Imagine you’re the type of person who never gives up fighting for the truth. You receive the most prestigious award in your field, but you can’t receive it in person for no reason other than that you were born in occupied land and the occupying forces have issued a travel ban against you. This is [...]
Every single journalist will write about race and ethnicity even if not overtly, who people are, makes up part of every story and sometimes those differences are not represented well. How can journalists notice differences and report on it fairly, especially when people from ethnic minorities are not well represented in senior leadership and positions [...]
Do you want to know the behind the scenes of one of the biggest interviews of 2021? Watch back our exclusive event with Sam McAlister and Sarah Hewson. Newsnight producer, Sam McAlister was in conversation with journalist, broadcaster and royal commentator, Sarah Hewson. They discussed her training as a barrister at the start of her [...]
''Who's Lorraine?'' Lorraine Kelly, CBE is a Scottish journalist and television presenter. She has presented various television shows for ITV, including Good Morning Britain, GMTV and This Morning. She was awarded her CBE for services to broadcasting, journalism and charity. On her show Lorraine presents a topical mix of entertainment, discussion and celebrity gossip. Away [...]
When: October 3rd Time: 6.30 pm with drinks Where : St John’s Waterloo 73 Waterloo Road London SE1 8TY Threats, misogynistic and racist abuse, online trolling, physical assault, imprisonment, rape and the ultimate sanction – murder. That is what many women journalists across the world endure from those who try to silence them in their fight to expose the truth. Last year, the UN catalogued “the “chilling tide of abuse” inflicted [...]
6.30 Registration and welcome drink 7.00 – 8.15 Panel discussion 8.15 – 9.00 Drinks reception Where : Rupert Beckett Lecture Theatre, Michael Sadler Building, Beech Grove Terrace, Woodhouse Lane, University of Leeds The drinks reception will also be held in the Michael Sadler Building (number 78 on the downloaded map http://www.leeds.ac.uk/campusmap ) Panel so far : [...]
Love your career but hate networking? Discover the best kept secrets of feeling confident and impressing new people from our brilliant live event with We Are Black Journos. If walking into a room full of strangers makes you want to run for the hills, then follow these top tips to help you out. Even the [...]
Online: October 5th. Online 6-7pm We all think we know the classic symptoms – sweats, tetchiness, low sex drive. And we don’t have to worry about until our fifties and it’ll all be OK. Wrong. Twenty-six million women in the UK are menopausal or peri-menopausal and most work. And yet, despite the fact that eight [...]
Former WiJ Chair Eleanor Mills has bagged another one of Sheryl Sandberg’s first interviews following news of her Meta departure. The exclusive Q&A was played to the business community at the London Stock Exchange on Wednesday during an event to mark a milestone for gender equality efforts. During the interview, Sheryl revealed: Mark Zuckerburg was [...]
DATE FOR YOUR DIARY : Geological Society, Piccadilly 7to 9pm
