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19 Nov 07:00 PM
Until 19 Nov, 08:30 PM 1h 30m

SPA x Reset UK: Working with Charities webinar

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Sarah Wishart
Communications + Public Engagement Manager, ResetUK

As part of our Student Journalism 101 series, we're pleased to bring you the third SPA workshop of the 2024/25 academic year: a webinar with our new sponsors ResetUK!

Inevitably in your work as a journalist, you’ll be approached by charities, local and national,
with information about campaigns they want you to publicise – and ways in which you are
offered the opportunity to help change the narrative around important and crucial narratives
in the world today.

This session will look at how you can engage with charities and key campaigns to bring them to your audience. How do you also ensure that you’re engaging best practice when you come into contact with any vulnerable group as a result of these sorts of stories?

ResetUK will give you an overview of the process of engaging with charities and campaigners which will hopefully enable you to feel more confident about some of the key issues involved in stories with a focus on rights.

 

What will the session be about?

  • The idea of changing the narrative – why should you be part of that process
    Introduction to the fact that local press (of which university newspapers are a part) are
    more trusted than mainstream media
  • The benefits of connecting with local and national charities and education spaces
    beyond the university
  • The landscape of campaigning – and top tips for relationship building – and how to
    engage and use the resource of the press release
  • Issues of co-production – working with people with lived experiences
  • Leading with a rights-based approach to journalism
  • Case study of good ways to change the narrative - community-led welcome projects
  • Discussion space about what a good campaign story looks like & around the pitfalls and
    dangers inherent in some of these areas

 

About ResetUK

Reset is a charity formed in 2018 to grow the Community Sponsorship movement in the UK and empower volunteers to welcome refugees into communities across the UK. So far they've supported more than 300 community groups to welcome over 1000 refugees.

Sarah Wishart has worked in journalism, the arts and publishing and specialises in working with education, third sector and charitable organisations. She is currently delivering communication and public engagement work for Reset - a charity supporting community-led welcome of refugees.
She is also a freelance film maker specialising in co-production projects and has been commissioned by organisations such as Liberty, The Bar Council, The English Collective of Prostitutes, The EHRC, The Council of Europe and the Traveller Movement. She worked as Media Manager for the RSA’s huge array of talks, Creative Director for the human rights journalism charity - EachOther.

 

Make sure you register by getting a free ticket so we know you're coming!

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If you have any questions or issues with tickets please contact our Training & Opportunities Officer Joe McFadden via email (training@spajournalism.com) or DM us on social media.

Hope to see you all there!

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Duration: 1 hours, 30 minutes
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