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The mediation session, called Walk in the Park, asks prison and probation staff to close their eyes and imagine walking through a park where they encounter different people.

Manchester United and England forward Marcus Rashford talks to former US President Barack Obama about how young people can impact society.

THE TV Collective have launched a new study to reveal the best places to work in the UK Media and Entertainment industry based on ethnicity

To revist this article, visit My Profile, then View saved stories. Nine minutes and 29 seconds, under normal circumstances, is easily forgettable. It’s the time we spend on routine activities such as taking a shower, doing the dishes, and walking to the station, our minds often elsewhere and not focusing on the task at hand. But nine minutes and 29 seconds was all it took for George Floyd, an unarmed Black man, to publicly lose his life at the hands of the police. The injustice of those tra...

CogX Festival and Hopin Agree 3-year Partnership to Deliver the Worlds Largest Hybrid Event LONDON, May 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Today the CogX Festival announced it has entered into a three-year partnership with Hopin a virtual experiences platform redefining how people around the world connect through immersive video experiences, starting with delivering the largest hybrid event of its kind to date - the CogX Global Leadership Summit and Festival of AI and Transformational Technology. The fes...

Free BBC Academy podcasting webinars available The BBC Academy’s Production Unlocked is launching a series of free webinars for people who make Podcasts. Running throughout May, the series brings together podcast presenters, producers and commissioners in and outside the BBC. They’ll be discussing everything from formats, storytelling and what’s going to the next big Pod. Places are free and you don’t need to work at the BBC or be a member of the BBC Academy. For details o...

In insisting on rigid racial stereotypes, progressives could end up segregating drama and storytelling 16 April 2021 • 4:15pm This has been a week of confused and confusing messages on diversity. Just as Hank Azaria expressed his desire to personally apologise to “to every single Indian person” in the US for stereotypical representation of South Asians in The Simpsons, the BBC’s Diversity Chief appeared to launch an attack on the crime drama Luther for being only superficially diverse ...

Laura Radford/HBO International TV executives point to the success of shows like BBC/HBO Max drama I May Destroy You of how diversity "can give storytelling an edge." Building on momentum from social movements like Black Lives Matter, broadcasters worldwide are pushing for more inclusivity: "Its a never-ending goal." The global television industry has finally got the memo on diversity. The push to make small-screen storytelling, in front and behind the camera, more representative of the variet...

Idris Elbas Luther Branded Unauthentic by BBC Diversity Chief TV The drama series fronted by the Star Trek Beyond actor is criticized for the lack of Black culture by the head of BBCs creative diversity Miranda Wayland. Apr 15, 2021 Luther" "doesnt feel authentic" due to the absence of Black culture in the characters life. The hit crime drama starring Elba as troubled detective chief inspector John Luther and Ruth Wilson as the psychopathic murderer Alice, has run for five seasons since 2010...

The BBCs diversity chief has claimed Idris Elbas TV detective Luther isnt black enough to be real because he doesnt have any black friends and doesnt eat any Caribbean food. Miranda Wayland said the hit crime drama, which won plaudits for having a strong, black lead character, was only superficially diverse and that corporation bosses are now looking to portray minority groups in a more convincing and rounded way. Elba, who first made his name across the Atlantic starring as Stringer Bell in Th...