ScreenSkills is collaborating with Creative Access to offer mentoring support to those ‘Starting Out in the Screen Industry’. Supported by National Lottery funds awarded by the BFI as part of the Future Film Skills programme being delivered by ScreenSkills, the collaboration is targeted at helping build a more inclusive behind-the-camera workforce and addressing skills gaps and […]
Creative Access CEO Josie Dobrin, along with our interns Adam Warburton-Brown (who we placed at the Climate Group) and Danielle Koku (who we placed at Apple) speak with the Financial Times regarding virtual work placements in the current climate. You can read the full article here.
In the October issue of Elle Decoration, Creative Access CEO, Josie Dobrin highlights the work of three Creative Access alumni who are making an impact in the art world. She also speaks about the recent impact of the coronavirus on under-represented communities. You can read the article below:
The jobs market for new graduates is tough in general at the moment, but is even more challenging for BIPOC graduates, Leonie Annor-Owiredu reports, highlighting Creative Access’ coronavirus report, which revealed that “since the crisis, 85% of current trainees say they are either not being kept on after their internship or are unsure if they […]
Creative Access and Radiocentre are to create a virtual Audio Masterclass for young people hosted by Margherita Taylor, Radio Today reports. Read their full article here. Learn more about our Audio Masterclass and sign up here.
In an article from African Arguments, Emmanuel Freudenthal discusses the whiteness of newsrooms working on stories on Africa, quoting Creative Access CEO Josie Dobrin on the issue of the lack of data to help identify where journalism’s diversity problem lies; “If you don’t have that data then you can’t address [the issue].” The full article […]
In a new article from Press Gazette, three Creative Access alumni spoke about the “shocking” lack of diversity in UK newsrooms, and how it makes young journalists of colour feel “disenfranchised” and “alienated”. The article features Khaleda Rahman of Newsweek (who did her Creative Access internship with Newsquest), Helena Wadia of the Evening Standard (who […]
Graduate careers company Prospects has featured two Creative Access alumni, Sophia Slater and Ayodele Ogunshakin, as case studies on their website. They discuss how Creative Access supported them in entering the TV industry and how to get into television production. You can read Sophia’s case study here, and Ayodele’s here.
Guy Ritchie and CreativeAccess launch development and intern initiative to support underrepresented UK talent in film, reports Ben Dalton for leading film publication, Screen Daily. Read the article in full here.
Leading entertainment news publication, Variety reports that “The Gentlemen” director Guy Ritchie has teamed with U.K. industry org Creative Access to fund a year-long development program for emerging Black talent. Read the article in full here.
