Shows
JournoWave PodcastGoing global, covering celebrity deaths, and student supportThere is a global feel to this month's JournoWave!
Student Darlynn Nabb talks about her adventures in Norway as part of the University of Sheffield's study abroad programme. MA Journalism post-grad Yassin El-Moudden chats to Ana Mendieta Bartolome and Udane Goikoetxea-Bilbao, who visited the School of Journalism, Media and Communication from The University of the Basque Country.
Polly Rippon discusses journalistic ethics and celebrity following her piece in 'The Conversation' about the media coverage of Liam Payne's tragic death.
And with exam and assessment deadlines looming, Anna Jones catches up with senior student ex...
2024-11-2032 minJournoWave PodcastUS Election, student survival tips and Shakira!The second series of the JournoWave podcast has landed.
Becky Vaughan-Woods chats to international student Chloe Scofield from California about what it's been like to see coverage of the US election unfold in her home country and why young people might be avoiding the ballot boxes.
Polly Ponders' is back, with Polly Rippon taking a look at recent press guidance on reporting on missing people
Anna Jones chats with new lecturer Dr Joan Ramon Rodriguez-Amat a.k.a 'Mon' about his academic research into...
2024-10-2129 minJournoWave PodcastThe JournoWave Podcast - Season 2 TrailerJournoWave needs YOU!
We're back for a new semester and a new season of The JournoWave podcast and we want you to be involved.
If you are a journalism student at The University of Sheffield and want a bit of podcasting experience - get in touch at journowave@sheffield.ac.uk.
University teachers Anna Jones, Jenny Eells and Polly Rippon give a quick insight in what the next episode has in store.
2024-10-0104 minJournoWave PodcastJournoWave at Crossed Wires Podcast Festival!The Journowave Podcast team hit the road and record from Bethel Chapel in Sheffield at the Crossed Wires Podcast Festival.
Organisers Dino Sofos and Alice Levine chat about their mission to put South Yorkshire (quite rightly) on the podcasting map.
The trio unpick the optics of Rishi Sunak's general election announcement from a communication and PR perspective.
And former student Saskia Marriott talks to undergraduate Darcie Peskir about her route into presenting and entertainment reporting for social media giant TikTok.
Chapters
2024-06-0131 minJournoWave PodcastElections; press freedom; and futsal with ex-England footballer Michael Owen's son!With the UK heading to the polls in local ballots and a general election on the horizon, Anna Jones, Polly Rippon and Jenny Eells are talking all things politics and press freedom. Jenny catches up with final year undergraduate Hannah Auld about her appearance on BBC One's Politics North programme alongside fellow Journalism, Media and Communication students talking about how politicians can reach the 'TikTok generation'.
In a special Polly Ponders, Anna and Polly dissect the rules around covering an election period, and Dr Gemma Horton drops in to discuss her role at the Ce...
2024-05-0140 minJournoWave PodcastRoyal PR and privacy; political spin; and front line reporting realitiesKate Middleton's health has been at the centre of press and public speculation, and in this episode of The JournoWave Podcast presenter Polly Rippon explains the privacy laws protecting the Princess of Wales and dissects the communications strategy of Kensington Palace.
Anna Jones collars former Conservative spin king Lee Cain to talk about his keynote speech at the School of Journalism’s IPCC Conference in March. The PR professional chats about life in frontline politics, what students need to look out for in upcoming elections, and the importance of getting young blood into number 10.
2024-04-0151 minJournoWave PodcastEmployability; Varsity and Gladiators!Want to know how to get your first job in journalism? This episode is an employability special with top tips from some leading employers in the media industry including: Editor Emeritus at The Telegraph Ian MacGregor; Deputy Editor of 5 News Jessica Bullman; sports journalists Sonia Twigg and Kathryn Batte; and Simon Robson from Sky News.
Anna Jones and Polly Rippon discuss how the School of Journalism, Media and Communication is preparing students for reporting from the criminal courts in the School's special mock trial.
Jenny Eells catches up with h...
2024-03-0144 minJournoWave PodcastVirtual Reality teaching; unpicking the Post Office scandal; & global graduatesVisiting a crime scene inside a classroom? It's just a day in the life for journalism students at The University of Sheffield. The JournoWave podcast heads to Rotherham to talk to teacher Lindsay Pantry about her "world first" experiment in using virtual reality in journalism teaching practice.
Anna Jones, Polly Rippon and Jenny Eells are back behind the mics, ready to start the new semester. Anna and Polly explore the reasons the post office scandal took time to spark public interest, despite extensive press coverage.
This episode brings you the second...
2024-02-0139 minJournoWave PodcastCovering cricket, a drag queen with a doctorate, and family court secretsIn this episode Sheffield University MA Journalism student Jack Roberts grills graduate sports journalist Katya Witney about how she bagged her dream job of covering cricket for Wisden and what she really thought about the recent World Cup.
Anna Jones, Polly Rippon and Jenny Eells discuss how reporters are now being allowed into family courtrooms in a pilot scheme to make this area of law more public.
And we hear from Dr Jacob Mallinson Bird aka Dinah Lux about his work around drag and the reporting of LGBTQ+ issues.
If YOU would like to get in touch with the JournoWave podc...
2023-12-0135 minJournoWave PodcastResilience training; impartiality; and from graduation to The GuardianTrauma victims Claire Throssell MBE and Joan Lawrence share their thoughts with Michelle Rawlins on the ground-breaking resilience training taking place within the School of Journalism, Media and Communication.
The podcast kicks off with a talk with Bina Ogbebor about International Journalism Week, an annual event hosted by the department in conjunction with The Centre for The Freedom of The Media.
Hosts Anna Jones and Polly Rippon discuss the OFCOM code and how broadcasters, including the BBC, practice impartiality when reporting conflicts.
Jenny Eells chats to Dr Maria Tomlinson about her pioneering work aro...
2023-11-0144 minJournoWave PodcastReporting Russell Brand; The News Movement; and when uni is not OKAnna Jones, Polly Rippon and Jenny Eells return for a second episode of the JournoWave podcast from the Journalism Studies department at The University of Sheffield.
Jenny catches up with Mary Mandefield from The News Movement and Xanthe Palmer from Persephonica who paid a visit to The Wave to talk to the students in September. They chat about the importance of finding your voice and their collaboration on the new 'Noted' podcast which is aimed at Gen-Z listeners.
Polly and Anna unravel the legal issues surrounding the Russell Brand story, which has been dominating the headli...
2023-10-0135 min
JournoWave PodcastWelcome To The JournoWave PodcastA brand new semester, a brand new home and a brand new podcast from the Department of Journalism Studies at the University of Sheffield.
Anna Jones, Polly Rippon and Jenny Eells provide an introduction to the department from its new home at The Wave.
Lisa Bradley, head of undergraduate studies, talks about what to expect when you first arrive as a fresher, and MA Journalism programme leader Michelle Rawlins tells the pod how post-graduates will be put through their paces.
There are some top tips on how to make the mo...
2023-09-0127 min