Positive Images Awards

8 September 2008

CYP Now's annual Positive Images Awards recognise work that combats the negative portrayal of young people in the media. For an entry form for this year's awards click here

Positive Images Award winners are unveiled

Sugar magazine and BBC Three series The Baby Borrowers are among the nine winners of the 2008 Positive Images Awards, presented at a reception in Westminster yesterday.

BBC Radio Stoke won best radio coverage in 2005

Positive Images: Beyond the media stereotype

CYP Now is calling for entries to the Positive Images Awards 2008. Open to youth organisations and the media, the awards aim to combat the...

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Positive Images - Awards: Champions for a fair portrayal

The Positive Images Awards recognise the organisations and individuals who help to counter negative stereotypes of young people - Andy Hillier looks at this year's...

Positive Images: The Media Makers

Young people are playing the media at its own game. Charlotte Goddard looks at the youth groups and media organisations competing for an award. The media is supposed to hold...

Positive Images Awards: In a league of their own

The annual Young People Now Positive Images Awards attracted a high calibre of entrants. Charlotte Goddard rounds up this year's competition winners.

Positive Images: Positive portrayal

Ignore the media, not all young people deserve an ASBO. Charlotte Goddard reports on Young People Now's continuing crusade. Young People Now is calling for entries for its second Positive...

Positive Images Awards: And the winner is ...

Young People Now's first Positive Images Awards aimed to celebrate balanced media coverage of young people. Charlotte Goddard rounds up the winning entries. "A group...

Positive Images: Paint a positive picture

Youth groups need to get proactive with the media in order to combat negative images of young people. Caspar van Vark outlines how they can get their stories across in...

Positive Images: Who are you calling a Yob?

Some 70 per cent of newspaper articles about young people are negative. Charlotte Goddard explains why Young People Now is launching a campaign that aims to improve the media portrayal...

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RAVI CHANDIRAMANI

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Editorial: Positive Images campaign targets the media

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