It’s our birthday! This week sees the first anniversary of the creation of Humanities’ Hallows and the Student Press Office (SPO) which runs it. As part of our celebrations, we have chosen to interview an individual without whom the SPO could not have been as successful, nor as enjoyable for those involved, as it has been over the past year.
HH: Hi Jason, firstly, what did you study at MMU? 
HH:As part of your role at MMU you headed up a new project, namely the Student Press Office. How was this experience? Did it benefit you in terms of your current career and did you enjoy working on the project?
Jason Cooke: My role within the SPO was probably the best job I will ever have. I remember putting myself forward for the role thinking ‘this sounds interesting, why not?’ The idea was to offer journalistic experience to students whilst publicising all the great things we were achieving in HLSS. Before we knew it, we were getting web traffic from all corners of the globe and other students wanted to know how they could get involved.
The main thing that I have taken with me from my role within the SPO is the experience of working with students. In my current role, I head up campus tours for prospective students. I work closely with student ambassadors who talk to prospective students and advise them on what type of course to choose. I had a great group of students working with me in Manchester.
We had some great times when I was at the SPO. Probably my proudest moment was when our first article was published in a local newspaper. I think it was the Salford Advertiser. Once that had happened, I realised that the sky was the limit. The SPO’s writing was good enough for the press! Another great moment was when David Peace, an author (of The Damned Utd and Red Or Dead) and MMU alumnus – whom I had been trying to score an interview with for almost 12 months – emailed me and asked if I could interview him later that afternoon. I was chuffed and what a great guy!
Everyone at Humanities’ Hallows and the SPO wishes Jason every success in his future endeavours.
We are confident that he will be an asset to his current employers and we all thank him and hope to do him proud as we enter our second year!
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