LSJ CLASS OF 2009

With cutbacks and layoffs being announced across the industry, 2009 was a tough year for anyone trying to launch their media career.

From the 3M January students, Muriel Oatham gained a maternity cover position as staff writer for Fund Strategy magazine and Johanna McWeeney completed an extended work experience placement for International Live Music Magazine, as well as contributing freelance items to Music Teacher and Classical Music magazines.

Of the 3M April students, Laura Saunter followed up the course with internships in the fashion departments of thelondonpaper, Daily Express, Daily Rubbish (for London Fashion Week) and The Guardian, while Pippa Woodhead interned at Banipal, a magazine of modern Arabic literature and the Mail online, and Marta Karcz pursued her interest in food journalism with an internship at The Restaurant Magazine, a trade publication based in Crawley.

Sandra Capitano returned to her job in Italy as area manager for an Italian film company, where she now writes features and a column for the film website filmakersmagazine.it and Michelle Davies has written food reviews for the website foodepedia. Victor Burnett is a communications manager for a renewable energy company.

Of the September 3M students, Claire Robinson is working for a Manchester PR firm, Ryan Bratcher joined the financial publication Euroweek as a trainee reporter and Charlie Walker joined the travel desk of the Daily Express, following a successful internship, prior to embarking on his epic 40,000-mile bicycle adventure around the world, starting in July 2010. See www.charliewalkerexplore.co.uk).

9M September students Claudia Gonzalez and Luca Rosso both completed internships at Global Blue which led to full-time posts, Claudia as a project manager and Luca as an assistant digital production editor.

The picture shows some of the 6M January class, who completed the course in July.