Recorded for Pride Month in June 2023, Sophie appeared on the Cision Media Coffee podcast to provide insight on the best ways to communicate with the LGBTQ+ community from a PR perspective.
To mark Pride Month in June 2023, Sophie was invited to PR firm Ready10 to present on LGBTQ+ inclusion and how PRs can better work with journalists on LGBTQ+ stories.
In February 2023, Sophie was invited onto Bright Green’s live broadcast to discuss the LGBTQ+ Journalism Network and transphobia in the mainstream media.
Sophie took part in a virtual panel hosted by the National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ) in January 2023 which focused on safety and resilience in journalism.
Aimed at students, the event sought to raise awareness about the ever-increasing risks journalists face and how students can manage these risks when they enter the news room.
In December 2022, Sophie took part in Empowered Journalism’s Equality, Diversity and Inclusion workshop series, designed to ‘acknowledge and better understand the many intersectional feminist issues impacting those within journalism’.
The LGBTQ+ & Journalism EDI Workshop covered the LGBTQ+ Journalism Network and Sophie’s first-experiences in the industry.
Sophie took part in a virtual panel hosted by the National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ) in November 2022 focused on safety and resilience in journalism.
The event shined a spotlight on the ever-increasing risks journalists face and the profound effect it has an on an individual’s mental health and wellbeing.
In May 2022, Sophie addressed industry leaders at the National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ)’s Equality, Diversity and Inclusion employers’ forum at the Financial Times in central London.
She on the importance of LGBTQ+ voices in the media and the work of the LGBTQ+ Journalism Network to create community and positive change.
At the Coventry University Festival of Journalism in February 2022 Sophie spoke on the Journalism and Equality panel.
The panel focused on representation within the industry and how to tell authentic stories from minority communities.
In May 2021, Sophie was asked to appear on a podcast run by Wolverhampton-based theatre group Ow Am Ya?
Sophie discussed her career in journalism; her education and how she’s gone on to write about Art & Culture and current social issues, including LGBTQ+ matters.
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