Emails, emails, emails

When Chloe and the others went to see the students and give them the invitations and posters on the 29th (unfortunately I couldn't go because I had work commitments, so sent another member of my team instead), they got all the names and emails of everyone in the class. I made a facebook event and invited all the students using their emails that Chloe sent to me, seen below.



Chloe asked me if it would also be possible to send each student a personal email with the invitation attached, along with asking them to bring their own USB stick in case we can't get any free ones and to bring an idea for a simple drawing for an animation activity we will be doing on the day. Here is an example of what I sent them:

Hi Melissa,

Attached is the official invitation to our media event we're producing for you and everyone on your course. We hope you'll be able to make it since we have a lot of great things planned. Since some of these will involve producing a final project that you can keep, we're asking everyone to please bring your own USB stick and an idea of something simple to draw for an animation focused activity on the day. Please email if you have any questions, look forward to seeing you there!

Cheers,

Esther (on behalf of all Year 2 Creative Media Practice students at Bath Spa University)



We also needed to send out the finished press release to the press straight away, so I delegated all the other media sources to the contacting people on my team and emailed my contact at the Bath Chronicle, Graham Holburn. As I'm doing my work placement there in April, I thought this would be a good way to contact them since they asked me to email them with ideas of stories that I would like to work on during my placement. Here is a copy of the email I sent to him:




Hi Graham,

Hope you're doing well! I thought that I would get in contact again as it's coming close to the time that I start my placement with you. I'm really looking forward to starting and I had some questions about the placement. I also wanted to let you know an idea I had regarding a possible story for the Chronicle.

Since you mentioned about thinking of ideas for stories for my placement, I was wondering if you would be interested in something that has come up now. I know it's before my actual placement, but on April 8th, students at Bath Spa University are putting on a media event for students at Bath City College to encourage them to come to university despite rising fees. We've been in contact with Don Foster, who gives his endorsement and whilst he unfortunately cannot come since he was already fully booked on the day, he is going to prerecord a statement showing his support for students in Bath for us. We are also getting guest speakers in such as Gemma Hunt, a presenter for the CBBC who has also done presenting work for BBC One and BBC Two, and Andy Roberts, a former freelance cameraman who now works for the BBC. In the welcome pack you sent, it said to e-mail you with any ideas about stories I would like to pursue during my placement, and I think this could be an interesting story about how different students are reacting to the current and controversial issue of the rising university fees.

I can send you the press release we've written up for it if you would be interested in featuring this in the Bath Chronicle at any point. I would also be happy to pursue a follow-up story during my placement about what students in Bath think of this controversial issue or anything along those lines.

About my placement - I believe you said that my placement would be different to the one outlined in the welcome pack you sent me, in that I would have one week in the photography department and one week on the news desk with reporters. I was wondering if I will need to bring my own camera for the week in the photography department and if this would be the first week or the second week of the placement?

Thank you, looking forward to working with you!

Best,

Esther