We’ve launched a News Consortium

Today, we are very proud to announce the launch of the albert news consortium, a group which has been set up to support the broadcast and production community specifically engaged in news television.

The news consortium will work alongside the BAFTA albert consortium which is now in its 10^th year and the albert sports consortium which launched in 2020 with Hazel Irvine as its chair.

Much like the other two groups the news consortium will focus on the specific environmental issues related to news and will work collaboratively to create initiatives designed to reduce the impact of news production as well as inspiring sustainable futures through its content.

Michelle Whitehead, Special Projects Manager at albert commented “The challenges faced by the broadcast news community are quite unique when compared to those of our core Consortium members, not least because news producers have to react with a moments notice to breaking news and have to broadcast from all over the world. We wanted to create a separate group that could discuss the challenges they face and work on tailored solutions that can help them achieve net-zero carbon emissions.”

The founding members of the group include ITN, BBC, ITV News, Sky News and Channel 4. More news groups are invited to join and should contact albert via their website for more details.

Together the group will explore creating certification for news programming, standardising the carbon footprint measurement of a news room and increasing albert training and engagement with staff.

Richard Lawson, Director of Commercial Production at ITN added, ‘We are delighted to be part of the albert news consortium. The TV industry has long shown that collaboration is a key component in the fight against climate change and we look forward to working with our colleagues from across the sector to share best practice and deliver the very best climate related content to our viewers.