Report launch

Report launch

As part of our International Migrants Day celebrations, we're launching a report looking at media coverage of migrants and migration during the first Covid-19 lockdown in the UK.

The launch will take place on Zoom, Wednesday 16 December, 5.30-7pm, and all are welcome. Email [email protected] to get the link. 

For this report, we analysed almost 900 news stories across nine of the UK’s most popular media outlets to answer these questions: Did we really see a shift to positive coverage of migrants, or just those working in the NHS? Which news outlets were best at including migrant voices in their Covid-19 coverage? Were migrants presented as heroes, threats or victims during this unprecedented time?

At the launch, you'll hear directly from the Migrant Voice volunteers who spent months analysing news stories and working on this report. You’ll then have the chance to ask them questions, before hearing from a panel of media and migration experts who will help us put the findings into a broader context.

The panel will be chaired by Professor Nando Sigona, Chair of International Migration and Forced Displacement at the University of Birmingham and Migrant Voice trustee. The experts will include:

• Dr Federica Mazzara, Reader in Intercultural Communication at the University of Westminster
• Dr Roza Tsagarousianou, Reader in Media and Communications at the University of Westminster
• Greg Russell, broadcaster/journalist (currently at The National, formerly the BBC); media trainer and communications professional 

Email [email protected] to confirm your attendance and to receive the Zoom link.