Providing media training, especially helping academics to tell their story, is one area where I can share my experience from life behind the mic.

In what’s a first for the charity, Citizens Advice North Lancashire, working in partnership with Bay Health Festivals, has launched its own podcast series, aimed at guiding listeners through the various challenges life can present.

Barrow's Dock Museum has had a makeover allowing for more artefacts from the archives to go on display.

A preview look for Cumbria Crack and Morecambe Bay Podcast along with an article offers an insight into rarely seen history.

The man in charge of running a Cumbria-based rail business has told me how he hopes the industry will develop as a sustainable alternative to road transport.

I was delighted to secure an interview with Gottfried Eymer who has had a lifetime association with the rail industry and brings experience as well as new ideas to Nuclear Transport Solutions’ rail division.

A two day conference at Lancaster University saw delegates from around the world take part in discussions which are aimed at building on a powerful UN mandate that the group have successfully lobbied for.

'Huge thanks for this superb podcast! You've captured not just the story of what we've attempted to achieve with our jukebox project but the spirit of it too - warm, friendly, accessible and fun.'
The words of george harris who's one of the contributors to the latest episode of my hobby project, The Morecambe Bay Podcast.

Could this be the future for some of Cumbria's upland farmers?

Transforming Tomorrow, the podcast created for Lancaster University's Pentland Centre, has been nominated for an award.

🎬 That's a wrap!

🎙 58 episodes and trails recorded at Lancaster University, on the road and - literally - in the field!

It's been tremendous fun to work with the Pentland Centre for Sustainability in Business, part of Lancaster University Management School, to create something special - a podcast featuring two knowledgeable presenters and a host of great guests.

I’m delighted to start a ‘new’ commission - back to my roots reporting for Cumbria’s Business Crack.

I was delighted to be asked to report on the General Election for Sky News in west Cumbria.

Three articles I was commissioned to write about Imagination Lancaster’s design festival have now been published.

A second series of podcasts commissioned by Lancaster University’s Law School has been recorded and are now available.

Working with students who researched and designed the content I recorded and edited the Street Law series which provides an insight into some of the most talked about legal issues.

Capturing as many of the elements as possible in a limited time is a challenge many radio reporters have faced over the years: podcasting offers a new way of telling the kind of stories that otherwise would have been overlooked.

The Festival of Futures at Lancaster University explored how design research can respond to an array of local and global challenges. From healthy ageing and artificial intelligence to biomaterials and the climate crisis, this year's event was an inspiring insight.

I attended this year’s Podcast Show in London, probably one of the biggest in the world and a great opportunity to keep in touch with the latest developments in the industry.

How do you make the most of media opportunities?

Management of one of the north’s best known centres for hospice care got in touch recently to arrange training to ensure they can tell their story effectively.

St John’s Hospice serves a wide population across Lancashire and Cumbria.

After recording episodes which have seen guests join us from all over the world in May the Pentland Centre’s team went onto the farms to learn how sustainability is being put into practice in Cumbria.

It was a privilege to be involved in Imagination Lancaster's Festival of Futures at Lancaster University. The festival was the culmination of the £13.2M Beyond Imagination project funded by Research England and Lancaster University. Over 600 people were involved in 9 satellite events, 2 symposiums and an exhibition of cutting-edge design research in collaboration with The Centre for Print Research, UWE Bristol, Lab4Living and Hub for Biotechnology in the Built Environment (HBBE) exploring how cutting-edge design research can contribute to a healthier, more prosperous and sustainable world.

Philip Ferguson Jones is the latest subject in a series of podcasts produced for the north west-based Bay Health Festivals.

Universities UK international held their first conference since the pandemic at Lancaster University.

Vice Chancellor Andy Schofield told me why the university actively supports international mobility for students.