Friday 4th March is the
deadline for black and minority ethnic media professionals to apply to take part
in the next Move on Up event.<br><br>The next event is for radio and for
broadcast news and takes place at the BBC, Broadcasting House, on Thursday 12th
May.<br><br>Broadcaster Trevor Nelson will be joining the Controllers of the
BBC’s national radio stations and about 70 top radio industry and broadcast news
executives on the day holding one-to-one meetings with black and minority ethnic
(BME) media professionals. <br><br>More than 30 BBC executives will attend from
the national and local radio stations along with production and administration
personnel. Bauer and Absolute Radio are confirmed from commercial radio plus top
independent production companies.<br><br>In the news industry line-up the BBC’s
executives include Steve Mitchell, Deputy Director of BBC News and Mary
Hockaday, Head of Newsroom. Alongside the BBC are ITV News (including Deborah
Turness, Editor, ITV News and Robin Elias, Managing Editor), Sky News and Al
Jazeera.<br>BECTU devised Move on Up as a practical response to
under-representation of BME workers in film and broadcasting, a greatly
casualised industry in which many people advance through informal recruitment
practices and networking. <br><br>Alongside the meetings on 12th May the
industry has put together a workshop programme. BBC News Channel’s Clive Myrie
and Asian Network colleague Rozina Sini will be discussing how they progressed
their careers, while Clive Dickens, COO of Absolute Radio will give his views on
the future of radio. ITV News will hold a screentesting workshop; radio
independents Whistledown and Ladbroke will run workshops on programme making and
indie production. Another BBC workshop provides an insight into management.
<br><br>We are delighted that BBC Audio and Music has invited Move on Up
into the home of BBC Radio. BME professionals will be meeting an all-star cast
of radio industry and broadcast news executives and we hope that the contacts
made and information gained will prove useful to you in your career.<br><br>The
event is organised by BECTU in partnership with the BBC and the Cultural
Leadership Programme. <br>The brochure containing the line-up of executives and
the workshop programme, and an application form can also be
downloaded from <a href="http://www.bectu.org.uk/" target="_blank">www.bectu.org.uk</a> <<a href="http://www.bectu.org.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.bectu.org.uk</a>> .<br><br>There
are hundreds of places available so please forward this email to any colleague
you think might be interested in attending.<br> <br>Thanks and
regards<br> <br>Janice Turner<br>BECTU diversity officer<br>On behalf of
BECTU Black Members’ Committee<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Jaqui Devereux<br>Director, Community Media Association<br>0114 279 5219<br><br>
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