Exposure Organisation Limited

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Based in Haringey in north London, Exposure is a British charity which enables children and young people from all backgrounds, including disadvantaged groups and those from areas of deprivation, to participate and achieve their fullest potential in the media.

Exposure publishes the free Exposure youth magazine, the free companion children's magazine Junior Exposure and undertakes other publishing, video production, advertising, design and internet activities.

Supported by Haringey Council, the Department for Education and Skills and Haringey Children's Fund, Exposure generates income through fundraising and through the provision of professional and ethical media-related trading services.

[edit] Aims

Exposure aims to give children and young people:

• a meaningful out-of-school activity which increases self-esteem and rewards commitment;

• a chance to develop a range of communication skills;

• an independent voice which can contribute to the democratic process;

• an incentive to learn about and address issues that affect them to develop their sense of good citizenship;

• accredited training opportunities in journalism, design, desk-top publishing, photography, magazine production, web design, advertising, video production and other forms of media;

• valuable work experience, which includes creative thinking, working in a team, meeting deadlines, servicing clients, and acting in a mature and responsible manner;

• a peer information and education service.

[edit] Achievements

Since its launch in April 1996, Exposure has:

• worked with over 1,000 young people;

• published over 70 issues of Exposure youth magazine;

• raised thousands of pounds worth of funding and generated equivalent amounts through trading;

• won a series of prestigious youth and media awards;

• attended a number of youth conferences nationally and internationally;

• made countless appearances on television, radio and in the press;

• edited a teen edition of the Big Issue;

• interviewed the prime minister as well as many other public figures and celebrities;

• launched Junior Exposure, a publication by and for Haringey's children;

• written the North London Connexions youth charter;

• established an in-house video editing suite;

• produced a series of educational videos for young people;

• launched Under Exposure, a supplement for hard-to-reach young people.

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