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Seed funding totalling £80,000 awarded to projects from the Welsh screen and news sectors

15 February 2021

Clwstwr announces latest cohort of innovators to benefit from research and development support

Professor Anthony Campbell and Professor Barbara Chadwick

New Year’s Honours

8 January 2021

Members of the University community have been recognised in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours List.

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Diversity in the UK’s media industry under the spotlight

8 December 2020

Academics and industry professionals investigate how the media represents the population it serves

Hannah Westall

Winner of Sir Peter Ustinov Scriptwriting Award announced

12 November 2020

Alumna Hannah Westall has won the scriptwriting prize awarded by the International Emmys

Duncan Bloy and Tim Holmes

Fond farewell to long-serving colleagues

26 October 2020

The School recently bid farewell to two highly-regarded colleagues, Duncan Bloy and Tim Holmes.

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Black women’s digital creativity and online experiences highlighted

1 October 2020

Five-year project investigates the digital lives of Black women in Britain

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Creative industries in South Wales benefit from £900,000 to test new ideas

11 September 2020

Research and Development key to a thriving media and production sector, say academics

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Seed fund win for Creative Capital

11 August 2020

£50k kickstarts bid for global hub

Welsh football players in Euro 2020

The Cymru Commentator Challenge

21 June 2020

We’re inviting schools in Cardiff to work with pupils to create a 30-second piece of commentary of their favourite goal from this summer’s football.

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Effective communication between politicians and constituents vital for sustained political participation, experts say

11 June 2020

Covid-19 crisis means greater engagement between MPs and the public is needed, they add

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Communicating a crisis

21 April 2020

Find out how researchers across the School have used their knowledge to analyse the Covid-19 crisis

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New guidelines issued to help reporters navigate extraordinary time for news

7 April 2020

Responsible journalism vital during coronavirus outbreak, academic says

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Winner of 2019-20 T Glynne Davies Scholarship announced

20 March 2020

The scholarship includes a bursary of £6,500, as well as work experience placements with BBC Wales, the ITV current affairs team and the S4C Press team.

Elen and S4C

Developing bilingual journalists and communicators

16 March 2020

Workshops offer 16-18 year old pupils an insight into careers in the Welsh media industry.

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PODCON Cymru 2020

20 January 2020

Find out what makes the perfect podcast at our free one-day conference.

Cogs in a digital brain

Artificial Intelligence module to launch in 2020

20 December 2019

Students will use AI and VR will map the relationship between the story, technology and user.

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ESRC Wales DTP studentships

17 December 2019

Doctoral studentships in the area of “Journalism and Democracy” are now available.

From left to right: Professor Justin Lewis, Sara Pepper, Professor Damian Walford Davies, Jo Marshall-Stevens and Professor Stuart Allan

Celebrating professional excellence

22 November 2019

Jo Marshall-Stevens and Sara Pepper have been honoured at the University’s Celebrating Excellence Awards

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David Dunkley Gyimah joins advisory board for British Library news exhibition

18 November 2019

In Spring 2021 the British Library will be hosting a major exhibition on the history of news in Britain.

News reporting resource for pupils

8 November 2019

A free new online resource is being launched which aims to equip primary school pupils with the basics of news reporting.