BBC
My World is a groundbreaking global show for young audiences,
explaining the stories behind the news, and providing facts and
information for them to make up their own minds about international
issues.
It draws on the independent, global reporting of
the BBC World Service. It is a co-production with Angelina Jolie and
Microsoft Education, with the BBC retaining editorial control over all
content.
Targeting a young audience aged 13+, the programme aims to fill a
global gap in reliable and trusted information for young audiences in
this age group, who are legally allowed on many social media platforms
but poorly served by adult news content, and susceptible to the dangers
of poor quality ‘fake news’ and disinformation. They are an age group
keen to understand more about how trusted news is made and the values
that stand behind it.
My World is a weekly half hour TV programme in English. BBC World
News, the BBC’s most-watched channel which reaches more than 100m people
across the world every week, will run the show each Sunday at 16.30
GMT, and content will be shared across the World Service’s 42 language
services. There will also be multi-lingual distribution in more than 20
countries, including Canada, China, India, South Korea, Bosnia and the
United States. A digital version of the programme will be available on
the BBC iPlayer in the UK, and globally on the BBC My World YouTube
channel.
The programme is presented by Radzi Chinyanganya and Nomia Iqbal.
Jamie Angus, Director of the BBC World Service Group, says: “There’s a
gap in provision for young people who want to understand how the news
is made and the values that stand behind it. They need the tools to
distinguish the real from the false online, and the skills to think
critically about information, wherever they encounter it.
"Nurturing these abilities is the aim of My World, and they’re
crucial for today’s young people, not just for personal development but
the future health of global democracy. The BBC World Service is uniquely
placed to provide a truly global perspective on the biggest stories and
themes of the day.”
Angelina Jolie says: “As a parent I am happy to be able to give my
support to a program that aims to help children learn more about the
lives of other young people around the world, and connect them to each
other. I hope it will help children find the information and tools they
need to make a difference on the issues that matter to them, drawing on
the BBC World Service’s network of thousands of journalists and multiple
language services around the world.”
There is a bespoke learning segment to accompany each show, as well
as additional lesson plans created by BBC Learning, all of which will be
available through Microsoft Education for a global audience of
educators. The content will help the teaching of media literacy in
schools in every region of the world.
My World will provide much needed impartial access to information of
the highest editorial standard, helping young people to understand the
world around them. Last year, the BBC convened a
Trusted News Summit
bringing together senior figures from major global technology firms and
publishing, to initiate a new industry collaboration to tackle
dangerous misinformation. At the summit media education was highlighted
as a key priority.
My World also builds on the media literacy work that the BBC does in
the UK and abroad, both through BBC Young Reporter and the BBC World
Service’s Beyond Fake News initiative, which took media literacy
workshops to schools in India, Nigeria and Kenya in 2018 and continues
to shine a spotlight on disinformation.
