At Media Trust, everything we do is about media representation. That’s because we believe that it’s only by giving everyone a voice that we’ll get a more equal society. This past year, one of our key...
Posted 16 December 2020
After being crowned the 2020 Vlogstar Challenge Champion on 3 November, Charly Humphreys wrote to us about her experience and what she’s excited for in the future. I’d never even tried vlogging before because although...
Posted 3 December 2020
Media Trust CEO Su-Mei Thompson discusses representation and why hashtag activism isn’t going to work in 2020. Representation in the media has been in the spotlight this month with a number of high-profile industry events...
Posted 3 November 2020
With the Vlogstar Challenge Grand Final on the horizon, finalist Callum Giles shares his thoughts on why he applied and how it’s helped him through the pandemic. I first got involved with Vlogstar Challenge through...
Posted 26 October 2020
Media Trust CEO Su-Mei Thompson on the rapid migration to digital driven by COVID-19 and the role of funders and media industry partners Hello from Media Trust. Amid all the uncertainty with the outlook ahead,...
Posted 19 May 2020
Media Trust CEO Su-Mei Thompson shares the key findings of Media Trust and CharityComms’ survey on the impact of COVID-19 on charity communications and the next steps we’ll be taking to galvanise support from the...
Posted 7 April 2020
Media Trust CEO Su-Mei Thompson shares insights from Media Trust’s Reframing Disability Summit and calls on media and creative organisations to get behind improving the representation of disabled people in media and advertising. As TV...
Posted 7 November 2019
For our ITV Wales finalist, Iain McGibbon, the Breaking into News programme has enabled him to give a platform to an issue close to his heart: the mental health of health care workers. He shares...
Posted 24 July 2019
That’s exactly what Hannah Bridgeman, our ITV Granada Breaking into News finalist, has been doing over the past six weeks. Hannah shares her experience of the competition. Before entering and during the Breaking into News...
Posted 24 July 2019
After his addiction to alcohol nearly killed him, Breaking into News ITV Meridian finalist, Toby Winson shares why he’s using his report as an opportunity to highlight the dangers of alcohol and addiction. Before Breaking...
Posted 23 July 2019
