LAUNCHES
Websites
www.pcc.org.uk/students/faqsanswered.htm
The Press Complaints Commission has launched a page on its website to assist media students and trainee journalists with their understanding of the Editors’ Code. There is a section dedicated to frequently asked questions as well as an in-depth discussion of philosophical and ethical issues regarding privacy.
Contact: Tonia Milton
Tel: 020 7353 1248
E-mail: pcc@pcc.org.uk
The Sunday Times Travel Magazine
Sector: travel
Frequency: monthly
Price: £2.95 Publisher: River Publishing
The Sunday Times has launched a 180-page standalone travel title. The first issue has a 16-page guide to Greece, features of Europe’s best villas and articles by AA Gill and Rosie Thomas.
Editor: Brian Schofield
Contact: The Sunday Times Travel Magazine, River Publishing, Victory House, 14 Leicester Place, London, WC2H 7BZ
Tel: 020 7306 0304
E-mail: travel@riverltd.co.uk
Awards
Web Design Scholarship
Students applying to City University’s Master’s course in electronic publishing can win scholarships worth more than £8,000 from the Arts and Humanities Research Board. The one- year course covers the technical, creative and management skills in demand by new media industries.
Deadline: 28 February 2003
Contact: Carrie Fentum, Department of Journalism, City University, London EC1V 0HB
E-mail: ep@soi.city.ac.uk
Website: www.city.ac.uk/journalism
Reminders
The Picture Editors’ awards
Deadline: 10 February
Contact: Glyn Genin
Tel: 07973 147586
E-mail: glyngenin@pictureawards.net
Cleland Thom Investigative Journalism Workshop
Date: 20 February 2003
Venue: Central London
Contact: Cleland Thom, 22 The Green, Chichester, PO19 6XN
E-mail: cleland.thom@tesco.net
Council Newspaper and Magazine Conference
Date: 11 March 2003
Venue: LGA Conference Centre, London, SW1
Tel: 020 8668 6969/3311
E-mail: info@event-x.com
Newspaper Press Fund Annual Lunch
Date: 21 March 2003
Venue: The Holte Suite, Villa Park, Birmingham
Tel: Val Deeley on 01562 883290
E-mail: valdeeley@valdeeley.freeserve.co.uk
FIPP World Magazine Congress, Fair and Exhibition
Date: 26-28 May 2003
Venue: Carrousel du Louvre, Paris
Tel: 020 7404 4169
Website: www.fipp.com
York Press Write Stuff Competition
Deadline: 31 May
Contact: Sky Ferrey, Editor’s secretary, The Evening Press, 76-86 Walmgate, York YO1 9YN
Tel: 01904 653051
E-mail: sky.ferrey@ycp.co.uk
Website: www.thisisyork.co.uk
Local Reporting Awards
Deadline: 11 July
Contact: Martha Leary-Tanner, The Newspaper Society, Bloomsbury House, 74-77 Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DA
Tel: 020 7636 7014
E-mail: martha_lt@newspapersoc.org.uk
Website: www.newspapersoc.org.uk
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