How my mentor helped me succeed
Blogs
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
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CEO Blog: Bridging the gap between the media and charity sectors
Blogs
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
Creativity Works Trainee Joanna on the programme that made her dreams a reality
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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
Jon Snow on raising the voices of the underrepresented
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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
It’s all about the mindset
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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
Naomi Campbell and Jon Snow highlight a lack of diversity across the UK media industry
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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
Volunteering: An opportunity to learn, discover new talent and escape.
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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
From working the checkouts to ITV news reporter: how Media Trust seeks out hidden new talent
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Josh Farrell, from County Tyrone, Northern Ireland grabbed first prize in this year’s Breaking into News competition – a unique initiative devised and collaborated on between Media Trust and ITV.
Posted 10 July 2017
