Mosey, who admits that BBC news is "not as good as it could be about talking to young people", met a group of young people at the Houses of Parliament last week to discuss the portrayal of their peers in the media.
The event, chaired by shadow youth minister Charles Hendry, gave young people from Fairbridge, The Foyer Federation and the UK Youth Parliament a chance to quiz Mosey and give their views on how the media represent them.
"The more we have these kind of meetings, the better it will be," says Mosey. "I'd like all the young people at the meeting to come and work for the BBC. We have Asian kids coming through but not enough young people from African or Caribbean backgrounds. The BBC should be for everyone."
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