Lauren Higgs looks at 2008's winners.
Fed up with biased and negative stories about young people in the media, Young People Now magazine decided to take action. An independent study was commissioned through Mori, which found almost three quarters of all stories written about young people in the press portrayed them in a negative way. Armed with compelling evidence and an agenda for change, the Positive Images campaign was launched.
That was more than three years ago now and since then Positive Images has gone from strength to strength. The campaign, which encourages fair representations of young people in newspapers and on the television and radio, has gathered support from MPs, media organisations and youth groups across the UK.
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