[CMA R] Move on Up in News event

[Michelle Doust]

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Subject: Move on Up in News
From: Janice Turner <janice at stagescreenandradio.org.uk>

Move on Up in News

Black and minority ethnic professionals in radio, newsrooms and studios
across the UK are invited to take part in Move on Up in News, an event 
being held in London on Friday, September 21.

The event is not only for BME journalists. It's also aimed at camera
operators, graphic artists, studio managers, gallery staff, floor 
managers, researchers, broadcast assistants and so on. Its purpose is to 
assist BME professionals to make contacts in broadcast and online news 
in an attempt to help address under-representation in this sector.

Because Move on Up in News is about making contacts, it¹s just as 
relevant for experienced professionals as for people in their first job. 
Whether you¹re a print journalist considering a move across into radio 
or television, or you work in broadcasting and want to step up to the 
next rung of the ladder, this is the event to attend.

The day is being organised jointly by the broadcasting union BECTU and 
BBC News in partnership with the NUJ and ITV News. Others taking part 
include IRN, Channel 4 News, Reuters, Sky, The Telegraph Media Group, 
Times Online, GCap, Guardian Media Group, Bloomberg, Chrysalis and Al 
Jazeera English.

The event will be held at the TUC in Great Russell Street, London, WC1.

George Alagiah, who'll be speaking at the opening with Sir Trevor 
McDonald, welcomed the initiative. He said: "There are plenty of 
people... of colour and talent who feel the broadcast industry is not 
interested in them. So we have a few more faces on screen - but the 
floor management, the boardrooms and the places where budgets are 
allocated and schedules drawn up do not represent our diverse country".

Helen Boaden, Director of BBC News, and David Mannion, Editor in Chief 
of ITV News, will be among almost 80 senior figures from the industry 
available for one-to-one meetings with the BME professionals. There¹ll 
also be a number of workshops at which senior BBC editors, 
correspondents and presenters will be on hand to offer career 
development advice.

Application forms are available online at www.bectu.org.uk. The deadline 
is July 16.

You can get more information by emailing moveonupinnews at bectu.org.uk or 
by phoning BECTU on 020 7346 0900 and asking for Move on Up in News.

This is an unmissable event: the deadline for applications is 16th July.


Janice Turner
Organiser, Move on Up