Sign up to the Volunteer Newsroom

Use your skills to help small charities get press ready with expert advice and tips

Media Trust and PA Media Group are looking for experienced journalists and media professionals to join our Volunteer Newsroom, reviewing charities’ draft press releases and sharing constructive feedback to help strengthen their stories before distribution.

Interested? Complete the form below to register your interest!

Volunteer Newsroom Sign Up Form

Your Details

Name (Required)

Your Expertise

1. How many years of relevant professional experience do you have in journalism, news, editorial or media?(Required)
2. What aspects of the list below are involved in your current or most recent experience?(Required)
Tick as many as apply.
Please include the types of stories or content you’ve worked with, your role in assessing, commissioning, writing or editing them, and how recently you’ve done this.
5. The Volunteer Newsroom involves reviewing one charity press release per month, taking around 30–60 minutes. There’s no expectation that you’ll be available every month. Are you happy to be contacted about reviewing on this basis?

Agreement

As part of the Volunteer Newsroom, you'll have access to unpublished charity stories and information. Please confirm that you will treat all information shared with you as confidential and will not share, reproduce or discuss it outside of your involvement with Media Trust without prior permission.(Required)

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