Miriam Phillips

Miriam Phillips

  • Senior Lecturer in Journalism English and Communication
  • Weymouth House W337, Talbot Campus, Fern Barrow, Poole, BH12 5BB
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Biography

Miriam Phillips is an award-winning journalist and lecturer in Multimedia Journalism in the School of Journalism, English and Communication.

Miriam has written for many of the UK's daily newspapers and was Chief Reporter for Newsquest at a daily newspaper in Dorset. She ran editorial campaigns, managed the website and specialised in investigations and crime reporting across the South. At the start of the boom of hyperlocal sites Miriam help set up local news websites for Northcliffe and Trinity Mirror in boroughs of London. Using this knowledge of hyperlocal news, Miriam launched her own publishing company in 2015 and published a luxury magazine with all the news and features for Poundbury, Dorset. Miriam maintains her links in the industry and regularly writes for national newspapers including The Guardian and The Observer.

Favourites

  • Mary, H., 2019. A Career in Magazines and Newspapers. Writing Feature Articles A Guide to Print and Digital Markets. Routledge.

Journal Articles

Books

Chapters

  • Mary, H., 2019. A Career in Magazines and Newspapers. Writing Feature Articles A Guide to Print and Digital Markets. Routledge.

Profile of Teaching UG

  • News & Online 1- news writing, interview skills, ethics, convergence and court reporting skills
  • News & Online 2 Unit Leader - Interviewing skills, multimedia news reporting and all elements of professional NCTJ exams
  • Level 6 Convergence News Days - specialising in court reporting
  • Professional Placements Unit Leader - ensuring the students are working well in the industry

External Responsibilities

  • Portsmouth University, External Examiner for BA (Hons) Journalism with (2020-)
  • Sunderland University, External for MA Journalism (2020-)
  • Brighton University, External Examiner for BA Journalism (2019-)
  • Brighton University, External Examiner BA Journalism (2019-2025)

Internal Responsibilities

  • NCTJ Co-ordinator, BU co-ordinator for the delivery of the professional diploma by The National Council for the Training of Journalists.. http://www.nctj.com/

Public Engagement & Outreach Activities

  • Set up and manage a group to support the Dorchester community through the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Committee member for the Dorset Food & Arts Festival in charge of media and communication and logistical planning.
  • Editor and Publisher of Celebrating Poundbury Magazine

Consultancy Activities

  • Media Consultant, Media consultancy. The Watercress Company
  • Media Consultant, Editor, Factfile Editor, Website Editor and Content Project Manager. The Duchy of Cornwall

Attended Training

  • NCTJ Journalism Skills Conference, 29 Nov 2018
  • NCTJ Journalism Skills Conference 2017, 29 Nov 2017

Qualifications

  • PGCE in Education (Bournemouth University, 2019)
  • NCTJ in NCE Advanced Diploma (National Council for Training of Journalists, 2009)
  • BA (Hons) in Multimedia Journalism (Bournemouth University, 2007)
  • NCTJ in News Diploma (National Council for the Training of Journalists, 2007)

Honours

  • Fellowship (Higher Education Academy, 2019)
  • Finalist in the Business Mother of The Year category for my role as Publisher at Bright Daisy Publishing (Dorset Venus Business Awards, 2016)
  • Shortlisted for the NCTJ News Reporter of the Year 2011 (National Council for The Training of Journalists (NCTJ), 2011)
  • Shortlisted for the NCTJ News Reporter of the Year (National Council for The Training of Journalists (NCTJ), 2009)
  • Young Journalist of the Year 2009 (National Union of Journalists (NUJ) Dorset, 2009)
  • Young Journalist of the Year 2008 (National Union of Journalists (NUJ), 2008)

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External Media and Press