Category Archives: 101MC – Personal Professional Development

I worked on a web redesign project for Tadamun Charity. Tadamun Social Society (TASS) is an NGO based in North East Somalia. It was established in 1992. Tadamun had a website which was very basic and they required to redesign … Continue reading →

This is letter is the final letter to self. In this letter I take a look at how I have changed over this academic year and compare this to the original letter to self. I will look at how I … Continue reading →

Birmingham, UK All the pictures in the photo diary are from my experiences in the year 2009/2010 travelling across Europe and North America. All the images are my own and I took them personally except for one picture which my … Continue reading →

Professor Richard Keeble gave a lecture at Coventry Conversations on peace journalism. He talked about the way mainstream journalism is ‘war journalism’ which is revolved around violence and dehumanising the enemy.  He stated that he was always committed to peace … Continue reading →

In this reflection I will describe three things which influenced me in my choice of studying Media Production. Those three things are Aljazeera news channel, my mentor Abdalla Salah and advertisement. I will explore how each of these influenced my … Continue reading →

In the Easter holiday, I was travelled to the capital of Scandinavia, Stockholm. I was there approximately ten days and I attended a young conference which happened at the city centre of Stockholm. Stockholm is a major international city which … Continue reading →

Reflection on the value and relevance to my discipline of any other extracurricular activities that I am involved in Over the years, I have been involved in many voluntary groups. In Sweden, I was involved with Sveriges Unga Somalier, Islamiska … Continue reading →

In this reflection I will explore an object on the subject of under-represented groups within the media. I recently studied the hegemony theory and I can now see how this is relevant to this reflection. The hegemony theory is all … Continue reading →

On 25th February, Stephen Cole, the Al-Jazeera news anchor came to Coventry University. He spoke for approximately 20 minutes at Coventry Conversations. I attend his talk and found it highly informative. He started the talk with a short biography. Stephen … Continue reading →

Reflection on the value and relevance to my discipline of any other extracurricular activities that I am involved in Over the years, I have been involved in many voluntary groups. In Sweden, I was involved with Sveriges Unga Somalier, Islamiska … Continue reading →