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BBC News Editor course a great success

Learning Waves Skillnet was delighted to welcome Sue Ellis and Andrew Wilson from the BBC Academy to Dublin in May to deliver a 2 day Effective Newsroom Leader course. The course was booked out with 12 ne [...]

Funds for Independent Radio gets a step closer

A series of measures paving the way for the provision of support from the television license fee to public service content on independent local, regional and national radio stations has been passed by Dá [...]

Social Media, it's not about platforms, it's about content.

This was the key message from our workshop on Social Media Strategy with Gina Bowes and Damien Mulley on 9th July 2013 in Dublin. The workshop was attended by 16 people from a cross section of radio stati [...]

Redefining Radio with Ralph Van Dijk and Beat 102-103FM

Leading business figures from the South East were treated to a free ‘Redefining Radio’ creative advertising masterclass at the Ferrycarrig Hotel in Wexford, on Thursday, April 4th. Led by Austral [...]

MojoFest discount for Learning Waves members

MojoFest is an international gathering which celebrates the growing global community of professional smartphone content creators. Smartphones are ubiquitous and are gaining popularity as professional cont [...]

Conference Speakers compliment Independent Commercial Radio

Learning Waves Skillnet held its third annual conference on 27th September 2013 in the Aviva Stadium Dublin. Speakers on the day included, Dee Ford, Group Managing Director, Radio, Bauer Media UK, [...]

Some tips on 'Headline Writing for the Web'

In the attached article you will find some tips from Conor Pope from the Irish Times on 'Headline Writing for the Web'. For more click here [...]

Congratulations to Dean Egan on his appointment as News and Sports Editor for Beat

Learning Waves would like to congratulate Dean Egan on his appointment as News and Sports Editor for Beat 102 103. Dean recently participated in our Effective News Leader course run by tbe BBC. The Carlow [...]

Advertisers urged to “follow the listener” as radio turns up the heat on other media

The most recent JNLR listenership figures released on 26th July show that Irish radio stations continue to turn up the heat on other media with a combined strength of 85.5% share of the audio market in Ir [...]

Some articles of interest from Journalism.co.uk

While following our friends from journalism.co.uk on Twitter @journalismnews, i always find tinteresting tips and hints. I thought i would start to share some of them with you so below you will find links [...]

Upskill in Digital Marketing

Learning Waves Skillnet is offering you the opportunity to upskill in the area of Digital Marketing. The course will provide you with skills in the areas of SEO, Online advertising, Facebook, Twitter, Ema [...]

Mobile Journalism for Radio

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