News UK is proud to launch Britain's first-ever conference aimed at improving representation of disabled staff in newsrooms across the UK. On Wednesday, March 23 journalism diversity experts and leading disabled journalists will come together to discuss a variety of topics including:
The benefits disabled journalists bring to newsrooms
A keynote speech with The Times' Melanie
Reid
Breaking into journalism
Hear from young disabled journalists and the NCTJ on how to land your first job
Making journalism more accessible to readers
An interactive Q&A for the audience to
discover the latest developments in accessibility
Retaining and supporting disabled staff
Support, adjustments and strategies for retaining and developing
disabled staff
Neurodiversity in the newsroom
Experts discuss the benefits neurodiverse staff can bring to
newsrooms
Life as a disabled journalist
Leading disabled journalists come together to talk about their experiences
This event will be broadcast from a digital event platform and is open to trainee journalists, disabled journalists, university students, Executive producers, jobseekers, managers and managing editors.
