It is often just a pipe dream for many young, talented individuals from less privileged backgrounds to get into the media industry.
Analysis found that 16.4% of creative workers born between 1953 and 1962 had a working-class background, but that had fallen to just 7.9% for those born four decades later.
(Source: Office for National Statistics, quoted in The Guardian, Dec 2022)
We’re helping to change this, by partnering the best young talent in the UK nations and regions from diverse socio-economic backgrounds with experienced, inspirational top-level media professionals for mentoring, work experience, and employment through our charity, 53 Degrees North Media Academy.
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Read more about the launch of our mentorship scheme in C21Media and Broadcast.
