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Chris Northwood

Welcome to York Alumni Media

York Alumni Media showcases the work of University of York alumni. With a selection of blogs, vlogs and articles, this website demonstrates the phenomenal media success of former York students. The University of York is renowned for its student media. With an array of award-winning societies, including a TV and radio station, two newspapers and many magazines, York is the perfect breeding ground for journalists in training.

If you are a University of York graduate and want to get involved, either by linking your existing blog to this site, or by hosting your blog with us, then get in touch with the editors, either by e-mail or Facebook.

Chris Northwood wrote this July 25, 2010Read more of thisNo comments

Scott Bryan

A few thoughts about New Years Eve…

Why do we celebrate New Years? Is it because it has been a great year? Is it because it has been a bad year? Or is it because you feel that you have to because you went out last year, or three years ago, or once when you were 16 at a pub underage and [...]

Scott Bryan wrote this December 31, 2011Read more of this on Oh That TV Blog

Seasons Tweetings!

I don’t know about you, but it’s 3pm on Friday 23rd December and I’m metaphorically signing off for the festive … Continue reading »

katie wrote this December 23, 2011Read more of this on Katie Anderson Blogs

Obama’s latest shameful climbdown on Guantanamo

“As President, I will close Guantanamo, reject the Military Commissions Act and adhere to the Geneva Conventions. Our Constitution and our Uniform Code of Military Justice provide a framework for dealing with the terrorists.” The words of then-Senator Barack Obama in August 2007, making a promise he would repeat often during his successful presidential campaign, [...]

Tom Jackson wrote this December 15, 2011Read more of this on Down But Not Out

Scott Bryan

The Twelve Day of Christmas… (via Twitter)

On the first day of Christmas Twitter gave to me A spam account following me. On the second day of Christmas Twitter gave to me, Two non-sensical trending topics And a spam account following me. On the third day of Christmas Twitter gave to me, Three interactions, Two non-sensical trending topics And a spam account [...]

Scott Bryan wrote this December 14, 2011Read more of this on Oh That TV Blog

Mombasa and Diani Beach

While some friends decided that hiking Mount Kenya was a suitably relaxing way to spend the Independence Day weekend (yet another excuse for Kenyans to take a day off work) we decided that hitting the coast was a better way to end the year. With this in mind we boarded the very colonial Nairobi-Mombasa train. [...]

Tom Jackson wrote this December 13, 2011Read more of this on Down But Not Out

Jeremy Clarkson’s a buffoon who thinks he’s funny. Get over it

The title of this blog says it all really. Yes, Jeremy Clarkson is an overpaid fool who thinks he is much more amusing than he actually is. Unfortunately, the BBC and millions of Top Gear viewers agree, and thus he is incessantly wheeled out in order to make some kind of outrageous remark that will [...]

Tom Jackson wrote this December 2, 2011Read more of this on Down But Not Out

Scientific advances v. Economic realities: World AIDS Day

Living in Kenya means World Aids Day has a particular resonance to me this year. With 7.1 percent of adults between the ages of 15 and 49 infected with HIV, the country is at the forefront of the global battle against the disease. Indeed, the impact of HIV/AIDS has always been at its most devastating [...]

Tom Jackson wrote this December 1, 2011Read more of this on Down But Not Out

Scott Bryan

Why this whole Jeremy Clarkson story is a farce.

What a disgrace. No I’m not referring to Jeremy Clarkson’s comments on The One Show last night, saying that he would take all public sector workers “… outside and execute them in front of their families.” No, its whats happened afterwards that is a disgrace. Unison coming out and demanding that he should be fired [...]

Scott Bryan wrote this December 1, 2011Read more of this on Oh That TV Blog

Economic gloom spells trouble for Tories

One could almost feel sorry for George Osborne as he faced the House of Commons to deliver his bleak autumn statement, knowing he was about to paint a dismal picture of the British economy and undermine his own claims of competency in handling its problems. That is, if one was able to forget that he [...]

Tom Jackson wrote this November 30, 2011Read more of this on Down But Not Out

Scott Bryan

What We’ve Got To Change Before The Olympics Games

You know that the Olympics are around the corner when you’ve seen your 4657475th Cadburys and Lloyds TSB advert. Right now though London needs to get its act together. We’ve got the biggest celebration happening on our doorsteps in literally months and we’re acting like cynical bastards. You can’t blame us really. Right now all [...]

Scott Bryan wrote this November 29, 2011Read more of this on Oh That TV Blog