Geddes Trust: Student Journalism Masterclass Hilary 2024

Event

The Geddes Trust, which will award £6,500 worth of journalism prizes to Oxford students in late Hilary, is hosting three masterclasses from top journalists for students interested in journalism.

The evening will give students a chance to learn from working journalists, ask questions, receive career advice, and practise a vital journalistic skill — schmoozing.

Where: St Edmund Hall, Queen’s Lane, Oxford

When: Friday 26 January 2024 from 6.30pm to 9pm.

How do I sign up?

Via this form. Any Oxford student is welcome to sign up, but preference will be given to those who are in their final year and have participated in student journalism.  Please state which year you are in and provide one link to an article published in a recognised student or other publication.

The format of the evening is as follows:

18:00 – 18:30    Guests arrive
18:30 – 18:45    Introduction
18:45 – 20:15    Simultaneous Masterclasses – preference to be indicated on the form
20:15 – 21:00    Networking event with drinks and snacks

Masterclass 1: ‘Getting in and getting on in journalism’. Speaker:  Shingi Marirke – Sky News Correspondent.

Masterclass 2: ‘Getting the news first and right’.  Speaker: Emma Byrne – Associate Editor, The Spectator.

Masterclass 3: ‘Sports journalism -more than a game of two halves’.  Speaker: Alex Kay Jelski – Editor in Chief of the Athletic, online Sports website/New York Times.

This is an event not to be missed, so please sign up to reserve your place as soon as possible.  You do not have to be involved with student journalism to take part, but preference will be given to those who have been involved in journalism whilst a student and are in their final year.  We will also be providing full details of the Geddes Prizes for student journalism, which are worth £6,500, and for which you can apply in HT.