Monthly Archives: December 2015

Seamus Heaney – Walk on Air

December 31, 2015Blog, Poetryangela

I want to end 2015 by writing about something that connects death and life. On August 12th I went with my husband and our friends, Anne and Huw to the large village of Bellaghy in County Derry, Northern Ireland. I’d been there before to visit Bellaghy Bawn, a substantial house dating from the early seventeenth century, from the days of the Plantation of Ulster. It has for some time housed memorabilia connected with the poet, Seamus Heaney who grew up not far away.

But it’s not so much the Bawn that has stayed with me from this visit. It’s the graveyard.

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Small World: Coverage of International Issues WCIA

December 17, 2015Blog, Dialogue, Portfolio, PortfolioPrint, Printangela

photo credit: Emyr Jenkins

On December 3rd the Welsh Centre for International Affairs hosted an excellent joint event with Cardiff University School of Journalism about reporting on international news stories. I was keen to hear from the panel of very experienced journalists and it was indeed a treat to have them all in Cardiff for the evening as they certainly did give us entertaining and valuable insights into their field of expertise in both broadcasting and the press. See reports below from Maria Diaz and William Hayward.

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Welsh Affairs Committee – Inquiry into Broadcasting in Wales

December 15, 2015Blog, Industry, Portfolio, PortfolioTelevisionangela

Western Mail report

On 14th December Hywel Wiliam and I gave evidence to the Welsh Affairs Select Committee inquiry into broadcasting in Wales on behalf of the IWA.

Our written evidence submitted in advance.

Commissioning for Television – University of South Wales

December 10, 2015Portfolio, PortfolioTelevision, Teachingangela

On the University of South Wales BA Hons Media Culture and Journalism I led a workshop on Commissioning for Television as part of the Contemporary Popular Television module. 20th November 2015

USW — plenty of talent on Contemporary Popular Television

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Gen Verde – On the Other Side

December 10, 2015Portfolio, PortfolioRadio, Radioangela

All Things Considered Radio Wales – Gen Verde On the Other Side

Roy Jenkins interviews the members of the Gen Verde performance group who spent a week with pupils from two secondary schools in Torfaen preparing them for a concert at the Newport Centre on 12th November. Impressive contributions to the programme from the young people about this experience of seeing life from someone else’s point of view. It was a privilege to help organise this fantastic project.

The Wales Report – Broadcasting in Wales

December 10, 2015Portfolio, PortfolioTelevision, Televisionangela

On the day of the IWA’s Cardiff Media Summit I fronted an analysis of the challenges facing broadcasting in Wales shown on The Wales Report BBC One Wales ahead of Huw Edwards’s interview with BBC Director of Strategy, James Purnell.