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@DisJournoForumBringing together some of the country's top journalists to discuss their careers and experiences with the aim to improve disability representation in newsrooms.
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Big things are happening at the Disability Journalism Forum! 🎉 We've been busy finalising panel topics, workshops & speakers. Exciting details coming soon—stay tuned! 💌 Join our mailing list for updates: forms.gle/Wpuxf7RUXgNaL4… #DJF #Journalism #DisabilityJournalismFourm
Join us for #RethinkDisability on Wed 4 Dec! Hosted by Gary O’Donoghue @BBCBlindGazza the online event will be dedicated to “Reclaiming the Narrative” in news & sports journalism. Presented by @BBC_Ability & @BBCAcademy Fusion. Book your FREE ticket now: bit.ly/RethinkDisabil…
Unlock your future with BBC Apprenticeships! 🏆 Our schemes allow you to gain on the job experience, a salary, training at the BBC, and a formal qualification. Find out which opportunity would be best for you! bbc.co.uk/earlycareers #BBCApprenticeships #BBCGetIn #LifeAtTheBBC
Creative Diversity Network are developing 3 video guides to Access to Work for the TV industry and are looking for production partners to apply. Apply here: creativediversitynetwork.com/atw-in-tv-guid… Deadline: 10am on the 25th November #TV #Opportunity #Production
From today disabled workers effectively "stop" earning for the rest of the year because of the pay gap between us and non-disabled workers. That gap sits at 17.2%, with non-disabled employees making about £2.35 more per hour on average. #DisabilityPayGapDay #FairDues
🚀 Launch your career with a BBC Apprenticeship! ✨ Webinars give you an inside look at available roles, explore on the application process, and learn tips for success👀 🔗 Sign up: eventbrite.com/cc/bbc-apprent… #BBCApprenticeships #BBCGetIn #ThisIsYourBBC #CareerOpportunities
Sky News - Work Experience Programme If you’re over 18 years old and looking to launch a career in news journalism, then the Sky News work placement programme offers a fantastic opportunity to break into the industry. sky.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/sky_care…
Emerge: Summer 2025 Hybrid Disability Studies Workshop for Disabled Activists, Artists, Cultural Producers, Filmmakers, and Academics. Enrich your practice as a scholar-activist, gain new connections and mentorship, and deepen your relationship with disabilities studies!
🎟️ 👾 Interested in breaking into games journalism? Or been affected by the recent redundancies in games publishing? Next month, @BenSledge is hosting a workshop on all things games journalism — different types, networking, pitching etc. Join us! 🔗 tickettailor.com/events/journor…
📣 As journalists we know the power of language & words, but that doesn't mean the media always get it right. Join @WIJ_UK & @susie_dent on 04/11/24, for a free online panel event about why language really matters, especially when talking about women. 🔗 womeninjournalism.co.uk/events-diary/l…
04/11 - free event: Queen of words @susie_dent, WiJ deputy chair @JossieEvans and political commentator @y_alibhai discuss why language really matters including how certain phrases diminish women, whether they are in positions of power or victims of crime. womeninjournalism.co.uk/events-diary/l…
Are you passionate about journalism and able to speak a second language? The BBC Future Voices programme is an exciting six-week journalism training scheme with BBC World Service Languages. Click the link for more info and eligibility. 👇 careerssearch.bbc.co.uk/jobs/job/BBC-F…
BBC World Service 4-month PAID trainee scheme in London (help w accomm if needed). 5 places for young aspiring journalists who are D/deaf, disabled and/or neurodivergent + bilingual in one of the World Service’s languages. No webpage - details from future.voices.extend@bbc.co.uk
In @FrankRGardner's own words: This is 2024, and I find it extraordinary that an airline is allowed to fly in and out of British airports with a policy that effectively says ‘if you can’t walk, you can’t go to the toilet on our planes’. #RightsOnFlights #EndAbleism
'It's inhumane.. sort it out' BBC journalist Frank Gardner told #BBCBreakfast he had to crawl to the loo on a flight from Warsaw to London because the Polish airline LOT does not have on board wheelchairs bbc.co.uk/news/disability
Here's TAGS member @DylanOnWheels talking to @RGKWheelchairs about his time in Paris and his ambitions as a commentator. He rightly deserves the title as the voice of wheelchair basketball 🏀
BIG NEWS! Today our first project commissioned by @EFL_Comms with support from @lpftweets was delivered to 72 clubs. The Accessible Media Facilities Guide was designed to help clubs understand how they can provide access to disabled media colleagues from first hand experience
Thank you @BBCNewsround for featuring Wheels & Wheelchairs’ epic skate from Brighton to Paris for the @Paralympics Great to work with my @DisJournoForum comrade @Martidougan2012 🛼💜♿️ @Wheelsnchairs bbc.co.uk/newsround/arti…
🚨 We're hiring! @timesscotland is looking for an experienced news reporter to join our team in Glasgow. Full job description below, but feel free to drop me a DM or email if you have any questions #journojobs newscareers.co.uk/vacancies/3509…
TAP are hiring a Project Coordinator! Come and work with an incredible team and be at the heart of the work to make our industry more inclusive. All the details here: docs.google.com/document/d/1_C…
It's International Equal Pay Day. In the UK, disabled women face a 30% pay gap compared to non-disabled men. That’s why I created #FairDues—to help disabled people understand their worth and advocate for fair pay. Learn more and get involved: buff.ly/3NS22RI 💰
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