Radio& Audio week 4 - News Bulletin

What I learned from the Romanian protest

Why is doping forbidden in sport?

Faces of Discrimination is a new weekly series that aims to bring into the light people's experiences on bullying, harassment and discrimination and challenge stigma and stereotypes. 

In this episode, I look at gender biases and gender discrimination and the impact this has in the workplace, but also from the perspective of a transgender person.

If you’ve ever encountered any type of discrimination, bullying and harassment and you’d like to speak up and share your story, please get in touch at VoiceOfLondonUK@gmail.com and together we can make it happen.

Faces Of Discrimination - Ep. 1 -  Gender Discrimination

Faces of Discrimination is a new weekly series that aims to bring into the light people's experiences on bullying, harassment and discrimination and challenge stigma and stereotypes. 

In this episode I am talking to Dr Elwina Timehin - consultant audiovestibular physician at St George’s Hospital in London, Jade Wolf - a radio presenter at Shoreditch Radio and blogger at AnIdolMind.com and Claire Chung, a journalism student at the University of Westminster. 

What do they all have in common? Stories on how to cope with prejudice and bigotry,whether quotas are efficient in boosting workplace diversity and so much more. 

If you’ve ever encountered any type of discrimination, bullying and harassment and you’d like to speak up and share your story, please get in touch at  VoiceOfLondonUK@gmail.com and together we can make it happen.

Faces Of Discrimination - Ep. 2 - Race Discrimination

It's the holly jolly season of the year. 

Christmas is just around the corner and that means businesses, small or large, have the opportunity to use advertising with emotional resonance to bring long-term effects and profits into the new year and beyond.

But how much do people actually care about these ads? 

The Voice of London went to find out out directly from the source - the ultimate shopping paradise  - Oxford Street.

Do people actually care about Christmas ads?

"Thongs Out is for everyone to get involved in a simple way: tie a thong, loudly and proudly to your handbag, briefcase OR bicycle, to support a change in court procedures.  Take it to your office, meeting, or while on public transport so you  can help change how we protect rape victims. " 

In this interview, I talk to Natalie Durkin -  actress, radio producer and presenter at Women’s Radio Station, marketing manager at the Actors’ Temple and founder of the Thongs Out campaign - about what it takes to advocate for the cause you believe in, how to embrace failure and turn it into success and the role of media nowadays.

Thongs Out to show that NO means NO

Is it a difference between regeneration and gentrification? What are the possible effects of these displacements? And lastly, can this gentrification phenomenon be beneficial rather than detrimental to a community?

All of this and much more in a story that unfolds the changes that have occurred in the Chelsea and Kensington borough in the past decades.  

Special thanks to the following guests for their contribution to this podcast:

- Clare Melhuish - Director, UCL Urban Laboratory 
- Magali Peyrefitti - Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Criminology at Middlesex University 
- Melissa Butcher - Professor of Geography, Environment and Development Studies at Birkbeck College, University of London  
- Luke Billingham - Youth worker, Hackney Quest Charity 

And thank you to Beatrice von Tresckow designer shop, Sebastiano Barbagallo Antique shop and Unico Gelato & Caffé Notting Hill for giving some insight about their businesses and helping us understand the changes that have taken place on Portobello Road, Notting Hill. 

This podcast was produced by undergraduate journalism students from the University of Westminster:  

Editor: 
- Teodora Agarici
Producer : 
- Earyel Bowleg  
Reporters: 
- Tabitha Durrant
- Mohammed Hamid
- Christian Olsen 
- Jake Woods

Recreating Chelsea and Kensington

A story that unfolds a life under constant fear.

For Kira and other tens of thousands of Uyghurs, the easiest way was to run away from their homeland. 

But is this an attempt to save themselves or to condemn to prison their beloved ones? 
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Many thanks to the guests that have made this audio piece great:

- Jessica Batke - Senior Editor, ChinaFile, New York, USA
-  Dr Joanne Smith Finley - Senior Lecturer in Chinese Studies, Newcastle University, UK
- Omer Kanat - Director Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP), Washington D.C., USA

And obviously, the most sincere thank you for Kira without whom this story would have never been told in the first place.

This audio piece is part of my final journalism project at the University of Westminster.

Thanks to David Spencer who has overseen this. Without his guidance, this wouldn't have been so nicely put together.

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Photo by Diego Jimenez on Unsplash

Teodora Agarici

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