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WITH so many of us suffering mentally due to the ongoing impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, today’s annual ‘Time to Talk Day’ is perhaps even more crucial in the current climate. Conversations about mental health will be happening nationwide today as part of the social movement organised by Time to Change to end the stigma surrounding speaking out about your problems and asking for help. In a bid to use our platforms in a positive light, our newsroom and sister titles across the UK are promoting awareness of positive mental health. Social media is now too often used to spread hate, negativity and as a tool for trolling or bullying – and sadly during lockdown this does appear to have only got worse in many cases. ....
Campaign The emergency fundraising is targeting £1.2m to help provide free internet to 100,000 disadvantaged households YOUR St Helens Star is this week joining forces with rival publishers and sister titles across the North of England to launch the Cash for Connectivity appeal. The emergency fundraising is targeting £1.2m to help provide free internet to 100,000 disadvantaged households. It is feared some children are being denied their basic right to education because they cannot access online learning at home during lockdown. The appeal is part of the Laptops for Kids campaign, launched by technology entrepreneur David Richards and supported by the Northern Powerhouse Partnership and a growing number of newspapers, businesses and local authorities. ....
The School of Arts and Media at the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) is pleased to announce the 14 participants in the new the Journalism Innovation and Leadership Programme supported by the Google News Initiative (GNI). The 30-week part-time, postgraduate certificate course has been co-designed by a team of pragmatic academics and thoughtful industry leaders to foster the next generation of diverse news media leaders and innovators. The Journalism Innovation and Leaderships Programme Class of 2021 live in Australia, England, Fiji, Northern Ireland, South Africa, Sweden and Zimbabwe. They work for public broadcasters, magazines, newspapers, news agencies, digital native outlets, and other news-related organisations. ....
by Stephen Chapman The University of Central Lancashire has announced the first 15 people to take part in its new Journalism Innovation and Leadership Programme, supported by the Google News Initiative. The 30-week, part-time, postgraduate course has been designed by a team of academics and industry leaders, with the intention of fostering the next generation of diverse news media leaders and innovators. The class of 2021 live in Australia, England, Fiji, Northern Ireland, South Africa, Sweden and Zimbabwe. They work for public broadcasters, magazines, newspapers, news agencies, digital native outlets, and other news-related organisations. “Though their personal contexts and professional challenges might at first appear very different, there is much the cohort have in common,” said Dr François Nel, Reader in Media Innovation and Entrepreneurship at UCLan and director of the scholarship programme. ....