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Music Presenter Bootcamp Participants - What they said!

Our Music Presenter Bootcamp course has come to an end for 2016. 13 participants engaged in and completed the programme on 14th July 2016. All participants took part in a one hour broadcast on FRQ.F [...]

Why storytelling is still everything, despite new journalism tools.

J ournalist and producer Scott Rensberger reinforces the power of the story as reporters begin to experiment with mobile journalism tools and techniques. "If you're a journalist, show me a da [...]

Autumn Training Schedule released

We are delighted to announce our training schedule for Autumn of 2016. The current schedule includes a wide mix of training from Sales, to Programming to Management and Administration. We are deligh [...]

New Voices for Radio from Music Presenter Bootcamp Course

Learning Waves Skillnet is delighted to bring to you some potential new voices for radio from our recent 3 week Music Presenter Bootcamp course. A total of 13 people participated in the 3 week course deli [...]

Garda Press Office praises local radio for co-operation

Sinead McSweeney and Superintendent John Gilligan from the Garda Press Office acknowledged the co-operation of local radio in relation to ‘blackouts’ on tiger kidnaps and barricade incidences at a [...]

New Website for Learning Waves

Learning Waves Skillnet has a new look website which is mobile friendly, more user friendly and offers new and unique elements to our members. New sections on the website include : Watch | Read | Liste [...]

NPR's Guide to Facebook Live - How Journalists can use Facebook Live

This post was written by NPR’s Lori Todd, Claire O’Neill, Mito Habe-Evans, Sara Goo, Gerry Holmes, Rob Byers and Eric Athas. By now you’ve likely heard about Facebook Live – tho [...]

Irish Radio seeks New Talent

Learning Waves Skillnet is looking to recruit new talent to the Irish Radio Industry. If you think you could become the next big music presenter in Ireland, get in touch with us today. We will provi [...]

Podcast Production Training courses scheduled for May 2016

Learning Waves Skillnet is delighted to announce Podcast Production training with Corinne Podger Journalism.co.uk will take place in May 2016. Two dates have been scheduled for 12th and13th in Dublin. For more [...]

Occupational First Aid Training 2016

Learning Waves Skillnet is providing a 3 day FETAC Certified Occupational First Aid Training Programme for all those responsible for first aid within the workplace. The course will run over 3 weeks in Dublin fr [...]

Social Media Policy template available to stations from 12th April 2016

Towards the end of 2015, Learning Waves commissioned Andrea Martin from Media Lawyer to develop a Social Media policy template that could be used by all stations. The template has now been completed and w [...]

Mobile Journalism - Harness the Power of your Mobile phone

Are you harnessing the potential of your smartphone to create content for your radio station, it's website and social media platforms?. The power of the smartphone has changed the way in which many st [...]

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