Events, News
Express & Star hosts Young Chamber of Commerce event
Students from schools across the Black Country came together for a Young Chamber of Commerce event held at the Express and Star on December 4.
Sixteen pupils from Q3 Academy in Great Barr, Walsall Academy, RSA Academy in Tipton, Pegasus Academy DAT in Dudley, Aldersley High in Wolverhampton, Moreton, George Salter in West Bromwich and Bloxwich Academy worked on ideas and produced articles for the latest issue of the Chamber’s Prosper magazine, which is published by the MNA.
The session started with a welcome from Darren Griffin, advertising sales manager, followed by a talk from careers and enterprise coordinator at the Chamber, Vikki Haines, at the offices in Queen Street, Wolverhampton.
The pupils shared ideas and discussed their ideas for the Young Chamber pages in the upcoming issue of Prosper in an editorial meeting, with director of policy, marketing and communications at the Chamber, Lisa Broughton, press and communications officer Sarah Thompson and Prosper co-ordinator, Heather Loat. They were joined by Express & Star head of production Heather Broome.
Vikki Haines, who co-ordinated the event, said: “The Young Chamber really enjoyed their visit to the Express & Star.
“They have worked extremely hard on their articles for Prosper and asked engaging questions about the newspaper and journalism.
“Thankyou to the Express & Star for hosting such an interesting visit.”
The meeting was followed by a tour of the Express & Star news rooms by political editor Pete Madeley, where the students were given the opportunity to look at the different areas of editorial and see an example of how a newspaper is put together.
MNA communications executive Rebecca Heyes, who oversaw the event, said: “The students enjoyed their visit to the Express & Star and were given the opportunity to ask questions during the tour of the newsroom.”
