New journalism school aims to tackle lack of diversity in UK media

The World

Lack of diversity in newsrooms across Britain is an ongoing problem. The Sutton Trust, an educational charity reported that 0.2% of working journalists in the UK are Black while 80% of news editors are privately educated. A new journalism school for children and teenagers that opened in London this week aims to tackle some of that imbalance. The World’s Europe correspondent Orla Barry reports.

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