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Munificent Documentary

 

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Some municipes at work on a Green Bay Media documentary shoot!

In the previous post I outlined the first half of an hour’s class I gave to students of Communications from Michigan State University as part of their British Mass Media Programme visit to the UK. Having considered how the ‘I’ of the film-maker interacts with the ‘You’ of other people, who are the subjects of the film, to create the ‘Us’ of the viewing community, we moved on to reflect on what Communication is, and what it is for, and furthermore what the role of a professional communicator might be – all in 20 minutes! Continue reading Munificent Documentary

Cardiff Media Summit

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Angela Graham

Glyn Mathias

Rhodri Talfan Davies

The Cardiff Media Summit 3rd December 2014

Panel on the Democratic Deficit in Welsh Media

Ken Skates’s Keynote Speech ‘Finding Wales’s Voice in the Broadcasting Debate’

Rhodri Talfan Davies ‘The Challenge of Reaching Wales’s Citizens’

‘Is the Production of BBC Drama in Cardiff Under Threat?’

At the conclusion of the summit an invitation was issued to anyone keen to contribute to the debate on broadcasting in Wales to attend a meeting at the offices of Ofcom, 2 Caspian Point, Cardiff at 9.30am on 15th January.

The Writers’ Guild

 


Executive Committee Member, Wales
Organiser, The Media and Devolution – what do we need to know?
18th September 2013 Chapter Arts Centre
The Pros and Cons of Devolving Control of the Media to Wales – Speaker: Aled Eirug.
A  Guild Members Only event.
Facilitator of the submission from the Guild in Wales to the Commission on Devolution in Wales (Silk) September 2013
Union Learning Adviser for The Writers’ Guild 2009 – 2014
Identifying and responding to members’ training and development needs. ULA information

Rhyme and Reason: Reflections on a Changing UK

Photo: Iwan Bala
Photo: Iwan Bala

The H’mm Foundation commissioned me to write and read 2 poems about the debate on UK Devolution from a Northern Irish perspective in an evening of Poetry and Music along with Gillian Clarke, Jasmine Donahaye, Christine De Luca.

Millennium Centre, Cardiff  11th Sept 2014

Poem:

The Scottish Referendum

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

* Carraig Uisneach is a rock jutting out from the north-eastern tip of Ireland which was from ancient times a point of arrival from and departure for Scotland.

Deirdre of the Sorrows risked returning to it from safe haven in Scotland with the three Sons of Uisneach: her lover, Naisi and his brothers.

 Uladh and Alba: Gaelic names for Ulster and Scotland

Other Industry Activity

The Welsh Academy Writers’ Fair   A Novel Pitch –  with Jasper Rees.
Pitching creative ideas, in person or in writing, to a publisher or agent. Nov 2012.
BAFTA Cymru/Wales Current Affairs Jury Member, 2012
Chair, The Media and Me: Leveson, Accountability and the Media in Wales,
Welsh Labour Festival Opening Session: July 2012.
Speakers: Chris Bryant, M.P., Ken Skates, A.M. and David Donovan, National Officer, BECTU.