All Disability articles – Page 27
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FeaturesFran Unsworth, BBC deputy director of news
Fran Unsworth talks about accusations of bias in the Gaza conflict and getting more women on air
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CommentOfcom must be brave and revoke London Live licence
Local station is not living up to its promise, says Jonathan Kaye
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NewsBBC to hire champion for disabled talent
The BBC will recruit its first disability champion to its commissioning team as it prepares a two-pronged plan to improve opportunities for disabled talent.
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RatingsCHARTS: C5’s OAPs kick up a storm
On Thursday at 9pm, C5’s OAPs Behaving Badly performed strongly with 1.7 million
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NewsBBC to quadruple disabled talent levels
The BBC is to appoint a disability executive and aims to quadruple the level of disabled talent appearing on-screen over the next three years.
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Behind The ScenesThe Secret Life of Your Clothes, BBC
Africa is a film-maker’s dream - unless you want access to disabled facilities, says Nicole Kleeman
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NewsC4 strengthens summer schedule with para-sport
Channel 4 has scored the rights to four para-sport events this summer following its coverage of the Sochi Winter Paralympics.
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NewsBFI introduces diversity measures
UK productions that receive money from the BFI Film Fund must adhere to new diversity quotas from September.
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NewsBBC correspondent to increase disability coverage
BBC News hopes to increase awareness of disability issues with a number of on-air and digital projects after hiring its first disability correspondent.
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CommentBBC must be bolder on diversity
Mistakes of the past should not be repeated, says Barnie Choudhury
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NewsBBC3 Fresh calls for new ideas
BBC3 is looking to commission six new documentaries for its Fresh strand in 2015.
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NewsBBC Academy wins disability initiative award
The BBC Academy has been awarded for its training scheme for the disabled at the inaugural Recruitment Industry Disability Initiative Awards.
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NewsBBC News bosses take diversity training
BBC News bosses have had training on “unconscious bias” in recruitment as part of wide-ranging efforts to improve the diversity of the division.
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FeaturesJohn Ryley, Sky News
The head of Sky News discusses his efforts to boost the number of female experts on screen
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CommentSochi Paralympics: a calculated gamble
Sustaining viewer interest was the biggest challenge, reflects Jeff Foulser
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PodcastTalking TV special: The Last Leg takeover
Fresh from winning best entertainment programme at the Royal Television Society Awards, the boys from The Last Leg create mischief on a special edition of Broadcast’s Talking TV podcast.
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CommentThe clock is ticking on diversity
BBC3’s last 18 months as a TV channel offer a useful timeframe
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CommentNews needs to reflect the audience to stay relevant
Advertisers realise the importance of diversity, and so should we
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NewsCDN puts diversity pledges to test
The Creative Diversity Network (CDN) is on the brink of unveiling a monitoring service that will assess how the major broadcasters’ are performing against their diversity targets – and compared with each other – for the first time.
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NewsTV admits diversity failures
Baroness Floella Benjamin made an impassioned plea in her opening address at Ed Vaizey’s diversity roundtable last week: “Don’t let our children down,” she said, “especially our young black men. They don’t feel part of this.”