Laura Smith

Laura Smith provides report and website writing for clients in the public and voluntary sector. Projects have included:

Client: Youth Music
Author of a series of case studies and interviews for the Youth Music website, demonstrating the National Youth Music Organisation fund’s work with young musicians. Included writing, editing and interviews. Read the material here

Client: Mayor of London
Contributor to The Search for Common Ground, commissioned by former Mayor Ken Livingstone to examine the role of the media in relation to London’s Muslim communities. Included interviews with Muslim journalists in the mainstream media and analysis of the handling of specific stories. Read more in two Guardian blogs here and here. The report has recently been edited into a book – Pointing The Finger: Islam and Muslims in the British media (Oneworld, May 2011).

Client: Department of Health
Author of a series of case studies demonstrating the Department of Health/NHS Race for Health initiative, aiming to improve the health of people from black and minority ethnic backgrounds. Download the material here

Client: Commission on British Muslims
Co-author with The Guardian’s Hugh Muir of Islamophobia: issues, challenges and action (ISBN 1858563178), a report on British Muslims and UK society in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks in September 2001. Included writing, editing and interviews.