Media LIVE! Student Conference Event for KS 4 and 5 at Disneyland® Paris

Jenny is an award winning journalist who specialises in hunting down and telling unique stories you wouldn’t have heard from anyone else. Writing extensively for The Guardian, The Sunday Times, The Observer and Vice Magazine, Jenny has also presented a number of films for Channel 4’s foreign affairs documentary series Unreported World. She has reported from across the globe; from the depths of the Amazon rainforest to the film sets of Afghanistan’s movie industry, via Liberia, Cambodia, Nigeria and Honduras.

Back on home turf, she’s reported for BBC’s The One Show, and reviews the newspapers on Sky News, BBC News Channel, and LBC. In 2011, Jenny won the One World Media Television Award for ‘The City with Too Many People’, and was Shortlisted for the Amnesty International Gaby Radio Journalism Award in 2012.

With her extensive experience across print and film media, Jenny will give your students first-hand insight into documentary-making and journalism.

Liv is a writer and broadcaster and the founder of the magazine ‘gal-dem’, that provided a platform for stories about female and non-binary people of colour. Her work spans journalism, audio, TV and curatorial projects for which she’s received various accolades, including LGBTQI+ Broadcaster of The Year and Rising Star at Wow. 

Liv has fronted projects for multiple brands including Absolut, Squarespace, Links of London, MAC, Samsung and Google. She has also partnered with a number of fashion houses such as Ganni, Chloé and Clavin Klein.

Liv is most at peace in nature, and she now lives by the sea. Her debut novel, Rosewater, was published in April 2023 (Dialogue).

Liv will feature as Facilitator for Computing LIVE! on 24th February only.

Stevie White is a digital content creator and co-host of one of the UK's most listened to podcasts on Spotify, ‘JaackMaate’s Happy Hour’. He is also a content creator for David Beckham’s esports organisation, Guild. In 2014, Stevie launched his personal Youtube channel after the success of his collaboration with JaackMaate on their song 'Hip to be a Hipster' which reached number 1 in the iTunes comedy chart.

With his enthusiastic and engaging style, Stevie will talk your students through the world of content creation and podcasting, demographics and garnering and maintaining an audience.

Lucy Woodward - Senior Manager - Creative, Audience Planning & Distribution at The Walt Disney Company. With a wealth of marketing and brand management expertise, Lucy will be able to
give your students real insight into the creation, planning and delivery of a strategic vision for a business.

Our lively and interactive question and answer session gives the students control to ask the questions they want answers to.  All the speakers take to the stage to answer questions to provide different perspectives and to offer invaluable career advice from their own experience.

Our LIVE! Events Team provide expert on-site support throughout your stay to make your trip as easy and memorable as possible: 

• Be on-hand & provide assistance throughout the event 
• Register your students at the conference & take questions 

Our complementary workbooks are designed to be used as your group enjoy the Disney® Parks. The workbooks contain park challenges which encourage students to take a step back and critically appraise the resort from their subject perspective. These park challenges provide opportunity for problem solving, decision making as well as working together so that your students get the maximum from the their time at Disneyland® Paris.