[cma-l] Fwd: Women In Media 2016

[Martin Steers]

Hi all,

I saw the below on another mailing list and thought it might be of interest
of those on the list or your volunteers / members etc.

On 13 January 2016 at 12:13, Charlie Spargo <editor at mancunion.com> wrote:

> Dear All
>
> I hope you all are well. I'm writing to you from The Manchester Media
> Group <http://manchestermediagroup.co.uk>, our student media platform at
> the University of Manchester Students' Union.
>
> I wanted to let you know about our first ever Women In Media Conference,
> which will take place on the 4th, 5th and 6th of March, the weekend
> preceding International Women's Day, at the International Anthony Burgess
> Foundation <http://www.anthonyburgess.org/> in Manchester city centre.
>
> Our aim is to celebrate brilliant and successful women in the industry
> that we all have an involvement with, and we have invited some special
> guests to give talks, panel events and workshops during the weekend. We
> will also be having a keynote/meet and greet drinks reception on the Friday
> night, and a live music evening on the Saturday night.
>
> Speakers already confirmed include Harriet Minter, Editor of *The
> Guardian*'s Women in Leadership section, and Louise Court, Director of
> Editorial Strategy at Hearst Magazines.
>
> We would like to invite students and non-students from across the country
> to our event—if you contact us directly we can try to find you affordable
> travel and accommodation options—regardless of whether you are a woman or
> if you aspire to enter the industry. Our ticket prices are also extremely
> good value for what is on offer, with a full weekend ticket at £11. All
> further information can be found on our website, www.womeninmediacon.co.uk
> .
>
> We are also planning on posting out information packs to our student media
> friends across the UK, so please let me know if you would like to be
> included on our list of recipients—don't hesitate to promote the Conference
> to students where you are, and include our hashtag #WIM16! We would also be
> enormously appreciative if you wanted to preview our event in your
> publications and can offer comments from our committee if you would like
> them.
>
> Kind regards
> Charlie Spargo
>
> *Key pages:*
> Website: www.womeninmediacon.co.uk
> Twitter: www.twitter.com/womeninmediacon
> Facebook:
> www.facebook.com/Women-in-Media-Conference-735638276537133/?fref=ts
> Tickets: https://event.bookitbee.com/e/ntb5f
> #WIM16
>
>
>
> *Co-ordinator of Student Media *&* Editor-in-chief*,
> *The Mancunion*
>
> —
>
> University of Manchester Students' Union
> Oxford Road
> Manchester
> M13 9PR
>
> *e:* editor at mancunion.com <editor at student-direct.co.uk>
> *t:* 0161 275 2989
> www.mancunion.com
>
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