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Northern Journalists Get a Career Boost

Flickr typewriter image You could be an experienced journo looking to update your skills, a poverty stricken graduate or just after a career change, there's a new training scheme going by the name of inFUZE, that will make things a whole lot easier for struggeling hacks and those looking to break into the industry.

InFUZE was developed in conjunction with  the BBC and the University of Central Lancashire's Meld team, will be launching on Wednesday 21st October and is set to improve the fortunes of journalists of all levels.

Included in the course are seminars, technical training and a 12 week placement at various news offices across the north of England. The course will provide 10 journalists in the region with up-to-the-minute skills across the spectrum of online, TV, radio and mobile.

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13 October 2009 by Suzanne Morrow

Eye Tracking Practical Workshop: A one-day tutorial

0930 - 1000 Registrations & networking 1000 - 1100 Fundamentals of Eye Tracking: Rajiv Arjan - Interaction Lab Manager, City University London 1100 - 1115 Break 1115 - 1215 Eye Tracking Technologies - Scott Hodgins, Acuity Solutions 1300 - 1400 Lunch 1400 - 1600 Eye tracking Case Study: Practical Session (Group Work)

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Date: 21 October 2009
Location: City University London, UK

Writing for the web training

One day hands-on classroom-based writing for the web training course. Learn to write and maintain effective online content for your website.

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Date: 7 December 2009
Location: Webcredible, UK

Writing for the web training

One day hands-on classroom-based writing for the web training course. Learn to write and maintain effective online content for your website.

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Date: 2 November 2009
Location: Webcredible, UK

Ralph Lauren Threatens Photoshop Critics

Flickr catwalk imageYou can never be too thin or too rich, right?

I totally agree with the second half of the statement you can never be too rich, there's no such thing. Too thin? Yip. You can definitely be too thin.

Not so for Ralph Lauren. They recently found themselves in a spot of hot water over some dodgily photoshopped images. They should have known something wasn't right when their model had a head bigger than her pelvis and a neck the size of a tooth pic. It was published anyway.

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12 October 2009 by Suzanne Morrow

Commercial Law Breakfast Seminar - Web Scraping: Business Tool or Data Theft

DMH Stallard’s Commercial Group are hosting a Breakfast Seminar for businesses which place a large amount of content online.

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Date: 21 October 2009
Location: DMH Stallard Offices, UK

Power to the Pixel: The Cross-Media Film Forum at the Times BFI London Film Festival

POWER TO THE PIXEL: The Cross Media Film Forum is back for its third year, opening this year's London Film Festival from 14-16 October 2009 at BFI, Southbank and The Royal Society for Arts in London.

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Date: 14 October 2009
Location: BFI Southbank, UK

inFUZE Launch - Multi-Platform Training for Experienced Journalists

ProPublica’s Director of Distributed Reporting Amanda Michel will launch inFUZE on October 21st precisely because she knows a thing or two about multi-platform collaboration.

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Date: 21 October 2009
Location: Moet Bar (Selfridges & Co), UK

Kids in Games & Virtual Spaces Forum

75% discount to attend Kids in Games & Virtual Spaces Forum on 14 October in London, for Chinwag members, if you book before close of Monday 12 October. £75 + vat instead of £299 + vat. Use discount code garage

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Date: 14 October 2009
Location: SCI, UK

Girl Geek Dinner {Leeds}

Join us for the fifth edition of the Leeds Girl Geek Dinners. We have an amazing evening planned, including two keynote speakers, screening of a documentary and the launch of two exciting projects!

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Date: 21 October 2009
Location: The Loft, UK

Digital Directors’ Dinner October: Microsoft’s vision, strategy and direction

Netimperative Digital Directors’ Dinners have been a great way of relaxing over a glass of wine and networking with other senior industry figures. .

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Date: 14 October 2009
Location: Biagio Ristorante, UK

Launch48 Weekend - 48 hours to launch a web app

Learn how to build a web app fast and effectively in a weekend fuelled by adrenaline, coding, business planning and anything else you need to do when starting your own project. One of the companies started at the first Launch48 went to Seedcamp Week. First 20 companies to use code L48M-5641-CW get 50% off both the conference and the weekend. Hurry!

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Date: 16 October 2009
Location: PayPal HQ, UK

Launch48 Conference

Learn how to build a web app fast and effectively. Kick start the weekend main event to rip all the benefits from this amazing initiative. One of the companies started at the first Launch48 went to Seedcamp Week only a few months after. First 20 companies to use code L48M-5641-CW get 50% off both the conference and the weekend. Hurry!

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Date: 16 October 2009
Location: PayPal HQ, UK

Word of Mouth Metrics - The Future of Brand Measurement

Behind every successful brand is a successful brand strategy. Developing a successful strategy in turn relies on understanding what consumers really think and say about the brand. Word of Mouth Metrics will bring you up to speed on the cutting edge measurement techniques for measuring how word-of-mouth is shaping consumer perception of your brand.

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Date: 29 October 2009
Location: DMA House, UK

A Creative Budget

Implications of the Budget for individuals and companies in the creative sector

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Date: 27 October 2009
Location: DMA House, UK