2021 Fellow Nabihah Parkar has launched an original documentary series spotlighting the talent of British Muslim women from a range of careers
The first episode of ‘An-nisa,’ hosted on YouTube, focused on British Sudanese comedian Ola Labib. Nabihah has since profiled pitmaster Mursal Saiq and rugby player Zainab Alema. All episodes are researched, produced, filmed and edited by Nabihah herself.
Nabihah reports that since launching, the series has had 50,000 views across social media. She said, “I embarked on this project as a creative outlet […] it’s truly heartwarming to see how well it’s been received.”
You can find all episodes and subscribe to the series on Nabihah’s YouTube channel.
2024 Fellow Will Hollis has covered the 81st anniversary of the Dambusters WWII mission for his first ever overseas deployment
Current Fellow Will covered the story for GB News, where he is East Midlands reporter. He told us, “I covered the 81st anniversary of the famous Dambusters Second World War mission from Castricum aan Zee in Netherlands. The beach was the site where one Lancaster aircrew instrumental to the raids’ success were killed. I followed a crew of RAF cyclists from the International Bomber Command Centre in Lincolnshire to the Dutch memorial site. I developed the story idea, created a costed plan, and pitched to my newsdesk who in turn accepted and supported the deployment.”
Will thanked his Senior Fellow Mark Wray who is currently mentoring him, “the support from my John Schofield Trust mentor, Mark Wray, has helped me develop confidence to push for a higher standard of achievement in my career which is clearly garnering results.”
2024 Fellow Kate Plummer has been promoted at Newsweek to Investigative Reporter
Kate told us, “As moving into this area of journalism was one of my key goals when joining the scheme, I am very excited to get started.”
Kate is currently being mentored by Gabriel Pogrund of the Sunday Times, and before her promotion was U.S. Politics and National Affairs Reporter at Newsweek.
2022 Fellow and current Senior Fellow Amar Mehta has become an ambassador for NCTJ
Amar was recently awarded MHP Group’s ’30under30 to watch’ in the sports category. He has since been appointed as an ambassador for the National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ) and will be working closely with the charity going forward. Still at Sky Sports News, Amar’s job title has recently changed from Assistant News Editor to Deputy News Editor.
Amar mentors an aspiring sports journalist as part of our student programme.
2019 Fellow Sophia Smith Galer has a new book on the way
Announcing a new book focused on ‘the death of languages’ on social media, Sophia said, “I am over the moon to share I am writing my second book, How To Kill A Language – about linguicide and language loss. […] I am very excited to be working with William Collins Books again, who published my first book Losing It.”
Senior Fellow Andy Stevenson was on the scene for France’s first Olympic gold medal at Paris 2024
Andy is a sports presenter and commentator for BBC Sports. He is mentoring an aspiring journalist on our student programme and is a member of The Ability Group in Sport (TAGS).
It was an epic day for TAGS member and @JSchofieldTrust mentor @AndyStevenson81 yesterday!
He was on the scene for BBC Sport reporting on the first Olympic gold medal for hosts France in the men’s rugby sevens at #Paris2024
Allez Andy! pic.twitter.com/yES5Kv8BRi
— The Ability Group in Sport (TAGS) (@TAGS_Sport) July 28, 2024