NEWS: Young people to quiz panel over negative media portrayals (UK)

By Natalie Bowen, Community Newswire
SOCIAL Summit Brent, 12 Aug 2010 - 11:52

Young people from Brent will take a panel of adults to task about negative media stereotypes of their generation on Thursday.

About 100 people between the ages of 10 and 19 will gather at a 'media summit' in the Advait Cultural Centre in Wembley to quiz a five-strong panel about the issue.

Members of Brent's Youth Parliament (BYP) will lead the questions put to Sarah Teather MP, Brent Councillor Roxanne Mashari, Willesden and Brent Times editor Andy McCorkell, Commander Matt Gardner of the Metropolitan Police Brent Borough and Andy Hamflett, the chief executive of UK Youth Parliament (UKYP).

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