Yellow Jigsaw co-founder shares her views on the latest Diversity in Journalism report

I can’t say I was shocked to read that 80% of journalists come from professional and upper class backgrounds in a new report from the NCTJ – more deflated that nothing has changed – in fact worsened since I joined my first news room 20 years ago as a proud working class woman. The newly-released Diversity

Watch: Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham survives his first mini reporter press conference

https://youtu.be/f7bqGW-N7pI As part of our community reporter project - Media Cubs - the Yellow Jigsaw team works with young people to up skill them in all things media and support them to broadcast their confidence. During the pandemic the mini reporters led their own Media Cubs #RaiseYourHand campaign and as part of that took

Check out our list of community reporter training for over 50s

Our community media project - Talking About My Generation team has launched a new programme of training. The training is for our existing community reporters and members of the public over the age of 50 across Greater Manchester who are interested in learning new skills. These are the upcoming sessions in the My Gen Community Reporter

Media Cubs and My Generation secure investment to expand

Co-founders of Yellow Jigsaw Grace Dyke and Kirsty Day We're celebrating an exciting development here at YJ HQ! We have secured investment to expand our projects that enable people aged 7 to 70 to develop news reporting and media skills. We have been awarded £21,600 from the Access to Growth fund, part of

Our team of older generation community reporters nominated for Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service

The Yellow Jigsaw team is passionate about delivering targeted projects that tackle the issue of media diversity. Our vision is a media landscape where the people who consume the news are the same people who make the news. This is why we are so delighted that the team of voluntary community reporters at Talking About My Generation have been

Meet William – our new digital marketing trainee

Meet William - our new digital marketing trainee - who started with us just over a month ago thanks to Kickstarter funding. It is so great to have him on board - he really gets us. William was set the challenge of writing 400 words on his time so far....so we encourage you to enjoy! It

By |2024-03-14T11:15:57+00:00December 23rd, 2021|Communications, Passionate Pair, PR, Social Value|0 Comments

Yellow Jigsaw included in Social Impact Directory for Comms Professionals 

We're delighted to now be featured in a directory of 16 social enterprises and charities that has been created to help communicators improve the social impact of their supply chains. The directory, created by the Public Relations and Communications Association’s PR Council, enables agencies and in-house teams to appoint suppliers who deliver a positive social

By |2024-03-14T11:17:47+00:00June 18th, 2021|Communications, Passionate Pair, PR, Social Value|0 Comments

Fully funded Training to become a Media Cubs leader!

Media Cubs is launching an academy to train future club leaders who share our passion for helping young people broadcast confidence.  After a year of working with Media Cubs mini reporters running national campaigns, holding their own press conferences with political leaders, and hosting weekly newsroom sessions via Zoom – we’re ready to train more

Yellow Jigsaw delivers virtual workshops to UnLtd grant winners

We’re delighted to be working with UnLtd to deliver a series of workshops to support UnLtd grant winners to develop their PR and communications skills during lockdown. The team will be delivering online, interactive and practical workshops and one-to-one clinics on the subjects of mastering social media, working with the press and an introduction to

By |2024-03-14T11:18:21+00:00February 8th, 2021|Client Work, Communications, Passionate Pair, Social Value|0 Comments

Yellow Jigsaw appoints a new account manager to continue growth of our client portfolio in 2021

We are delighted to have appointed a new account manager to join the Yellow Jigsaw team - as we gear up for growth in 2021. Sian enjoys building and maintaining strong client relationships through great communication and is passionate about customer service excellence. She has 30-years' experience in customer focussed roles, training, and project management.

By |2024-03-14T11:18:25+00:00February 2nd, 2021|Client Work, Communications, Passionate Pair, Social Value|0 Comments
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