Do you want to improve your organisation’s media coverage?
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Charities have something special to offer in the world of AI. They can become a definitive source of information in the authority economy, argues AI expert Suzanne Begley, co-founder, Make Sense Of It.
IBT and the University of Leeds recently published ‘Behind the Screen’, a report on how public service broadcasting is changing as we move increasingly towards online viewing. Former BBC editor Roger Bolton was at the launch and reflects on the urgent questions the report raises.
Date: 16th October 2025
Time: 10 – 11:30
Location: ODI Global, 4 Millbank, London, SW1P 3LL
With COP30 approaching, this event will dissect how the research community, media and civil society communicate the challenge of climate change and continue to work towards low-carbon, climate-resilient development.
We will be asking:
Our panel will consist of:
This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of the UK’s Public Service Broadcasters (PSBs) in covering global events through current affairs and other factual programmes on television channels. To achieve this, we analysed the volume, originality, scheduling, genre, and geographic focus of international (non-news) factual programmes broadcast on the main seven UK public service channels – BBC One, BBC Two, BBC Three, BBC Four, ITV 1, Channel 4 and Channel 5 – in 2023 and 2024.
This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of the UK’s Public Service Broadcasters (PSBs) in covering global events through current affairs and other factual programmes on television channels. To achieve this, we analysed the volume, originality, scheduling, genre, and geographic focus of international (non-news) factual programmes broadcast on the main seven UK public service channels – BBC One, BBC Two, BBC Three, BBC Four, ITV 1, Channel 4 and Channel 5 – in 2023 and 2024.
IBT encourages NGOs to work with the media. But the two sectors are not always aligned. This report examines the media's stance on decolonisation. The report interrogates areas of divergence between the media and the charity sector before offering solutions forward.
Oxfam
IBT Member
The International Broadcasting Trust works with the media to ensure that UK audiences remain engaged with global issues.
Ben Rayner
Executive Producer, Al Jazeera English