So You Wanna Be In TV?

14/02/2018

Hello Lovely People! We'd Like To Thank All 235,500 of YOU for reading our story in GineersNow!
Our social impact has benefitted the grassroots community, & industry fantastically!

24/11/2017

SO YOU WANNA BE IN TV?
How To Get That First Job In TV.
Move Up A Level As A 2nd Jobber. Or Go Freelance.
MAJOR BROADCASTER EVENT!
Hurry places limited!
Email us at: [email protected]

03/06/2016

Future Of TV, Film, Tech & The Creative Industries?

There are a number of mega trends which will take effect over the next 3 years as Generation X (baby boomers) are replaced by Generation Y (1982 generation) across our workforce and we need to curate content for Generation Z (1993 generation)." Data Expert 2014Get Ready For GenY & GenZ!GenY a...

09/09/2015

PAID TV OPPORTUNITY !
INTERESTED IN EDITING?
This is a paid opportunity to encourage young people from diverse backgrounds genuinely interested in Post Production.
Hurry places limited!
Email us at: [email protected]

01/08/2015

Thank You Lovely People! Been Nominated For The European Diversity Awards - Hero of the Year 2015! Would Love To Help More Young People! Happy Monday! X

Rioch Edwards-Brown – So You Wanna Be In TV?

12/05/2015

Thank you For Becoming Partners & Sponsors!

'I want to use this opportunity to thank you so much for your help and partnership and for all the hard work in support of building new and diverse skills and talent base in the creative industries.'

Kate O'Connor - Executive Director and Deputy CEO of Creative Skillset

28/01/2015

Congratulations To ODN For Being Nominated For The

Outstanding Diversity Network Excellence in Diversity Awards !

PLEASE SHARE & VOTE FOR ITN HERE ! http://bit.ly/1uxz5IO

Five years ago, armed with nothing more than determination to help more of our young people in the community I emailed 100 TV companies. Hardly any responded. ITN was one of them and I met Robin Elias [ITN Managing Editor] who introduced me to Nathalie Austrie [ITN PA & Diversity Coordinator].

I invited them to one of our first TV employability skills sessions at ITV, fully expecting them not to turn up. They did! Since then ITN have gone on to sponsor, partner and support our free training programme to increase diversity at entry level in TV and address youth unemployment.

“I left the session with THE MOST BIGGEST SMILE! I was happy I began crying in the middle of Waterloo. I was confused at first but the session helped me see through the darkness which was my future. Your scheme shows the way for young people like myself, who may not have the right academic grades, but are capable of working hard to achieve success.”
Jasmine - candidate at our session which Robin & Nathalie came to

ITN's commitment to diversity is excellent!

22/01/2015

THAT'S TV FOLKS ! HERE'S A TIP ON HOW TO GAIN ENTRY INTO TV !

Yesterday a TV opportunity came in out of the blue...

Congrats to the candidates who got placements today!

We get many emails from potential candidates asking for tips to improve their entry into TV.

TIP 1:

MAKE YOURSELF AVAILABLE !!!

When sending an email of interest include your contact number at the end of the email. It can be the difference between a yes and a no.

e.g: 100 emails received in an inbox with CV's attached.

98 of those emails have no contact number on their email.

2 do.

Which candidates are likelier to be contacted?

21/01/2015

TV OPPORTUNITIES FROM OUR SPONSORS !!!

JOBS - PAID TRAINING - APPRENTICESHIPS

OUR 2015 LIST IS NOW OPEN - BUT NOT FOR LONG !

PLEASE EMAIL YOUR CV TO:
[email protected]

05/01/2015

WANNA BE IN TV DRAMA PRODUCTION (BEHIND CAMERA) ?

COME AND MEET THE EXPERTS !

FREE SESSION OFFER !

Hurry places limited!

Email us at: [email protected]

08/12/2014

PAID TV OPPORTUNITY !

INTERESTED IN DRAMA PRODUCTION?

This is a paid opportunity to encourage young people from diverse backgrounds genuinely interested in a career in drama production.

NOTE: These opportunities are for (BEHIND CAMERA).

Hurry places limited!

Email us at: [email protected]

04/11/2014

PROMAX UK CONFERENCE 2014 - TASTER PROMO !!!

PRODUCTION BY SO YOU WANNA BE IN TV? YOUTH MEDIA CREW !!!

As a MASSIVE thank you to Promax UK the best promo makers in the world,
So You Wanna Be In TV? Youth Media Crew shot this promo ! Big hugs to our crew, ENVY Post, Marc Ortmans, Lemez & Fridel/Soho Sonic and editor Neto Jones. XX

04/11/2014

I WON PROMAX UK LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD 2014 !!!

Dearest Promax UK and fellow Promaxians

I hope this message finds you well. What a lovely bunch of peeps you are!

I had just sat down, sat back and taken my shoes off to cheer on the winners at the Promax UK awards when, Tim Hughes (Discovery Networks) bounced up on stage to announce the Promax UK Lifetime Achievement award...

Suddenly, Chris de Burgh's tune 'Lady in Red' started playing and Tim was calling my name ! I just couldn't believe it !

From all of our wonderful young people in the community and TV broadcast volunteers, I'd like to say a massive thank you for my Promax UK Lifetime Achievement Award !

I have always been passionate about my community and young people and have been volunteering for over 20 years before setting up So You Wanna Be In TV? in September 2009, to address the lack of diversity in TV and youth unemployment.

When my son was shot and stabbed while in school, his life began to break down. In February 2009, when he later told me that one of his attackers had said that he stabbed him because he hated him for having two parents at home, my life began to unravel. My son stopped going to school and became angry and withdrawn. In that same month I was diagnosed with a brain tumour. My family completely fell apart.

BUT my faith kicked in. I forgave my son's attacker. I didn't want revenge. I had two options. To sink or swim. I chose to SWIM !

With nothing behind me I refinanced my house, borrowed family money and reached out to the community to ask if there was anything I could do.

Young people wanted help to gain training and employment. I thought it would be best to use my skill base in TV to address youth unemployment. I also knew that the TV industry wanted to become more diverse and approached them for sponsorship to do just that.

I met Marc Ortmans - a loverly fella, three years ago and who kindly introduced me to you! Marc's belief in what I was doing in the community and TV has been unwavering. I could not ask for a better friend and supporter, who has stuck by me through thick and thin.

We could not have come this far without your help, dedication, care for our young people, sponsorship, fabulous hugs and smiles ! Big hugs to Landy Slattery and Anna Priest for being fantastic co-chairs !

Three years into our partnership with Promax UK, sponsorship of our young candidates at PUK networking events, Nominations party nights, and the Conference - has been terrific! Candidates have gone into work experience, training and employment including, the BBC, ITV, ITN, Sky, CBS News and Hat Trick Productions.

Thank you for being champions of diversity but most of all thank you for being our friends !

Biggest hugs and loves !

Rioch ###

04/11/2014

ITV NEWS OPEN NEWS ROOM EVENT - OCTOBER 2014

Huge Thanks To Robin Elias [Managing Editor] ITV News For Inviting Us To Their Event ! Our Young People Had A Great & Up-skilled Day! Alistair Stewart Was Such A Darling !

ITN have supported, sponsored and partnered our free employability skills programme from the beginning ! Charlene White [News Presenter] gave her advice to our young people with a smile and pure business acumen.

Nathalie Austrie, Tamisha Archibald and Nigel Stewart along with so many other great people at ITN who gave of their time and expertise. Steve Scott and Tim Singleton we love you ! Once again, our thanks and gratitude ! XX

02/10/2014

TV OPPORTUNITY !

INTERESTED IN A CAREER IN TV NEWS ?

All the main news broadcasters in the UK are holding an event on October 16th. This is to encourage young people from diverse backgrounds to consider a career in television news.

Hurry places limited!

Email us at: [email protected]

27/09/2014

WINNER: ENTREPRENEUR OF EXCELLENCE AWARDS !!!

You're Awesome Lovely People!

Thank you for all the wonderful support and votes! I'm the winner of The National Diversity Awards 'Entrepreneur Of Excellence Award' !

Truly humbled and although the journey over the past five years has been full of challenges and at times seemed impossible, it's been worth it!

To see our young people survive and thrive in the community, in training and in jobs, gets me out of bed each day no matter what!

To Jeanne, Hamza, Ollie, Emmanuel, Serena, Zarina, Maki, Rio and over 1,000 of our young people in the community, all of our friends and supporters, this is for you! X

NDA Awards by and

08/09/2014

TV TALENT OPPORTUNITY!

Are You A Blogger/Social Media Whiz - Got Your Own Opinions?

Looking For An Entry Level Job In TV?

We have been offered a fantastic opportunity at a TV event attended by all the main broadcasters and indies.

Your chance to put yourself in front of the industry! Interested?

Contact us @: [email protected] PRONTO!

17/07/2014

We've Been Nominated For Entrepreneur Of Excellence Award! We'd Love To Help More Young People! Please vote here: http://bit.ly/TR25yY

Vote for Rioch Edwards-Brown and other positive role models and community organisations at The National Diversity Awards 2014

15/06/2014

Failure Is Good! What Brazil Taught Me

*He was in love with me, I certainly didn't love him. He'd written to me on several occasions as he was travelling the world, inviting me to visit. I finally accepted. He slept two days on an airport

13/03/2014

ITS'S SPRING TIME!
PLEASE SEND YOUR CV'S & UPDATED CV'S TO US!

Entry level - Runners & Production Assistants, Get In Touch!

Please send CV to: [email protected]

Kind regards,

So You Wanna Be In TV? Team

05/03/2014

Huge thanks to ITV, ITN, Rochay Group, PromaxUK for their sponsorship & support! Please share!

We'd love to help more young people start a career in TV! Looking forward to what happens next!

Opening Up The Glitzy World Of TV To Everyone So You Wanna Be In TV? is an award winning London based, social enterprise set up in 2009 for at risk, financially…

04/03/2014

Huge thanks to our sponsors & supporters! We need more!

Please share! http://bit.ly/1crsmgf

We'd love to help more young people get jobs!

Hugs to our sponsors: ITN, Rochay Group, PromaxUK & our supporters The Savoy, IoD and Lorraine Heggessey. X

So You Wanna Be In TV? address youth unemployment and the lack of diversity in TV through partnership with TV, Brands and corporates.

15/11/2013

This Is For Everyone That Supported Us & Our Young People In The Community Who We've Always Believed In! Thank You! ###

WE GOT THIS FROM SMARTA HQ...

YOU ARE A WINNER* of this year’s ‘Smarta 100, together with O2’, making you one of the most resourceful, original, exciting and disruptive in the UK. Massive congrats!

13/11/2013

At with Baroness Oona King at BAFTA

With thanks to Oona, Broadcast, Screen International and community groups that attended!

We're proud of the diverse candidates that we've provided free employability skills, networking opportunities, long-term mentoring and contacts to and who are now training and working in the TV Industry!

12/11/2013

What a night at the Smarta100 Awards! Huge Congrats to Give As You Live - Overall Winner for Biggest Social Impact!

So You Wanna Be In TV? are Winners too! Thank you to everyone who VOTED! ###

What made our night was meeting Gordon Mac - Founder of Kiss FM who won Overall Winner for Start Up Of Of The Year - with Mi-Soul!

Big hugs to Mr Mac for the magic that was Bouncing Ball that became Kisses in Peckham all those years ago where Kiss FM started!

09/11/2013

Huge thanks to Davina McCall for taking time out to speak to our young people! A more genuine, warm and caring person we couldn't hope to find!

03/11/2013

That's All Folks! Huge Thanks For All Your Votes!
Whether we win or not and despite the challenges, having your support was priceless! THANK YOU!!! ###X

31/10/2013

Please Please We Need Your Votes ! ###

Tomorrow Is The Last Day ! Pls Vote Here: http://bit.ly/194MgZF

We'd love to help more young people!

Please like this page! Big Hugs ! ###

2013-10-16 (1 photo)

14/10/2013

"...People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."
Maya Angelou

That's how I felt today at The Women Of The Year Lunch - Humbled to be a 'Women of the Year' for bringing TV & young people in the community together.

Fantastic Winners: Waris [Waris Dirie Foundation] Andrea Coleman [Riders For Health] & Dagenham Ladies [Equal Rights For Women]

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22/07/2013

Great event at Sky with Jeremy Darroch! Good to meet the team, love their work with young people!

22/07/2013

It's been a while....
Great to have another group of young people enter the TV industry. Thanks to Hat Trick Productions and Promax UK. ITN for work experience opportunities! Looking forward to future collaborations. Getting ready for Autumn! Join us on twitter

18/11/2012

President Bill Clinton - A Broken Clock Is Right Twice A Day...

iphone video clip by So You Wanna Be In TV? at Entrepreneur 2012

Photos by Rioch Edwards-Brown, Nov 16, 2012

16/11/2012

Britain's Got Talent - Stepen Mulhern got things off to a good start! Very warm and was a genuine host and compere at Royal Television Society quiz night!

15/11/2012

Absolutely loved Levi Roots at Entrepreneur 2012!

He is a warm, genuine, gentleman who took time from his very busy schedule to be filmed for an interview by our youth team today.

Many thanks to our crew - you were fantastic and professional!

07/11/2012

Promax UK 2012 x So You Wanna Be In TV?

Promax UK is proud to join forces with So You Wanna Be In TV for its 2012 conference.

https://vimeo.com/52693005

22/10/2012

TV Film & Photography Intern
3 Months
London - Farringdon

Travel and lunch expenses

Closing date - 28 October 2012

Save the Children has a growing Film and Photography Team based in its London Headquarters. This post is an opportunity for a recent graduate or person interested in a career in communications of the third sector to gain invaluable experience by working within a large and busy film and photographic production team.

This role will assist in the smooth running of the team by maintaining a series of mainly administrative tasks for an agreed period of three months. The role will be given some specific tasks designed to give experience of the process of producing content within their period of employment and we will offer the opportunity to work alongside our team on one major project.

For further info: [email protected]

22/10/2012

Post Production Intern
3 Months
London - Farringdon
Travel and lunch expenses

Closing date - 27 October 2012

Save the Children has a growing Film and Photography Team based in its London Headquarters. This post is an opportunity for a recent graduate or person interested in a career in communications of the third sector to gain invaluable experience by working within a large and busy film and photographic production team.

This role will assist in the smooth running of the team by maintaining a series of mainly administrative tasks for an agreed period of three months. The role will be given some specific tasks designed to give experience of the process of producing content within their period of employment and we will offer the opportunity to work alongside our team on one major project.

For further info: [email protected]

07/10/2012

Many thanks for the endorsement!


“...I fully applaud the work that So You Wanna Be In TV? is doing to help improve the skills of young people...which can help them to develop the self-belief to achieve a positive employment outcome.”


Vince Cable MP
Secretary of State for Business Innovation and Skills

Candidates in ITV's This Morning Studio

30/09/2012

Hat Trick have taken on 2 more of our candidates!

Congratulations to Georgina and Emmanuel for gaining their successful work experience placements at Hat Trick!

Well done!