Entries Written By John Coster
International Day of Zero Tolerance for FGM 6th February
On Thursday 3rd February, John Coster, Parallel Lives Network Director and Delta, DMU Year 1 Journalism student, hosted a content gathering session at the She Inspires Global Community & Enterprise Hub in Leicester. Zinthiya Ganeshpanchen, CEO of the Zinthiya Trust invited us to speak with staff and visitors using the Hub over three hours to …
DocXplorers Series: Dodge Billingsley
The DocXplorers Series involves John Coster interviewing industry practitioners and issue experts from across the Parallel Lives Network’s Members and supporters. Next up is Dodge Billingsley discussing his trips made to Ukraine between 2001-2004 and the current tensions in the region. Dodge is the director of Combat Films and Research, an independent media company. He is also the editor and a …
DocXplorers Series: Dr Paul Reilly
The DocXplorers Series involves John Coster interviewing industry practitioners and issue experts from across the Parallel Lives Network’s Members and supporters. Next up is Dr Paul Reilly discussing his recent ‘100 images from the Troubles in Northern Ireland’ Instagram project. He is the Researcher in Residence at the Documentary Media Centre – this interview forms part of our ongoing series for …
DocXplorers Series: Hiren Pandit
The DocXplorers Series involves John Coster interviewing industry practitioners and issue experts from across the Parallel Lives Network’s Members and supporters. Next up is Hiren Pandit, the Program Coordinator & Research Fellow at Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC). We discussed several projects including: Fellows Programme 2021 – each of BNNRC’s 18 Community Radio Stations spread across the country, …
DocXplorers Series – Pat Kotchapakdee
The DocXplorers Series involves John Coster interviewing industry practitioners and issue experts from across the Parallel Lives Network’s Members and supporters. Next up is Pat Kotchapakdee from the Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts at Khon Kaen University In our interview, we discuss his image selected by National Geographic Your Shot and the growing film archive at the University. The footage …
Afro-Asian Critical Psychology Conference May 2022
I’m delighted to share that the Doc Media Centre and Parallel Lives Network will be supporting the innovative Afro-Asian Critical Psychology Conference taking place virtually between Wednesday 4th – Friday 6th May 2022. Our support includes: Training & Production – Keynote speakers to produce short film recordings – these will be edited into short introduction …
DocXplorers Series – Shahy Aziz
The DocXplorers Series involves John Coster interviewing industry practitioners and issue experts from across the Parallel Lives Network’s Members and supporters. Next up is Shahy Aziz who lives in Leicester, UK. Shahy specialises in Teaching English as a Foreign Language and is a Co-Founder of the Lingo Links team responsible for the Language Cafe here at the Documentary Media Centre. We …
DocXplorers Series – Pallavi Priya
The DocXplorers Series involves John Coster interviewing industry practitioners and issue experts from across the Parallel Lives Network’s Members and supporters. Next up is Pallavi Priya in Hyderabad, India. Pallavi is a Social Entrepreneur and Digital Influencer associated with various projects that help change society. She is the founder of a nonprofit initiative ‘Cause for Celebration‘ …
DocXplorers Series – Candy Hernandez
The DocXplorers Series will involve interviews with industry practitioners and issue experts from across the Parallel Lives Network’s Members and supporters. We begin with Candy Hernandez in Jakarta, Indonesia. Her current roles: Managing Director at ASEAN PR Network, Secretariat for Global Alliance Asia Pacific Region (GAP) and Director of International Relations and Partnership Office at …
Gamification & Virtual Challenges
Well, I managed to hit my target of 26 miles for the Inca Trail virtual challenge and received my medal in the post. We decided to create a display at the Doc Media Centre using resources from the Parallel Lives Network plus the two virtual DocTours created last year to Cambodia & Peru. This really …