External news

Yesterday, an inaugural Black Congress conference was held by ISCRE (the Ipswich and Suffolk Council for Racial Equality).

The Ipswich and Suffolk Council for Racial Equality was formed in 1996 (the same year as OBV) and has been working in partnership with OBV for some years. In the last twelve months OBV Director, Simon Woolley has spoken at their AGM in Autumn and Deputy Director, Ashok Viswanathan at a hustings meeting that they organised in the Ipswich constituency which was also attended by the current MP, Ben Gummer.

The Guardian newspaper has launched a new apprenticeship aimed at raising the numbers of Black and minority (BME) ethnic journalists.

The new scheme offers 12 places for students or graduates from BME communities and will run for 2 weeks during the summer. Successful applicants will learn about the different aspects of journalism, gaining key insights into the workings of the newspaper, website and its multimedia department. Each student will also be assigned a mentor.