Jenny Lester

The refresh of Media Guidelines on Violence Against Women was a large undertaking. I consulted with journalists, lecturers, law experts, and women’s groups. During this process, I made and nourished invaluable contacts. I researched best practice and innovative examples of engaging journalists. Using this research and interviews I re-wrote the guidelines and sourced quotes from designers. The final copy was half the length of the previous version and was in accessible language.

Since then, we have been asked to provide training to two branches of the NUJ. The resource has been downloaded 1,117 times, and the summary a further 375 times, and the language guide 95 times, with over 1,200 people reading sections of the guidance on our website, and around 200 hard copies distributed. In addition to this, we have had increased engagement with the professionals consulted with.