MediaMag conference: not-yet final schedule. Must go up on site by end of week at latest. Plus biogs will do these asap.

10.15 10.45: Riots and Representations: Why Media Studies Matters. Professor David Buckingham of the Institute of Education considers how media students might respond to media coverage of this years disturbances. 10.45 11.40: Meet the examiners: An opportunity to take away really useful media case studies from senior examiners Christine Bell, WJEC: A brief history of time travellers: a brief exploration of the importance of Dr Who for the BBC. Dr Julian McDougall, OCR: Media 2.0 Steph Hendry, AQA: A cross-platform case study 11.40 11.50: Comfort Break

11.50 12.30 Top Tips for making your production work better Pete Fraser will show some student work and talk about steps you can take to make your own work more effective. 12.30 1.30 Lunch. Exhibition featuring Skillset Academies Bournemouth and Lincoln? Principal examiners from all three Awarding Bodies will be available to answer questions, offer guidance, etc Three undergraduates will be on hand to discus their courses and answer student questions Alex Fraser (Broadcast Journalism, Leeds)

Labi Odebunmi (Film and TV fiction, Hertfordshire) +1 tbc

1.30 2.15 Garth Jennings, director Garth has directed films, adverts and music videos. He is best known for Son of Rambow and the Blur video with the milk cartons- Coffee and TV. He will talk about his work and show some examples and take questions from the audience. 2.15 3.30 News Reporting in a year of Big Stories: Alex Thomson and Paul Lewis (Chair: Pete Fraser) Alex Thomson is Channel 4 News Chief Correspondent. He has spent a big chunk of his career in war zones. Paul Lewis works for The Guardian and was in the thick of the action during the summer riots. Alex and Paul will talk about their work and take questions from the audience about news reporting, particularly in relation to this summers big news stories: Libya, the Riots and Hackgate. NB If Alex is needed for a story overseas, foreign correspondent Jonathan Miller from C4 will take his place at the conference.

On conference site: tba how to use MM for your studies ppt upgrade from last year How to write for MediaMag. free resource pack for all attending students on the day: to include: compilation of past articles on study-skills, examanswering, etc