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On International Women’s Day (March 8) Women in Journalism and Reach revealed the findings of their first Online Harms survey.

Speakers included Alison Phillips and Yasmin Alibhai-Brown  –  Journalists’ Charity Ambassadors. 

Alison Phillips and Yasmin Alibhai-Brown are Journalists’ Charity Ambassadors.

At the beginning of the year, we gave financial support to Mark who was made redundant after 20 years. He was desperately worried about providing for his family…

 “For the first time in my life, I just didn’t know what we were going to do. Thank you for the terrific news of your support grant which has really lifted a great weight and has brought tears to my wife’s eyes.  I simply cannot begin to describe how grateful we are.”

On Monday evening St Bride’s Church hosted another magical carol service to herald the start of Christmas.  Readings from some of the biggest names in media joined a packed church to sing carols and listen to the magnificent St Bride’s Choir.

With thanks to Thorold Barker, Editor (EMEA), Wall Street Journal (Europe), Pippa Crerar, Political editor, The Guardian, Ayesha Hazarika, Columnist & Broadcaster, Times Radio, Alison Phillips, Editor, Daily Mirror and Jon Sopel, Presenter, The News Agents Podcast (pictured above with Christine Warwick (Journalists’ Charity chair and Beany McLean, Luther Pendragon). 

Hundreds of journalists working for UK media who risked their lives by travelling to the warzone of Ukraine this year were recognised with the British Journalism Awards’ third Public Service Award.

The special recognition award was accepted on every journalists’ behalf by Olga Malchevska, the BBC News Ukraine presenter who was live on-air in February when she first saw images of her childhood home in Kyiv after it had been destroyed by a bomb.

The charity created by Charles Dickens to help journalists fallen on hard times is supporting young reporters who are struggling to find their feet.  A sum of £45,000 might not seem such a huge number during these days of multibillion-pound rescue packages, but back in the mid-1970s it would, on average, have bought you 10 houses in the provinces, with change left over for a new car, a foreign package holiday and a posh dinner set from one of the nation’s many multi-floor department stores. Remember them?

After a 2 year lay off caused by the pandemic, the beautiful carol service at St Bride’s Church, Fleet St is back for 2022 and will take place on Monday December 19  –  doors open at 6PM and ALL are very welcome.

Journalists’ Charity former trustee & Press Gazette’s former chief reporter Jean Morgan has died aged 86. She retired after 19 years reporting on the national and regional newspaper industry for Press Gazette in 2003. Here, former Press Gazette deputy editor and news editor Jon Slattery pays tribute to her.

Jean was a news editor’s dream. She had fantastic contacts and was a brilliant story getter. Journalists always took her calls because they wanted to know what she knew.

The Journalists’ Charity Wales Media Awards 2023, celebrating the best in Welsh journalism, will be held in the autumn of next year.

The annual awards, organised by the Wales branch of the Journalists’ Charity, have been running since 2014. The 2023 awards will be held at a prestigious venue in Cardiff.