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Media and Communication @ University of Leeds @leedsunimedia.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Media Frontiers - join us for Creative Industries and AI, Some Big Questions. With industry experts Hannah Britt, Hell Raymond-Hayling, Jennifer Estaris and Janay M. - hosted by Sophie Helen Bishop and Anamik Saha - 26 November 15.45-17.00 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/media-fron...
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Media Frontiers: Creative Industries and AI, Some Big Questions
Join us for the inaugural 'Media Frontiers' event in The School of Media and Communication.
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Arts Matter Bristol @uobartsmatter.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
🗣️ TONIGHT: Join Prof Beth Johnson (@leedsunimedia.bsky.social) for the final #AutumnArtLecture as she examines how deep inequalities in the TV industry shape both production & representation on screen 📍 Wills Memorial Building ⏰ 6.30-8pm 🎟️ brnw.ch/21wXs2k (free, all welcome!)
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Gordon Love @gordonlove.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Old photos of the University of Leeds campus I took when I was a summer intern in 1985 (I was 5 😂)! There’s a tree in the middle of Clothworkers Court and the lab was in the Department of Colour Chemistry in what is now the @leedsunimedia.bsky.social . @samlp.bsky.social @joannegh.bsky.social
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Media and Communication @ University of Leeds @leedsunimedia.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Celebrating the publication of our very own @sophiebishop.bsky.social's first book, 'Influencer Creep'! 🎉 We are hosting a book launch on the 19th November (followed by a drinks reception), and everyone is welcome: ahc.leeds.ac.uk/media/events... 📚 Order the book: www.ucpress.edu/books/influe...
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Media and Communication @ University of Leeds @leedsunimedia.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
If you're in Leeds, consider joining us for our first research seminar of the term! Daniel Sheppard (Birmingham City University) will be speaking about the role women have played in the politics and ideology of slasher film. 🗓️ TODAY, 3.45pm, Clothworkers North G.12 ahc.leeds.ac.uk/events/event...
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Research Seminar: ‘Slashing the Sisterhood? Women’s Authorship and the Postfeminist Politics of Early Teen Slasher’
This seminar unearths a history of women’s authorship in North American slasher film production, and examines the role women have played in the overarching politics and ideology of the slasher film
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Media and Communication @ University of Leeds @leedsunimedia.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Media Frontiers - join us for Creative Industries and AI, Some Big Questions. With industry experts Hannah Britt, Hell Raymond-Hayling, Jennifer Estaris and Janay M. - hosted by Sophie Helen Bishop and Anamik Saha - 26 November 15.45-17.00 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/media-fron...
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Media Frontiers: Creative Industries and AI, Some Big Questions
Join us for the inaugural 'Media Frontiers' event in The School of Media and Communication.
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Philip Ralph @philralph.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
My keynote on class in the UK TV industry given @leedsunimedia.bsky.social last month is now available to watch on YouTube. Grab a cuppa and check it out. I’d love to know your thoughts. youtu.be/_66i8f815oA?...
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Common People - Reclaiming the narrative on class in TV at a time of crisis.
YouTube video by Philip Ralph
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Media and Communication @ University of Leeds @leedsunimedia.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
🎉 Congratulations and thank you to colleagues, students and alumni 🎉 ahc.leeds.ac.uk/arts-humanit...
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School of Media & Communication shines in 2026 university rankings
The results build on the School’s strong performance in the Complete University Guide, in which Leeds ranked 8th in the UK for Communication & Media Studies.
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Media and Communication @ University of Leeds @leedsunimedia.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
❤️ Really great to see we are in the top 10 for both Journalism and Media and Film Studies in @theguardian.com University Guide 2026 which ranks UK institutions by subject, looking at student satisfaction, staff numbers, spending and career prospects. www.theguardian.com/education/ng... ❤️
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The Guardian University Guide 2026 – the rankings
Find a course at one of the top universities in the country
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Media and Communication @ University of Leeds @leedsunimedia.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
📢 Job Opportunity- join us as the Doctoral Focal Award Manager of the @ukri.org AHRC - Creative Bridges in the @leedsunimedia.bsky.social @universityofleeds.bsky.social with ‪@ccmpswarwick.bsky.social and @cimethods.bsky.social. Deadline 8 Sept. More here www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOJ060/d...
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Doctoral Focal Award Manager - Creative Bridges at University of Leeds
Explore professional service vacancies, like the Doctoral Focal Award Manager - Creative Bridges role, on jobs.ac.uk. Apply today and learn more about the position.
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Cindy Ma @cindyxma.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
🎨🎤 Excited to share the poster and confirmed keynotes for our Race & Media Conference @leedsunimedia.bsky.social next April! We are currently accepting proposals for papers, panels, and practice-based presentations. Find out more: conferences.leeds.ac.uk/raceandmedia...
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Prof Dave O'Brien @drdaveobrien.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
19th September @leedsunimedia.bsky.social! WHAT'S CLASS GOT TO DO WITH IT? RETHINKING TV FROM THE INSIDE OUT One Day Symposium All welcome, registration & details on the excellent poster designed by @lrjdmnr.bsky.social
Poster for the class and TV symposium at the university of Leeds on 19th September 2025, to register contact WHATSONTVCLASS@GMAIL.COM
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Yuan Zeng @dryzeng.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
@leedsunimedia.bsky.social great work from our Int Journalism MA student Gabriel Kennedy
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a black xborg • theory without practice ain't shit @rpaulint.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
✨ 🎨 Thrilled to share this poster I've made for this amazing event at @leedsunimedia.bsky.social, co-organised by my brillant friend/colleague @cindyxma.bsky.social! #RaceMedia #AcademicSky
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Media and Communication @ University of Leeds @leedsunimedia.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Looking forward to hosting this excellent conference
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Media and Communication @ University of Leeds @leedsunimedia.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
🎓🎓🎓 Congratulations to all our graduates who were awarded their degrees today in Communication and Media; Digital Media; Film, Photography and Media; Journalism. We are proud of your achievements and you are always welcome back 🎓🎓🎓
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Media and Communication @ University of Leeds @leedsunimedia.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Big news! 🎉The University of Leeds has placed 8th in the UK for Communication & Media Studies in the latest Complete University Guide, highlighting the reputation and breadth of the School of Media and Communication
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Media and Communication @ University of Leeds @leedsunimedia.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
📢 Exciting news! The University of Leeds and the University of Warwick have together secured one of just ten AHRC Doctoral Focal Awards for Creative Bridges – a major new interdisciplinary PhD programme focused on sustainability and diversity in the screen industries. 🧵
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What’s on? Rethinking class in the television industry. @whatsontvclass.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Still time to apply for our @ukri.org What’s On Project One-Day Symposium @leedsunimedia.bsky.social in September! Get your abstract in by July 4! 🗓️
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Media and Communication @ University of Leeds @leedsunimedia.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
🏆 Amazing Shanai Dunglinson 🏆Congratulations on winning the @RTS Student Award for Undergraduate Journalism. We are very proud 🏆
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Media and Communication @ University of Leeds @leedsunimedia.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
School of Media and Communication End of Year Showcase is an opportunity to see some fantastic work and meet our students. Do come along if you are involved with the media in Leeds. 📅 Wednesday 21 May, 2-4pm: University of Leeds School of Media and Communication, Clothworker's North Building.
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Media and Communication @ University of Leeds @leedsunimedia.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Join us at the annual Jay Blumler Lecture, Professor Shani Orgad ‘In Search for Ambivalence in Contemporary Media Culture’ Wednesday 14 May 2025, 5:30- 7pm, Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall. This is a free public event. ahc.leeds.ac.uk/events/event...
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2025 Jay Blumler Lecture with Guest Speaker Professor Shani Orgad
In search for ambivalence in contemporary media culture
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Reuters Institute @reutersinstitute.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
You’ll find many more findings in the report, which is supported by @lmumuenchen.bsky.social @cityjournalism.bsky.social @leedsunimedia.bsky.social and Birbeck, University of London. 📱 Explore the report in full buff.ly/gIBRL1f 🙋🏾‍♀️ Authors, supporters and editors in the card below
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Media and Communication @ University of Leeds @leedsunimedia.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Congratulations @sophiebishop.bsky.social🎉🎉
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Media and Communication @ University of Leeds @leedsunimedia.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
👀 📷 🖼️ Go and see Photo Frome Festival 5-27 April 25 @photofrome.org returns with the theme 'inEquality' reflecting stories of global and local justice and equality. Our very own Jim Brogden is showing his urban landscape project in Bradford. 'The Cabinet' 2019 and more to see...... photofrome.org
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Imke Henkel @imkehenkel.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Interested in the state of journalism in the UK? Especially keen to hear about local UK journalism? Save the date - 1st May 6pm - when @leedsunimedia.bsky.social will host the regional launch for our new @reutersinstitute.bsky.social report. Registration open here: ahc.leeds.ac.uk/events/event...
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UK Journalists in the 2020s: Regional launch of major new report on the state of journalism in the UK
Join the School’s researchers and a panel of local journalists and experts to hear about the main findings from the report and for a discussion on the implications for the future of local journalism
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MILA - Media & Information Literacy Alliance @milalliance.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
The House of Lords Digital & Communications Committee has just launched an inquiry into media literacy. This is a really important opportunity, so please consider submitting a written response to their call. The deadline is tight: 11 April. committees.parliament.uk/work/9030/me...
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Inquiry launched into media literacy - Committees - UK Parliament
The Communications and Digital Committee has today launched a new inquiry into media literacy in the UK. 
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Media and Communication @ University of Leeds @leedsunimedia.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
📺 Groundbreaking British TV - ‘Adolescence’. Want to know what it’s like filming those long shots and having the TIME for camerawork in a fast paced industry? Just ask our technician Izzy Brittle 📺 m.imdb.com/title/tt3180...
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The Conversation UK @uk.theconversation.com · 15/03/2025
The Trump White House has decided to choose which journalists can be given access to the president.
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The White House press pool became a way to control journalists – Trump is taking this to new levels
The Trump White House has decided to choose which journalists can be given access to the president.
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Media and Communication @ University of Leeds @leedsunimedia.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
🏆Hooray - RTS Yorkshire Student Awards winners🏆 Drama: Disclosure, by Matthew Gowland, Lana Cruickshank, Alex Petch and Anna Collins. 🏆 Journalism: Grassroots Rugby, by Christian Morante. And Shanai Dunglinson and Katie Ahearn runners-up for Journalism @rtsmedia.bsky.social #RTSYorkshire 🎉
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Media and Communication @ University of Leeds @leedsunimedia.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
📢 🎬 National Student Film Awards Official Selection from 2024. For the third year in a row, we are in Official Selection for National Student Film Awards run by NAHEMI. 'Miss V' produced and directed by Yutong Wang from our MA Film Photography and Media. Congrats. 📢 🎬 www.nahemi.org/news/nationa...
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National Student Film Awards Official Selection 2024 — NAHEMI
We are delighted to announce that the following films have been shortlisted for the National Student Film Awards Official Selection 2024. The standard of filmmaking has been very high this year, so m...
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Media and Communication @ University of Leeds @leedsunimedia.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
📖 @laylapa.bsky.social and Julie Firmstone on 'Developing Confidence in Community Broadcasting' with Bradford Community Broadcasting (106.6 FM) in the Spring 2025 issue, Vol.7 'Representology' journal from the Lenny Henry Centre for Media Diversity www.bcu.ac.uk/research/med... 📖
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Read the Representology Journal
Read all volumes of the Representology Journal, a journal for research and best practice in how to make UK media more representative of all sections of society.
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Arts Professional @artsprofessional.co.uk · 11/02/2025
A new report on the intersection of creativity and technology – CreaTech – is published this week. Its findings, according to lead researcher Eliza Easton of Erskine Analysis reveal an unparalleled opportunity for economic growth, innovation and global leadership.
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CreaTech: A lever for growth? - Arts Professional
A new report on the intersection of creativity and technology – CreaTech – is published this week. Its findings, according to lead researcher Eliza Easton, reveal an unparalleled opportunity for…
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Media and Communication @ University of Leeds @leedsunimedia.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
🎬 The INDIs Film Festival returns in March 2025, bringing together young filmmakers, industry professionals and film fans for a packed programme of screenings, talks, workshops and VR experiences. www.leedsfilm.com/pQdKlUd/info...
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Media and Communication @ University of Leeds @leedsunimedia.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
🏆🍀 All three Journalism category nominations in the RTS Yorkshire student awards are from @leedsunimedia.bsky.social @universityofleeds.bsky.social. We might just win! Well done everyone. 🏆 rts.org.uk/award/rts-yo...
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RTS Yorkshire Student Awards 2025
'The RTS Student Television Awards have a proven track record in discovering and nurturing the next generation of world class talent in video production, film making and television journalism.' Sinead...
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Media and Communication @ University of Leeds @leedsunimedia.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
🎬🍿Join us! Screening & discussion of “Making Fiction Flow” on work of script supervisor Penny Eyles (credits include Kes, 1969, Time Bandits, 1981 and Orlando, 1992). 18th February 2025, 5.15pm. Room: SR (LG.16), Michael Sadler building @universityofleeds.bsky.social @feministbell.bsky.social
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Society for Cinema and Media Studies @scmstudies.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
The voting period for the 2025 SCMS election is now open and will close on February 28. To participate, one must be an active member and logged in. Get involved and vote for your representatives! Learn more here: cmstudies.org/page/Election2025_Vote
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Media and Communication @ University of Leeds @leedsunimedia.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
🎬🎬 Our very own @katyjparry.bsky.social @bethjohnsontv.bsky.social launch Supporting Shorts for inclusive filmmaking 🎬🎬 ahc.leeds.ac.uk/arts-humanit...
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Inclusive film project 'Supporting Shorts' launches with the University of Leeds
The project, Supporting Shorts, launched with a showcase of two short films created by participants using a pioneering ‘Easy Write Template’ developed to make screenwriting more accessible
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Ludmila Lupinacci @ludludlud.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
What a timely week to be revising the syllabus for the module on critical and cultural analysis of digital platforms I teach this semester @leedsunimedia.bsky.social 🧐📝
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Media and Communication @ University of Leeds @leedsunimedia.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Discover the power of remembering activism @leedsunilibraries.osky.social. Women's Aid Federation of England 1974 & feminist collective Leeds Animation Workshop 1978 @leedsanimation.bsky.social. ‘Animated Activism: Women Empowered’ Treasures of the Brotherton Gallery @universityofleeds.bsky.social
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Media and Communication @ University of Leeds @leedsunimedia.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
⚡️⚡️Our very own Lone Sorensen has a new piece out - ‘What 2025 has in store: Increased contestation over Net Zero’⚡️⚡️Read it here ➡️ www.lone-sorensen.org/blogs-and-po...
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Media and Communication @ University of Leeds @leedsunimedia.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Whoop 🥳 British Film Institute Sight and Sound poll for the best video essays of the year, Alison Peirse’s Knit One Stab Two (2024) www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so... 🥳
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Media and Communication @ University of Leeds @leedsunimedia.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
🏆Winners🏆 of @bjtc.bsky.social Awards. Congratulations to our graduates 🏆
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Media and Communication @ University of Leeds @leedsunimedia.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
So proud of our Journalism graduates who are at Sky HQ right now at the @bjtc.bsky.social Awards waiting to know who won 🤞🤞🏻🤞🏾🤞🏿
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Arts Professional @artsprofessional.co.uk · 05/12/2024
Following a thirty-year career as an actor and writer before entering politics in 2016, West Yorkshire’s Mayor Tracy Brabin shares the journey of her career and her work to build a stronger future for her region’s creative industries.
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From actor to mayor: Banging the drum for culture - Arts Professional
Following a thirty-year career as an actor and writer before entering politics in 2016, West Yorkshire’s Mayor Tracy Brabin shares the journey of her career and her work to build a stronger future for...
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Media and Communication @ University of Leeds @leedsunimedia.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
If you're a scholar/student interested in media and culture, this one is for you: The 3rd edition of the influential textbook Representation is out, and it features a new chapter by our very own @nancyt.bsky.social, on 'Politics in and the Politics of Representation': ahc.leeds.ac.uk/arts-humanit...
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Landmark Media Studies textbook features new chapter by AHC academic
First published in 1997, Representation has long been a cornerstone text for students and scholars of cultural and media studies
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Cindy Ma @cindyxma.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Last June, I was honoured to have @gavant.bsky.social serve as one of the examiners for my PhD viva. And tomorrow I'll get to (partly) return the favour as a respondent at the launch of his book, co-authored with @francescasobande.bsky.social & Anamik Saha. Come by if you're in Leeds! 📚💭
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Media and Communication @ University of Leeds @leedsunimedia.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
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School of Media and Communication students nominated for prestigious national student journalism awards
The BJTC Student Journalism awards celebrate outstanding original work by student journalists
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Media and Communication @ University of Leeds @leedsunimedia.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Winners 🏆 Julie Firmstone @profjohnsteel.bsky.social Maria Georgoula for the @universityofleeds.bsky.social Mature Societal Impact Award for Trust and Confidence in Journalism presented by VC Shearer West and alumna Emmanuelle Lhoni
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Media and Communication @ University of Leeds @leedsunimedia.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
🎧 For understanding all the 'Alchemists of Communication' from politics, to strategy and planning, to public sector, to business. Stephen Coleman hosts 'The Sound of Politics’ and the sound of this podcast is awesome because of @carlhartley.co.uk ➡️➡️ open.spotify.com/show/7kjQ9fV...
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The Sound of Politics
Podcast · Professor Stephen Coleman · Politicians speaking – on the news; in parliament; surrounded by whatever scenes might make them look like real people. How many of us are really listening to the...
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