The MediaWise Trust

The RAM Report

The RAM Report: campaigning for fair and accurate coverage of refugees and asylum seekers was launched at NUJ Headquarters on Monday 6 June 2005.

Edited by Rich Cookson & Mike Jempson
(£15, MediaWise, ISBN 0-954762-4-5)
Prepared with financial assistance from the Home Office Refugee Integration Challenge Fund.

The RAM Report explains every aspect of the ground-breaking work conducted by the RAM Project since 1999. It is designed to assist minority groups develop strategies that will improve media coverage of their issues. Read the full press release here.

Contents

• Foreword
  Brian Jones, former Deputy Editor of The Guardian
• Introduction
  Mike Jempson, Director of the MediaWise Trust
• History of the RAM Project
  Origins of the Project – why was it needed?
  Phase one: 1999-2000
  Phase two: 2001-2002
  Phase three: 2003-2005
  The way ahead
• Summary of activities
  RAM Bulletin and website
  Refugees and the Media Forum
  Regional Media Networks
  Regional Media Forums
  Exiled Journalists Network
  Directory of Exiled Journalists
  Work experience
  Week of Action and Monitoring
• Speeches and articles
  Black and white and read all over (Mike Jempson)
  Swan Bake: making a meal of a myth (Nick Medic)
  Kick ‘em out – they can’t be trusted (Forward Maisokwadzo)
  Creating a positive image in the local media (Terry Williams)
• Appendices
  Who’s who in the RAM Project
  Resources and further reading
  RAM Project diary – a selection of milestones

To order a copy, please contact us at info@mediawise.org.uk, providing your postal address and the number of copies you want.