Exciting news! The University of Bolton is delighted to offer two 50% Tuition Waiver Scholarships for the full-time MA in International Multimedia Journalism for the 2018/19 academic year. The programme develops practical skills and critical thinking for journalists and storytellers to deliver both short-form and long-form journalism on digital platforms. The course is based in Beijing and is […]
Interview with IMMJMA alum Berta Tilmantaitė, recent award winner of “NPPA 2017 Best of Photojournalism”
Berta Tilmantaitė is a Lithuanian multimedia journalist, specialising in photography and video. She’s a keen traveler and her visual stories from across the world focus on social issues, human rights, environment and the connection between human and nature. After graduation in 2011, Berta worked on a number of self-funded and commissioned projects and her photo […]
IMMJMA Graduation 2017
In October the UoB-BFSU International Multimedia Journalism MA Program held it’s annual graduation event. A total of 18 students graduated and the event was also attended by #IMMJMA alumni and partner media organisations such as China Daily and CGTN. Stacy Xue, one of our current 17/18 cohort caught up with some graduates and alumni to find out […]
Berta Tilmantaitė wins a whole host of awards for her latest film
HIMALAYA is a fable, that we heard whispered in our ears while hiking through the mountains. “Himalaya” (हिमालय) literally means “abode of snow”. And this range actually is home to nine of the ten highest peaks on Earth, including the highest, Mount Everest, which is called Sagarmatha in Nepal and Chomolungma – The Goddess Mother […]
Victoria Kim’s Final MA Project Lands in Good Hands
Uzbek Koreans has finally landed in good hands. Victoria Kim’s final MA project is now part of the online multimedia library run on the website of the George Washington University’s Central Asia Program. Currently, you can see the link to the project at the Central Asia Program’s website under the section “Multimedia Projects”: www.centralasiaprogram.org
Olga Stefatou’s film on Le Monde Diplomatique
Olga Stefatou, IMMJ graduate 2012, has had her film “Bataille pour la place Agios-Panteleimonas, Athènes” published on Le Monde Diplomatique.
New iBook – Jiuzhai Valley Multimedia Guidebook
Students from the 2012-13 class have produced an iBook – available now on iTunes – offering a different take for tourists to the Jiuzhai Valley.
DJ Clark and David Campbell working for World Press Photo
Course leader Dr DJ Clark and lecturer Dr David Campbell have taken on new and important roles with World Press Photo in 2014. DJ Clark is the lead trainer on the World Press Photo Connected Learning project, which offers free online multimedia training and international workshops. David Campbell is the Secretary to the World Press Photo […]
World Press Photo Multimedia Research Project Report – 视觉叙事（中文翻译稿）
The report from the 2013 World Press Photo Multimedia Research Project – Visual Storytelling in the Age of Post-Industrial Journalism – is now available in Chinese translation: 视觉叙事（中文翻译稿）World_Press_Photo_Multimedia_Research_Project_Report_Chinese_translation Full details of the World Press Photo Multimedia Research Project are available here.
Berta Tilmantaitė’s National Geographic cover story
Berta Tilmantaitė’s story on the Winter Road in Russia has been widely published, including on the cover of the Latvian, Lithuanian and Estonian NatGeo magazines. It also featured in the Geographical magazine (UK) and Rhythms Monthly in Taiwan. The cover picture is picture of a local boy named Spiridon, who is deaf. He spends a lot of time with […]