Based in the UK, award winning Journo Resources is trying to level the playing field within journalism and the media.

Journalism is not a diverse industry. A recent report by The Sutton Trust found that 51 per cent of leading journalists were educated privately and more than half went to Oxbridge. Just under 80 per cent of leading editors were educated privately.
Ninety-four per cent of journalists are white according to an investigation by City University and more than half are male. A State of the Nation Report also found that just 11 per cent of journalists are working class, compared to 60 per cent of the population.

Jem launched Journo Resources back in 2016 from her bedroom, after struggling to find the answers to her own questions about working in the industry.

Starting from a totally blank sheet of paper she decided to rethink entry to journalism and the tools you need to progress, drawing up a range of free to access tools she simply couldn’t find elsewhere. Now Journo Resources is home to dozens of unique resources on things like salary data, freelancing, graduate schemes, and provides detailed and long-form advice for anyone that needs it. They’re also big on taking a moral stand – ‘after all, you can’t create a change in the industry unless you make some fuss’.

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