Media magazine conference notes

How to be creative -  7 tips from the front line 

1. Volunteer 
2. Drawing circles 
3. Beachcombing, the 6 steps 
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5. Put everything into everything 
6. Don't wait to be invited to the dance 
7. The day after you finish, what do you do 

An interview with Chucklefish Games

• For some reason turn down Disney and follow what you love doing? 
• Always seek out opportunities and get experience
• Make contacts now 

Sports Journalism 

• Challenge where you work and don't be afraid to put in your opinion 
• Diversity in the workplace is important, challenge it respectfully
• Believe in yourself and always aspire to move up in the world
• started BCOMS - Black collective of media in sports 
• very involved in tackling racism in football 

Young filmmakers' panel

• Enter in competition and above all make yourself known 
• Making mistakes is part of the process
• have to spend your "free time" pursuing your career and making it your hobby 
• go out and find work/internships, its going to be competitive

Young people, Media and Democracy 

• Mainstream media under-represents and mis-represents vast groups of the youth
• many representations are negative 
• in fact, 80% of stories about young people and the youth are negative according to research done at the LSE ( the youth including 15-25 year olds)
• social media is helping people become more political in expressing their own views and challenging others

An audience with Tony Garnett

• More false stories on social media through the digital age
• there are stories with no evidence 
• The news has become "Marketised" 
• The news is someone elses idea of the news, brings up the whole idea of Gatekeeping
• There is/needs to be more fact checking being done
• Everything has a political agenda and when it says it doesn't that is the most political 
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