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Triathlon 2018: An Interview with Lars Holm

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Lars Holm – Global Senior Manager CSR at Dentsu Aegis Network (and this year’s triathlon sponsors) is someone who has achieved triathlon success by taking part in various competitions each year, as well as our...

Posted 23 July 2018

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CEO Blog: Fostering a constructive dialogue

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Nine months into her role as CEO, Su-Mei Thompson discusses the part Media Trust has to play in bringing together media organisations with charities and community groups. I believe there has never been a more...

Posted 29 June 2018

Media Trust CEO Su-Mei Thompsons stands up to kick off the discussion.

Why everyone should be a mentor

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When presenter and broadcaster Ria Hebden isn’t busy brightening our television screens on This Morning, or interviewing some of the biggest names in show business, she spends her time mentoring young people hoping to break...

Posted 31 May 2018

Janay and Ria stand together at award ceremony with a white background with a sky logo

Making an impact at the Edelman Challenge Day

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What happens when you bring together 13 high-impact UK charities with 13 teams of communications experts from global communications firm, Edelman? Earlier this month we did just that. Each charity came armed with their own...

Posted 24 May 2018

Team of Edelman staff and charity sitting around a table brainstorming

Reaching hearts and minds in a post-truth world

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Media Trust has joined forces with the Equality and Diversity Forum (EDF) for Stronger Voices, a communications-training programme that aims to strengthen the voices of London’s equality organisations. EDF’s Head of Digital and Strategic Communications,...

Posted 4 May 2018

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The tweet that changed my life

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Our Breaking into News competition run in partnership with ITV News aims to discover budding broadcast journalists from across the UK. When Nicole Goodwin decided to apply, she didn’t realise just how much of an...

Posted 4 April 2018

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The honesty, agency and power of #pressforprogress

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At our Women’s Voices event this year, we were fortunate enough to be joined by Megan Van Someren from JWT. In front of an audience of over 200 female media and charity professionals, Megan shared...

Posted 8 March 2018

Megan Van Someren, JWT at 2018 Women's Voices event