Media Storm Podcast

Nov 29, 2023 | mediastormpodcast.com | Mathilda Mallinson

Helena Wadia  Surprise! We’re back. We just missed you too much. Mathilda Mallinson  Did you miss us? Rude. Anyway, before we start, we just wanted to outline our agenda for 2023 and beyond. Helena Wadia  As regular listeners know, we just wrapped our third series and are taking a break to begin work on the next series’ investigations. These investigations will be more ambitious than any before.

Sep 14, 2023 | mediastormpodcast.com | Mathilda Mallinson

Charles Ehikioya  We need to really look at what is causing the huge percentage failure among the ethnic minority group. It’s not down to lack of trying, or it’s not down to lack of interest. The numbers that are coming through are not reflective of the numbers that are wanting to participate.

Sep 14, 2023 | mediastormpodcast.com | Mathilda Mallinson

Mathilda Mallinson  Welcome to the final part of Media Storm’s special investigation into the government’s Uplift scheme to recruit 20,000 new police officers in three years, which revealed Black applicants were rejected from the force 60% more often than White ones. Helena Wadia  If you’re not caught up, go back an episode or two and learn how Media Storm uncovered this evidence and questioned what could possibly be causing it. Education gaps, language barriers, or plain old racism?