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Empowering Young Voices – Our Mission

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Our Mission – What We Would Like to Achieve

As the holidays are approaching, applicants may be using their spare time to work on their submissions. We’ve decided to explain exactly what Staffordshire University’s mission is during the awards. 

What are the main goals of the Future Journalist Awards (FJAs)?

The main goal of the FJAs is to empower young voices within the world of journalism. Whether that be through print, audio or video submission, the awards are held to give younger people a platform to express their journalism skills in any way they like.  

We also want to ensure:

  • We enable young people to demonstrate their creativity through a number of different outlets in a fun and easy way.
  • That the process of taking part in the awards is enjoyable to anyone who makes a submission.
  • We can show applicants a number of different ways journalism can be beneficial for them in the most exciting way.
  • Inspire young people to express their passion for their favourite things, such as sports, music events, politics and much more.
  • Give applicants the chance to take part in a number of experiences they may not have had before, like workshops, meeting guest speakers and learning important skills that they can use in different situations. 
  • To enable a diverse range of young voices to be heard within the media world.

Our mission after the awards?

At Staffordshire University, not only do we want to see as many applicants as possible during the awards and receive as many entries as we can, but we want the appetite for journalism to continue after the FJAs. 

The experiences applicants gain from taking part in the awards can be useful in a number of situations. Skills picked up such as storytelling, editing, recording and lots more could prove to be invaluable forever. 

Ultimately, we would love to see young people expressing their imagination in anything they are passionate about. It would be fantastic to see to see a variety of different submissions and potentially spot the next sports presenter, vlogger, radio host or social media star.