Event 2 Working with (rather than for) the Media

29 November 2013, The OU in London, 1-11 Hawley Crescent, London NW1

This one-day workshop introduced the programme cohort to the variety of commissioning processes and timetables involved in television, radio and the printed/online press. The workshops included presentations and Q & A sessions with representatives from television, radio and the press as well as academics who have successfully worked with the media.

Speakers were: Annabel Hobley, television producer; Zahid Warley, BBC Radio 3 producer; Chris Williams, Senior Lecturer in History, The Open University; Pamela Cox, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, University of Essex; Brett Mills, Senior Lecturer in Film, Television and Media Studies, University of East Anglia; Helene Murphy, Open University Press Officer.

Event 2 Programme

Podcasts:

Please note that for copyright reasons some images in speakers' presentations have been blurred.

Annabel Hobley and Zahid Warley explored the drivers of collaboration from the media side, including timescales, funding and communication imperatives. 

Annabel Hobley

You can view an extract from the BBC2 programme 'Servants' on which she worked with Pam Cox at this BBC webpage:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00z3tfs

Click to download a sample TV programme idea template

Note The extract from Michael Ventris's broadcast can be heard here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22799109

Chris Williams, Pam Cox and Brett Mills reflected on their own personal experiences of radio, television and press collaboration. The session aimed to set out of for the cohort what they need to think about when preparing to discuss their work on TV, radio or in print.