The Race Beat is a network for people of colour, open to anyone working in, or interested in, journalism.

At the April meet up we will talk about our plans for 2019, including day long training events in London and Glasgow, as well as panels at summer festivals. Bring ideas for who you would you like to see speak at our events this year - writers, editors, broadcasters. Are you a journalist who could offer some training? Do you want to get involved with organising or have access to event space?

It will also be a chance to chat and get to know people of colour who are interested in the media. Some of us might also have a drink afterwards.

This is a space for people of colour only. We welcome queer and trans people of colour and all other identities. You don’t need to be a professional journalist.

The venue is wheelchair accessible.

About us

We want to create space for writers of colour to come together and begin to:

• collaborate on race related stories and reporting projects on a wide range of subjects,
• provide accessible spaces for regular discussion; on craft, on racism, on class, skills sharing, solutions,
• build partnerships with small organisations fighting for better representation and supporting writers of colour,
• strategise on ways to properly fund more quality journalism (comment, criticism, investigations) and race reporting by writers of colour.

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