January 17, 2014
Want to be mentored by experienced top journalists and learn how a newsroom works? This is your chance to Break Into News! Maybe you shoot films with your friends at the weekends, you’re part of a local film club or blog about what you see on your screen. Maybe you’ve never created your own media but have a passion you’re keen to explore. If you’re 18-25-years-old with limited media or broadcasting experience, this is your chance to be mentored by top journalists and […]
January 17, 2014
Oh dear… Via The Daily Mail A black woman is demanding an apology from NHS chiefs after she was sent a letter saying her password was set as ‘charcoal shade’ for a hospital website. Leanda Probert, 31, from Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, was horrified when she discovered the ‘highly offensive’ password in a letter asking her to book an online appointment with a pain management clinic. The mother-of-one, who suffers from crippling condition fibromyalgia, said she thought NHS North Somerset was ‘having a laugh’ […]
January 16, 2014
For over 50 years hundreds of black people have been unlawfully killed in police custody in Britain. Last week a jury found that an UNARMED Mark Duggan was LAWFULLY killed by the police in 2011 (Click Here to read). In this week’s issue of The Voice the newspaper asks ‘who is next?’
January 15, 2014
BBC Radio 1 and BBC 1xtra will mark this years ‘International Women’s Day’ with an all-female line-up for 12 hours on two nights. Radio 1 Controller Ben Cooper said: “It’s fantastic that Radio 1 and 1Xtra has such a wide range of female specialist DJs. We are committed to giving opportunities to the best DJs in the world and you are going to hear something very special to celebrate International Women’s Day.” Check the schedule below. Friday 7th March 2014 7-9pm Annie Mac […]
January 13, 2014
Black British Internet radio station Bang Radio has announced that they will wipe Jay Z’s lyrics (“eat the cake Anna Mae I said eat the cake Anna Mae”) from Beyonce’s new single ‘Drunk In Love’. After discovering that the rapper’s verse references the abuse that singer Tina Turner suffered at the hands of her former husband Ike Turner, station executives decided to ban the verse. Bang Media CEO Jennifer Ogole said in a written statement: The lyrics derive from the film What’s Love […]
January 13, 2014
Shadow and Act reports that award-winning director Steve McQueen is planning to make a BBC drama on the black experience in Britain, from 1968 to 2014. McQueen says the series will be “epic in scope,” and will chronicle the lives of a group of friends and their families from 1968 to 2014. He added: “I don’t think there has been a serious drama series in Britain with black people from all walks of life as the main protagonists.“ … But Steve what about the Channel 4 […]
January 12, 2014
Via BBC News Tottenham MP David Lammy has said he refused to attend a vigil for Mark Duggan because he did not want to share a platform with “anarchist groups”. He told The Andrew Marr Show he did not want to appear with “people that don’t accept that a jury laboured and reached a decision”. Up to 500 people gathered at Tottenham Police Station on Saturday. On Wednesday, an inquest jury concluded Mark Duggan was lawfully killed when he was shot dead […]
January 12, 2014
WARNING: SOME PROFANITY Hilarious! That was SPOT ON.
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