LATEST FROM THE BSME
The Post Office scandal has been described as one of the worst miscarriages in British legal history and magazine journalism played a key role in revealing it.
At this exclusive BSME event, we will hear from the editors and journalists who helped to expose the Post Office about how and why a magazine mentality can sometimes be the best way to investigate a story — and get to the truth.
The mass adoption of generative AI consumer products such as ChatGPT and Midjourney, could have a significant impact on a wide range of industries, including the magazine sector.
Britain’s best editors, art directors and columnists were crowned last night at the prestigious BSME Awards 2023. The Oscars of the magazine world was held by the British Society of Magazine Editors in the beautiful Ballroom at Rosewood London.
The past two years has seen more discussion about diversity and inclusion than ever before, but just how much progress has been made in making our industry more representative of the country we live in when it comes to race.
When just 0.5% of the UK population identify as trans, why are some in the media so disproportionately obsessed with trans lives, rights… and which bathroom they use? At a time when everybody seems to be voicing an opinion, how often do magazine editors get to engage with trans people and hear about their lived experiences?
The BSME hosted a special lunch this week with publishing legend Dame Anna Wintour, the editor-in-chief of American Vogue and perhaps the most famous magazine editor of our times.
What an incredible night - where should we even start? A massive congratulations to all shortlisted, highly commended and our winners! We are so honoured to celebrate the best of the best in our industry and to champion editorial excellence and innovation across digital and print in the UK.
Thank you to everyone who joined us and the TikTok UK team at the London Kaleidoscope office.
Hosted by James Stafford, General Manager, operations & marketing for TikTok UKI & Nordics, we found out about the For You feed, how to unearth trends, discover creators and created our first TikTok video using the unique TikTok editing tools and features.
It was an inspiring and thought-provoking discussion about the challenges women face in the workplace. Thank you to Andrea Thompson, Busola Evans, Eleanor Mills and Terri White who joined us to ensure the media remains an inclusive place where women’s voices are heard.
What a fabulous evening at The View from The Shard for the BSME’s first event of 2023. Thank you to all who joined us. It was lovely to see so many of you up in the clouds, towering over London. You can see a reel of the evening on our socials
We are still on such a high after the BSME Awards event earlier this week. Thank you so much to everyone who joined us at the beautiful Pan Pacific Hotel, where we enjoyed a fabulous evening with Stephen Mangan and BSME chair Tim Pollard as they dished out 28 awards to our amazing winners.
The next BSME deep-dive is with a giant of the magazine editing world – our reigning Mark Boxer Award winner, Terri White.
BSME vice chair and editor of Pulse, Jamie Kaffash, spoke to Rachel Oldroyd, recent editor of The Bureau of Investigative Journalism, Harry Rose, editor of Which? and Peter Apps, news editor at Inside Housing, about producing great investigative journalism, its essential role in society, avoiding the pitfalls and how it can benefit your magazines and brands.
We are still on such a high after the first IRL BSME Awards event in nearly three years. Thank you so much to everyone who joined us at the beautiful 100 Wardour Street, where we enjoyed Tim Pollard and Dr. Ranj's dulcet tones as they dished out 23 awards to our amazing winners.
From standing out in the endless scroll of social media to giving something special to a core subscriber base, designing a cover has never been more complex. So BSME committee member Hattie Brett quizzed some of the industry’s best creatives to ask what makes a great cover today.
The BSME hosted a masterclass with Farrah Storr, head of writer partnerships at Substack, the new community and newsletter service that’s proving popular with writers and creatives around the world.
We loved our return of IRL events at The Publishing Show last week, where BSME committee member Andrea Thompson chaired a lively panel on The Future of Diversity & Inclusion in the Media.
It’s fair to say 2021 has been a rollercoaster of a year, where we’ve tried to get the society more back to normal, but continued to operate under the cloud of COVID …
The BSME, in association with Readly, held its first annual webinar on how to kickstart your career on 12 October.
The final episode of the social season series took place today on 21 October when Deborah Joseph spoke to two of TikTok’s powerhouses: Sophy Silver, director of communications and Yazmin How, UK editorial lead.
Thank you so much to the wonderful team at Nolita Social, for giving us the chance to be together in person in such a beautiful venue, with delicious drinks and canapés and proper old school music from DJ Amazonica.
Luca Wetherby-Mathews from GLAMOUR will be sitting down with Maud Massart, Partner Specialist, English Speaking Countries at Pinterest, to discuss the best ways to use the platform.
The 280 on how magazines can get the most out of Twitter both organically and commercially. This session will update you on all you need to know about what's happening at Twitter in 2021.
This session will take you through some of the best practices on Instagram and Facebook for building your brand.
On Friday 9 July 2021, the BSME head of digital and editor-in-chief of GLAMOUR Deborah Joseph was joined by the award-winning broadcaster and journalist Emma Barnett for this BSME Live! By day, Emma presents Woman’s Hour on BBC Radio 4 and by night, Newsnight on BBC Two.
Watch BSME chair Hattie Brett and her co-host Anita Rani, along with vice-chairs Gaby Huddart and Tim Pollard plus some very special guests to announce the winners of the annual BSME Talent Awards. With 23 categories to choose from, we loved celebrating the brilliance of editorial and digital teams and their achievements over the past 12 months.
In the first interview with Dylan Jones OBE following the news of his departure after 22 years at the helm of GQ, he discussed his extraordinary career as an award-winning journalist and editor, best-selling author, Condé Nast director, and TV producer with Hattie Brett, editor of Grazia and BSME chair.
On 21 April 2021, a year into the Covid-19 pandemic, magazine editors Jane Bruton, deputy editor and director of Lifestyle, Telegraph Media Group, Jaimie Kaffash, editor of Pulse, and Paul McNamee, editor of The Big Issue, joined host Hattie Brett, BSME chair and editor of Grazia for a BSME Live! webinar.