PODIUM.ME ANNUAL REPORT OF ACTIVITY 2022-2023
ANNUAL REPORT 2023
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MESSAGE FROM EDITOR CAMILLA BYK
This year has been full of surprises, we have had many alumnae coming back to tell their stories of how Podium has helped them in their careers, as well as producing our first ever drama which was then picked up by the BBC.
Another highlight was representing Podium at the International Journalism Festival in Perugia, speaking about how to find global audio stories, something that has come to define Podium in the media space.
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PODIUM OBJECTIVES
PODIUM PROVIDES MENTORING AND TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES TO A WIDE RANGE OF YOUNG PEOPLE. WE PROVIDE A PLATFORM THAT ALLOWS THEM TO SHARE VIEWS, PERSONAL EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE, ALONGSIDE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTRIBUTE TO PODCASTS AND FIND JOBS AND FURTHER THEIR CAREERS IN THE MEDIA. PODIUM HAS A NO-SELECTION NO-REJECTION POLICY THEREFORE PROVIDING MAXIMUM BENEFIT TO ALL. YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN ANY ASPECT OF JOURNALISM, FEATURE PRODUCTION, NEWS, DRAMA, MUSIC, OR PODCAST PRODUCTION CAN APPLY TO DO AN INTERNSHIP WITH PODIUM.
INTERNSHIPS ARE ARRANGED WITH SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES AS WELL AS INDIVIDUALS. REGULAR WORKSHOPS TAKE PLACE WITH VISITING SPEAKERS TO GIVE TRAINING ON PRODUCTION SKILLS AND DRAMA WRITING SKILLS. THESE TAKE PLACE EITHER INDEPENDENTLY OR AT THE INVITATION OF UNIVERSITIES OR SCHOOLS.
OUR ALUMNAE
Who We Are
Camilla Byk and Annabel Merrett founded Podium.me in 2012 as a way of enabling the stories of the under 25s to be heard
Teodora Intern 2017
Shanice Podium Journalist 2014
George Podium Journalist 2013-2016
How does Podium.me work?
Alumnae
Teodora is a Romanian journalist who completed her internship with Podium.me
Shanice attended Podium’s first ever training day and is now a journalist in the Bahamas
We have a no selection no rejection policy for anyone aged 16-25
They get to pitch an idea for a podcast and we help them to record, edit and broadcast it
We create networking opportunities for young people to find work and experience in the media industry
George reported for Podium when he was a student and is now a freelance reporter
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Groups and individuals worked with April 2022 - March 2023
Instagram lives: Joel Br RJ Simona Ra Omima Es Jewel Br Em Rea Rachel Ak Tony Fa Pha Pooja Ch Miriam A
WORKED WITH:
MARIA K NEWS DECODER PODCAST ONLINE
INTERNATIONAL BOOTCAMP PARTICIPANTS SFX SIXTH FORM ARIAS JUDGES
MIRIAM UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX POOJA UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX PODIUM INTERNS OKRE SUMMIT SPEAKERS CONTENT IS QUEEN RADIO ACADEMY EVENTS MY BNK JANAE WORK EXPERIENCE JULY IN-PERSON PODCAST WORKSHOP SAVE THE CHILDREN RACHEL A DIVERSITY PODCAST RA FESTIVAL REUTERS ANNIVERSARY EVENT BRITISH JOURNALISM REVIEW
GLOBAL CONNECTIONS AND OUTREACH Perugia, Italy
Camilla Byk and Podium trustee Jane Barrett pitched a session for the IJF Internatonal Journalism Festival in Perugia. A podcast of the event was made with the voices of the attendees from Ukraine, Italy, France, Poland, Romania and Vietnam who were all under 25
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OUR PROJECTS IN 2022/23
Diversity podcast
Partnered with Rachel Akili to make a bespoke podcast on cutural differences
School careers events
Invited to speak at various schools to inspire young people to consider journalism as a career
Instagram Lives
Giulia Ciccolella produced a series of Instagram Lives with inspiring Podium presenters and producers.
Jewel Atedou Bright, Podium intern now setting up Nigerian state podcast with all his UK expereince
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OUR PROJECTS IN 2023
Podcast Bootcamp co-creation Bootcamp delivered with our interns Mariam and Pooja in partnership with News Decoder in Paris
School work experience
Regular work experience students join the Podium team throughout the year to produce their own podcast and learn new skills
Okre Summit
Participated in Okre event with our interns supporting and speaking on the platform
Global interns Lilly produced audio for Podium with entrepreneurs and artists in Burundi
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GIULIA C HAS BEEN EMPLOYED ON PODIUM’S SOCIAL MEDIA STRATEGY AND TRAINING PODIUM JOURNALISTS IN SOCIAL MEDIA SKILLS.
WE IDENTIFIED THAT PODIUM’S SOCIAL MEDIA WAS AN AREA THAT NEEDED WORKING ON. SINCE GIULIA HAS STARTED WORKING WITH PODIUM.ME WE HAVE MADE A SIGNIFICANT LEAP INTO BEING RECOGNISED ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND PUTTING OUT REGULAR CONTENT THAT ENGAGES WITH OUR CURRENT AUDIENCE AND IS ATTRACTING NEW FOLLOWERS. PODIUM ALUMNI HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH TO COMMENT ON THE NEW HOUSE STYLE AND FREQUENCY OF PODCASTS. THERE HAS BEEN A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN ENGAGEMENT AND REACH.
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| Charity Name | Charity Name | Charity Name | Charity Name | Charity Name | No(if any) | No(if any) | ||
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| Podium.me | 1160250 | |||||||
| Receipts andpayments accounts | ||||||||
| For the period from |
Period start date | To | Period end date | |||||
| 1-Apr-22 | 31-Mar-23 | |||||||
| Section A Receipts and payments | ||||||||
| Unrestricted funds |
Restricted funds | Endowment funds |
Total funds | |||||
| to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | |||||
| A1 Receipts | ||||||||
| Fees | - 0 | - | - | 2,463 | ||||
| Donation | - 0 | - | - | 3,350 | ||||
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| Sub total_(Gross income for AR) _ | - 0 |
- | - | 5,813 | ||||
| A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). |
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| - 0 | - 0 | - 0 | - | |||||
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| Sub total | - 0 |
- 0 | - 0 | - | ||||
| **Total receipts ** | - 0 |
- 0 | - 0 | 5,813 | ||||
| A3 Payments | ||||||||
| Insurance/compliance | - 0 | - | - | 1,180 | ||||
| Contractor cost | - 0 | - | - | 2,730 | ||||
| Online storage | - 0 | - | - | 304 | ||||
| Training/Events | - 0 | - | - | 1,115 | ||||
| Travel | - 0 | - | - | - | ||||
| Marketing | - 0 | - | - | 62 | ||||
| 21C Fox Workshops | - 0 | - | - | - | ||||
| - 0 | - | - | - | |||||
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| **Sub total ** | - 0 |
- | - | 5,391 | ||||
| A4 Asset and investment purchases,(see table) |
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| - 0 | - 0 | - 0 | - | |||||
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| **Sub total ** | - 0 |
- 0 | - 0 | - | ||||
| **Totalpayments ** | - 0 |
- 0 | - 0 | 5,391 | ||||
| **Net of receipts/(payments) ** | - 0 |
- | - | 422 | ||||
| A5 Transfers between funds | - 0 | - | - | - | ||||
| A6 Cash funds last year end | - 0 | - | - | 31,572 | ||||
| **Cash funds thisyear end ** | - 0 |
- | - | 31,994 | ||||
| Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period | ||||||||
| Categories | Details | Unrestricted funds |
Restricted funds | |||||
| to nearest £ | to nearest £ | |||||||
| B1 Cash funds | 31,994 | - | ||||||
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| Total cash funds | 31,994 | - | ||||||
| (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) |
63,988 | |||||||
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CC16a Last year to the nearest £ 2,504 - - - - - - - 2,504 - 0 - 0 2,504 999 714 339 148 - - - - - 2,200 - 0 2,200 304 - 31,268 31,572 Endowment funds to nearest £ - -
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Endowment funds to nearest £ - - - - - - Current value (optional) - - - - - Current value (optional) - - - - - - - - - When due (optional) Date of approval
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