Media guide is launched
Challenge Poverty Week England and Wales began on Monday with the launch of a valuable new reporting guide for media professionals.
The guide is the result of nine months of discussions and work involving people in poverty, leading journalists, and anti-poverty organisations.
It contains guidance for journalists and media professionals on how to report on poverty effectively and respectfully, in a way that retains the dignity of interviewees. It contains ideas to ensure coverage looks at the causes and human impact of poverty, and solutions, and tips to ensure stories have the intended impact.