STUDENTS from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, in Glasgow, have been named winners at an UK-wide competition run by the Royal Television Society.
The trio – Michael Crumley, Rosemary Levine and Jonathan Blair – took the Undergraduate Fiction title at the RTS Student Television Awards.
They were joined by several Scots who reached the shortlist.
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GLASGOW has been chosen to host this year’s BBC Sports Personality of the Year show – in December.
The announcement is included in an outline of the Corporation’s coverage of the upcoming Commonwealth Games, taking place in the city, from late July.
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A DEADLINE of September 19 has been set for entries to a competition celebrating the best journalism students completing courses accredited by the National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ) and trainee journalists/photographers.
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THE Evening Express newspaper in Aberdeen is seeking a photographer, as advertised here and repeated on the allmediascotland.com media jobs twitter feed, allmediajobs.
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A “BRAND new level of media coverage” for grassroots football in Scotland is the aim of a joint initiative involving the game’s governing body, the Scottish Football Association, and a not-for-profit social enterprise.
The partnership involves Youth Football Scotland, launched four years ago.
Says a Scottish FA announcement, YFS seeks “to provide comprehensive reporting of the hundreds of matches played throughout Scotland each week but also to provide a high quality outlet for young volunteer journalists to get their stories published”.
Adds the SFA: “YFS now hosts over 100 volunteers as part of the organisation’s ‘Journalism & Media Team’ programme.”
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