Month: June 2024

Journalism students across the UK are joining together as part of a network overnight General Election results programme on radio, online and social media.

The Broadcast Journalism Training Council (BJTC) and the UK Community Radio Network have joined forced to offer the national programme.
More than 100 students studying to be journalists will be at constituency counts reporting live or in the studio for the Vote 2024 programme, which is being offered to all community and student radio stations, live streamed on the web and social platforms.
The collaboration between 22 Universities is being overseen by the BJTC – the industry body which accredits multiplatform Journalism courses in the UK supported by the BBC, Global, Bauer Media, ITV, Sky News, Channel 4, ITN, Associated Press, Reuters and the NUJ.
Working through the night, the students will be gathering interviews and results from election counts throughout the UK for the eight-hour BJTC programme and filing count results for industry partners Sky News, ITN and the BBC.
The programme will be hosted and co-ordinated by students from the University of Northampton and broadcast from radio station NLive Radio. Any radio station wanting to take the feed on the night please can contact hello@ukcrn.radio for details.
Programme Executive Producer and BJTC Deputy Chair Kate Ironside said: “We are creating something very special – a nationwide broadcast news operation of a real, live, breaking story of critical importance in a way that perfectly matches the news operation of professional broadcasters.”
BJTC Chief Executive Jon Godel added: “The ethos of BJTC journalism training is students experience real industry practice as part of acquiring the digital skills needed by employers. This is a perfect opportunity to do just that.”
Martin Steers, Director of the UK Community Radio Network, said: “It’s important for community radio to be involved in election coverage. We welcome the chance to work with the next generation of journalists at the start of their career.”
The programme can be heard from 10pm on July 4th and will be broadcast from NLive radio studios. […]

Global has secured the position of official audio partner of Team GB and will be broadcasting live from Team GB House, the team’s home-from-home at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

Since London 2012, Team GB House has provided a base in the host city for athletes, their family and friends, and Team GB guests to celebrate throughout the Olympic Games – but Paris 2024 will see Team GB House open to the general public for the first time ever.
Global presenters, journalists and podcast hosts will be at the venue, with broadcasts from behind-the-scenes interviews with Britain’s sporting heroes and live reactions to the biggest moments of the Games and medal celebrations with the athletes themselves.
In partnership with NatWest, Team GB’s official banking partner, Heart, Capital and Classic FM will be broadcasting from Team GB House from the day of the Opening Ceremony on the 26th of July until the Closing Ceremony on the 11th of August.
Global Original podcasts including The Sports Agents with Gabby Logan and Mark Chapman, and Tom Dean Medal Machine will also produce exclusive episodes from Team GB House.
Tim Ellerton, Team GB’s Commercial Director, said: “Team GB House is the ultimate place for fans to get involved in the magic of Paris 2024, so we’re delighted that Global, in partnership with NatWest, will be joining us to give listeners back at home a slice of the action too. We know how much the support of the nation means to our athletes, so having Global’s audience behind them throughout the competition will be invaluable, and we look forward to working together to bring their stories to life.”
Mike Gordon, Global’s Chief Commercial Officer said: “We are so delighted to be the official audio partner for Team GB. This year’s Olympics in Paris will be the closest to home since 2012 and it will rekindle the spirit of the Games right across the UK. We know our listeners want to feel part of significant cultural moments and in collaboration with NatWest, this partnership allows us to leverage our strength of bringing fans closer to the action.” […]