Religion or Belief

Channel 4 Initiatives

per-ms — Wed, 13 May 2009 16:37:38 +0200

Programme Description:

Although Channel 4 -as a public service television station- is publicly owned it is entirely self funded. Its remit is to innovate and appeal to everyone – different cultures, nationalities, religious persuasions, physical and mental abilities, sexual orientation, races and ages. Founded in the eighties to combat the monopoly of the BBC and ITV, Channel 4 commissions its programmes from over 300 production companies across the UK.

BBC Initiatives

per-ms — Wed, 13 May 2009 16:27:15 +0200

Programme Description:

The BBC is one of the world’s leading media organisations. Its mission is to enrich people’s lives with programmes and services that inform, educate and entertain. They see their audiences as being at the heart of everything that they do. How to reflect and engage these audiences is a BBC priority. The BBC Diversity Centre is responsible for ensuring that the BBC is legally compliant with all antidiscrimination legislation, hard-wiring diversity into the DNA of the BBC through the Diversity Strategy which is comprised of 4 elements - employment, output, audiences, strategy and business planning. In 2006 an Editorial Executive of Diversity was hired to assist BBC Vision (responsible for BBC TV channels) with delivering authentic representation of the audiences they serve.

VRT Diversity Unit

per-ms — Wed, 13 May 2009 16:10:11 +0200

Programme Description:

In 2003 the VRT began extensive dialogue with ethnic minority communities in Flanders. The aim was to understand their point of view and incorporate this knowledge into the VRT Diversity Policy and Diversity Charter.

Media Pairing for Diversity

per-ms — Wed, 13 May 2009 15:42:23 +0200

Programme Description:

The 3-year Mediam’ Rad project (2005 – 2007) focused on giving more visibility to ethnic media in Europe by building bridges between them and mainstream media with the aim to report and reflect social diversity more equally and accurately. It was noted that ethnic minority media has emerged as another leading group of media professionals. Although an almost invisible force it holds one important attribute; ethnic media are often people with expert knowledge of the issues they write about. More time and research is taken on each topic, ranging from integration, discrimination to intercultural relations. Across France, Italy and the Netherlands one way of highlighting this expertise was by pairing up ethnic media journalists with mainstream media journalists to work together – seeking to change stereotypes and prejudice in the mainstream media and bring them new sources.

Helpdesk

per-ms — Wed, 13 May 2009 15:25:55 +0200

Programme Description:

Since 1987 Mira Media has worked with young journalists from ethnic minorities and the mainstream media through establishing itself as an expert on promoting diversity and inclusion in the Dutch media.

Greek Turkish Media Programme

per-ms — Wed, 13 May 2009 15:02:31 +0200

Programme Description:

Turkish and Greek relations have suffered from chronic tension for a long time. Considering the fact that 95% of Turkish people feel that Greeks are not to be trusted, although 93% have never met a Greek, and 70% of the Greeks asked would not trust a Turk even though 70% have never met a Turk, the tension seems to lie in mutual suspicion and fear rather than in personal experience. In the past these feelings have been instilled through social institutions, schools, families, and the mass media.

Visibility Campaign on Equal Opportunities for All (TV Spots)

per-ms — Wed, 13 May 2009 14:51:37 +0200

Programme Description:

During the 2007 European Year of Equal Opportunities for All, the Finnish Broadcasting Company YLE and the production company C-Media created a partnership to make documentaries representing communities fighting discrimination in Finland.

Refugees, Asylum-seekers & the Media (RAM) Project

per-ms — Tue, 12 May 2009 16:51:49 +0200

Programme Description:

The RAM Project operated on the MediaWise principles that press freedom is a responsibility exercised by journalists on behalf of the public, and that the public have a right to know when the media publish inaccurate information.

Radio Salaam Shalom

per-ms — Tue, 12 May 2009 13:17:39 +0200

Programme Description:

Founded in 2006 Radio Salaam Shalom is a UK based Internet broadcaster. It is the United Kingdom’s first combined Muslim-Jewish broadcast project, operating an Internet radio station and making regular Jewish – Muslim podcasts to download.

Don’t stay away. React against Discrimination

per-ms — Tue, 12 May 2009 12:42:39 +0200

Programme Description:

Although implemented by the Polish NGO Campaign against Homophobia, “Don’t stay away. React against Discrimination” project deals with all levels of discrimination against a wide range of social and ethnic groups.