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Peter Galimore's biography speaks for itself.   This is a rare opportunity to gain an authoritative insight into the British media and to glean some of the nuggets of wisdom Peter has picked up over the years. There will be advice on how to prepare for and handle media interviews and of course chance to ask questions at the end.

The event will be preceded with a 30 min networking session with hospitality provided.

Peter Gallimore is a former Deputy editor of Today on Radio Four and its sister programme PM and a founding editor of Radio Five live. He also did a stint as Foreign Duty Editor for BBC TV. He worked with presenters John Humphrys, Sue McGregor, the late Brian Redhead, Alistair Stewart, and Eddie Mair.

He brought Today from all over the world including Hong Kong, San Francisco, Berlin, Cape Town and Zimbabwe. He worked in Northern Ireland during the troubles in the 80's. He also covered a major earthquake in India in 2001. He won a Sony award, one of Radio's Oscars, in 1996 for his coverage of the assassination of the then Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. He's been Head of Corporate Comms at the University of Derby for the last five years.

Date: To be announced