Mind media awards

1. The Mind Media
Awards

2. What’s it all about?
• Study by Mind found that people believe journalists have
more influence over public attitudes towards mental health
than politicians do
• Negative portrayals of mental health in the media can often
lead to negative attitudes towards mental health
• Mind’s research shows that the more mental health is
reported about in the media the more people talk about it
in their every day lives
• The Mind Media Awards celebrates various forms of media
including audio, visual, and written, that encourages a
positive outlook of mental health and aims to educate its
audience on mental health and how mental health can be
improved.

3. The Categories
• Digital champion
• Documentary
• Drama
• Journalist
• Entertainment
• Student Journalist
• Podcast
• Publication
• Radio
• News and Current Affairs
• Soaps and Continual Series
• Lighten the Load Hero
• Making a Difference
• Speaking out Award

4. Criteria
• Content must have been broadcasted or published in the UK or have been
available from June 2019 to June 2019
• Content should be relevant to mental health and challenge the perception of
mental health
• Content should be responsibly produced and safe for the intended audience
• It must give a voice to people with mental health problems and include at
least one first hand testimony

5. Digital Champion Winner 2018
• https://www.instagram.com/chuckdrawsthings
/?hl=en
• Charlotte Mullin, Chuck Draws Things
• Created an on-going non-sequential comic
• Details Charlottes experiences of living with
anxiety and depression told by a cartoon
pigeon
• Charlotte chose a pigeon because she believes
they have a negative reputation and she herself
believes that her anxiety and lack of self-worth
relates her to the animal
• The aim was to challenge the one-dimensional
view of anxiety and depression and help
people feel less isolated and more understood

6. Student Journalist Winner
• Hannah Currie: We Are All Here, The Forest of Black
• https://www.facebook.com/weareallhereteam/
• This film is a series of video diaries taken by Glaswegian rapper Lumo before he
committed suicide
• Part of her masters degree at Glodsmiths University
• Highlights the male mental health crisis in Scotland

7. Shortlisted Student Journalist
• Fred Fyles, under pressure: student counselling
• http://felixonline.co.uk/articles/2018-05-18-under-pressure-counselling-
service-hit-by-increased-student-demand/
• Investigates access to counselling services for students at Imperial College
London
• Looks into the scope of the problem, the reasons behind the long waiting times,
and the impact it has on students and staff
• Shows a demand for services to receive more funding

8. Shortlisted Student Journalist
• Jen Thomas: When the Music Stops
• https://soundcloud.com/jenthomas/when-the-music-stops
• Following the deaths of Chester Bennington and Chris Cornell this is a radio
documentary focusing on the mental health of male musicians
• Musicians and broadcasters were interviewed about their experiences with
depression, anxiety, and other mental health issues.