Yesterday global PR agency Edelman revealed the results of its 18th annual Trust Barometer, a trust and credibility survey measuring trust across a number of institutions, sectors and geographies. Media Trust CEO, Su-Mei Thompson shares...
Posted 23 January 2018
Three months into her role as CEO of Media Trust, Su-Mei shares her thoughts on the media’s role in wider society and our upcoming work with charities and community groups which aims to strengthen underrepresented...
Posted 13 December 2017
Babatunde Onabajo joined Media Trust’s Transforming Hidden Talent in 2016. The 12-month programme, funded by Comic Relief, matches mentors from the creative media industry with young people who are interested in getting into the industry...
Posted 1 November 2017
After stumbling across Media Trust's Transforming Hidden Talent programme, Romana applied, hoping it would help her fulfill her dream of breaking into charity communications.
Posted 27 October 2017
Su-Mei’s first day as Media Trust CEO was spent at our Stronger Voices event, run in partnership with Open Society Foundations and The Guardian Foundation. In her first blog post, she shares her thoughts on the day,...
Posted 10 October 2017
Joanna Falconer joined Media Trust’s Creativity Works Multimedia Genius training programme in April 2017. The twelve-week programme, run in partnership with Mayors Fund for London and the Berkeley Foundation, offers free media and employment skills training...
Posted 5 October 2017
Channel 4 News Presenter, Jon Snow opened Media Trust's Stronger Voices event in September. Here he shares his thoughts on what he describes as the 'disconnect' between the media and society's marginalised voices.
Posted 21 September 2017
Isaac Harvey doesn’t let anything get in his way as he takes top prize at this year’s Vlogstar Challenge final. On 14 July, 22-year-old Isaac Harvey was crowned this year’s best young Vlogger at the...
Posted 13 September 2017
Last week supermodel Naomi Campbell made headlines when she took to Instagram to criticise the lack of diversity in the British Vogue editorial team under previous Editor, Alexandra Shulman. But a lack of diversity isn’t...
Posted 31 August 2017
Trustee and long term ambassador of Media Trust, Kamal Ahmed has been volunteering his time with UK charities for over 20 years. Here, he explains why skills-based volunteering is so important and what he gets...
Posted 9 August 2017
