show on Radio Clyde. Her show is a unique mix of chat, advice and music and has won Gina the prestigious New York Radio Festival Award. She has studied psychology, counselling, radio broadcasting and is a qualified hypnotherapist. Not only does she present the Late Night Show, she is also a movie reviewer for Clyde 1, Forth One and Clyde 2 and has recently produced a Confidence Course for the Scottish Media Academy.

This is a great opportunity to ask your questions. You will get to meet people actually working in what is a very competitive industry, giving an insight into the challenges and benefits you are likely to face.

Think about the questions you would to ask!

You will need to pre-register for this event

Open to all students at the University of Glasgow.