Cropping at 500
Posted Tue, 2012-05-08 15:55
Jamie Shaughnessy
Despite my lack of posts since December I’m still alive and kicking - I’ve been on holiday quite a bit, ran 2 half marathons…and have obviously been working very hard. As expected the last few months have flown by and it’s not long now until my apprenticeship finishes at the end of September. With help from my managers and mentor (and anyone else who wants to help?) I’m going to start preparing for the next step in my career, depending on whether I stay on at Channel 4 or not. My CV ...
Posted Mon, 2012-04-23 12:03
Grivas Kopti
Hi! So this is my first blog entry and it’s all still quite surreal. I’m about a month and a half into my internship and I already feel like a part of the Channel 4 family. I started with 3 other lovely interns in Sales: Jack, Pallavi and Liz. The great thing about the first couple of weeks here was the inductions we did with people from various departments. This gave us an insight on how all teams work together to deliver Channel 4 excellence. Going over previous 4OD and integrated ...
Posted Fri, 2012-04-20 09:17
Mitch Gold
This is my first time I have done this, so I will introduce myself and job role. My name is Mitch Gold and I am 17 years old and I am working in Airtime Management which is a department inside the advertising sales floor. I have been working here since November and cannot believe it is April already. Before joining Channel 4 I was in sixth form doing my A Levels, and because I never really wanted to go to university and wanted to get straight into work I wasn’t really committed to ...
Posted Fri, 2012-04-20 09:02
Paul Constable
Great month if you’re a Paralympic fan! There’s been some real drama, highs, lows and it’s all been fascinating to be a part of. This month I’ve been really helping in making sure we capture what’s going on around the Paralympics and making sure C4Paralympics heads the conversation on anything Paralympics. I have to say, it seems a success! Stats don’t lie – and I know this because of my excel document where I compare our stats on social media with our “competitors and ...
Posted Thu, 2012-04-05 10:31
Hannah Lennie
Hello! This is my first post so be kind! I’m Hannah, I’m 17, I’m a proud Cumbrian, or maybe not so much and I’m a Production Assistant Apprentice here at Channel 4. I started in November (yes, I know it’s taken me a while to write) and am currently working at Shed Media which is an independent production company. My claim to fame is meeting Rihanna recently - I got her a glass of water and she said thank you, which completed my life. Before I got the job I was in sixth form and ...
Posted Mon, 2012-04-02 08:15
Kieran Jones
Hi, I’m Kieran and I am a researcher at The Garden Production, on the Channel 4 Production Trainee Scheme. Currently I am working on the second and third series of ’24 Hours in A+E’, which is Channel 4’s largest ever factual commission.We have just finished the six-week shoot and what can I say, I loved it. The series is a massive undertaking with over 200 people working on it and it has been a pleasure playing a small part to help to keep the machine turning, working with a dedicated ...
Posted Tue, 2012-03-27 18:57
Dan Hefferland
The wheels of progress (As do my own when my battery is running low!) do turn just at an annoyingly slow pace. You may be wondering what has spurned me to begin this blog with such an insightful little nugget??? Well if not I’m going to tell you anyway so if you’re still reading then this then I guess you’ve resigned yourself and decided to put up with my ramblings eh ! Basically in November (as those who read this regularly will know) I went in to Media House one Saturday instead of ...
Posted Tue, 2012-03-27 17:43
Rachel Conway
Hello everyone, my name is Rachel and I’m the latest apprentice to join the Channel 4 Apprenticeship Scheme. I am fortunate enough to have a unique “split apprenticeship” where I will be spending 6 months with SB.TV and 6 months with Box Television. No biggy… just living the dream. Before this glorious opportunity came along, I was working as a waitress full time at Oxford University, mainly serving students who were richer and younger than me… not so glorious. When I wasn’t working ...
Posted Thu, 2012-03-22 18:28
Paul Constable
*Drum roll please* The moment you’ve all been waiting for has finally arrived… digital-apprentice.org/paulconstable/website/homepage/index.htmWhat, you weren’t waiting for that? Oh… well I was and it’s complete along with my college work! Feel free to comment. It is my first attempt at making a website so I would love to hear your feedback. In terms of Daily Mail type, freshly squeezed celeb news, I met Jon Snow (Channel 4 news presenter), Jonathon Edwards (Great British World ...
Posted Thu, 2012-03-22 18:14
Toni Winston
My last blog was in November 2011, so you can probably imagine that a lot has happened in the four months between now and then. I shall briefly inform you lucky people of my top 5 moments that have stood out to me in the past four months.5. ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARYMarch the 28th is approaching, marking the one year anniversary of my apprenticeship and as an employee at Channel 4. I cannot quite wrap my head around it to be honest. This time last year I was preparing to leave school, negotiating ...
Posted Tue, 2012-02-28 16:43
Paul Constable
I read a strange article the other day in the Telegraph, its headline was “Are Channel 4 ready for the Paralympic Games? “ – Now if you read something like that you expect them to be either be praising or scrutinising our coverage. However, it didn’t do either it just expanded the question and still left you wondering what the answer was. Now the answer from me is of course we are, we wouldn’t be doing all this if we weren’t! I had my appraisal this month (don’t worry it went ...
Posted Wed, 2012-02-22 15:46
Dan Hefferland
17 February 2011 Long time no see blog readers... Dan here I’m sorry it has taken me some considerable time to put fingers to keyboard this month but lots of things have happened in a muddy wheeled trail blazing fashion which seems to have just got in the way. Well I guess seeing as it’s only you reading this I can tell you the truth really really quietly so that no one over hears. “I’ve had a case of mega man flu the past couple of days” # sniffle, sniffle cough, cough, sneeze # (The ...
Posted Tue, 2012-01-17 18:58
Paul Constable
Every week, I keep meaning to do another blog after Christmas, but somehow it keeps passing me by. My Christmas and New Year was filled with lots of evenings out with friends, eating and drinking with family and you know all the typical shenanigans in the festive season including an empty bank account by the end of it.However, more towards my work, I have to stop referring to the Paralympics as being next year because it’s not, it’s this year and the weight of expectancy on London 2012 is ...
Posted Tue, 2012-01-17 13:37
Dan Hefferland
15th January 2012 Yo Blog readers, it has been a while since the last instalment of the Muddy Wheeled Man’s adventures but I hope this is worth the wait. I had a good Christmas and got some Superman Converse boots which I think are quite apt seeing as I seem to have a lot of dangerous adventures whether it be getting my foot trapped in London Bus doors or thudding down a set of steps in my chair! I prefer to call it flying though as to me that sounds far more mysterious / exciting. I guess it ...
Posted Wed, 2012-01-04 16:38
Ashwin Bhardwaj - Channel 4’s Global Entrepreneurship Week 2011
As I stumble my way around the miasma that is the media industry, I have come across patches of light. One of these areas of illumination has been the 4 Talent scheme and Colin Campbell-Austin. I found Colin through Twitter, and if you have any interest in media or television, he is definitely a man you should follow. Channel 4 have a fantastic statement of intent: “Mission With Mischief” and they are outstanding at finding and supporting new talent at every level of the ...
Posted Wed, 2012-01-04 15:33
Sophie Howard - Inspiration Week North
Hollyoaks/Lime Pictures, Liverpool (Inspiration week North)As a current University student seeking a career in the media industry, I was extremely excited at being offered the opportunity to work with Channel 4. Without a doubt, Media this is one of the main industries in which work experience is just as important as academic achievements in building a successful career, and I was excited at the prospect of enhancing my work experience with such a well-known company.My first Channel 4 ...
Posted Wed, 2012-01-04 13:34
4Talent Blog
Hi, my name is Sade Alao and I am the Assistant Producer for Carve Productions. I participated in this year's Global Entrepreneurship Week at Channel 4 which was a fantastic opportunity to learn, develop and network during a week of workshops, evening discussions and seminars. The Carve Productions team worked with 4Talent on the "For 3 Minutes" project where twenty eight talented individuals worked together in four small production teams to create a three minute scripted documentary. At the ...
Posted Tue, 2011-12-20 11:52
Dan Hefferland
December 17th 2011 Good evening Blog readers. Welcome to what I hope will be a piece of writing full of festive cheer (although I’m not a very festive person to be honest I’m a bit of a scrooge but don’t tell Father Christmas I said that or I’ll only get a lump of coal so shhh...)That’s enough of my rambling I suppose I’d better tell you what I’ve been up to since I last updated my blog. Well I’ve been all over the place at IMG in Chiswick lately. I’ve got to spend time in the ...
Posted Mon, 2011-11-28 13:29
Paul Constable
Not work related, but I suppose the big story of this month is that I managed to break my finger and fracture my hand. What an idiot! A comical rugby tackle on a friend after football on Saturday, turned into getting the frozen peas from the freezer to try and stop the bruising, to giving in and visiting A&E on Monday evening. It’s alright, you can laugh. My hand is now in a cast for 6 weeks!I started out in the November by going to a post-celebratory launch at BT for their release of ...
Posted Thu, 2011-11-24 17:47
Jamie Shaughnessy
The build up to Christmas has begun and it’s non-stop at Horseferry Road. The first bit of exciting news (for me anyway) was the Top Boy Premiere that I attended at the Mayfair Hotel. Top Boy, a thrilling and raw four-part drama about young lives lived on the edge in east London, started a few weeks ago and I was fortunate enough to attend the premiere in the West End. The event was held by Channel 4 together with Livity and along with the free drink and food there were an array of UK stars ...
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