Shine news

First Friday of the new term and here is something for the weekend from Shine.

These interviews involve two of our Shine committee members. Firstly, from Richard Chapman, who is deputy chair of the Shine committee, a thoughtful discussion with Sam Penrose from Abingdon School about Design and Layout.

The second deals with an extremely important element for all of the students out there producing magazines and newspapers, whether in print or online: sub-editing. Vivianne Wei, Editor of the Year 2020, interviews Katherine Whitbourn, national sub-editor and journalist for the Guardian and other newspapers.

Before launching our next two videos, I would like to alert you to the Shine closing date for entries, which is May 8th. This is the time to decide which categories you will be entering, honing those entry forms and getting them in.

To continue our mission to help your teams, I have today two more Ask the Expert videos for your delectation: getting on top of social media and understanding what makes a great newspaper.

Today’s treat comes in the form of an interview between Shine School Media Awards winners of Best Cartoon and Best Artwork & Illustration in 2020, Ted Hough, Jake Moses and Harrison Jones from Kingsbridge Community College, interviewing Matt Pritchard, cartoonist at The Daily Telegraph.

Our next Ask the Expert video offers Front Cover advice from Mark Allen, of the Mark Allen Group, a family-based publishing firm covering a wide range of publications; interviewed by Samuel Jackson from Bexhill College.

This week I would like to draw your attention to two more of our Ask the Expert videos, which are designed to help you and your students with each of the categories in the Shine competition.

How do you turn drawing and doodling into a successful career? To find out, Lisa Vasilyeva, who won Shine’s Best Illustrator category in 2020, interviews illustrator Chloe Douglas.

Lisa’s illustration was so successful that it also featured on the front cover of Stationers’ News, which goes out to hundreds of Company members in the communication industries.