shazi ali, take us to our support us. shazi ali, take us to your project _ support us. you consumed media when you were growing up was at a source of frustration sometimes because you didn't think you were able to access some of the stories that you felt you should be able to read? , , g , that you felt you should be able to read? , , . , ., read? definitely. just to conceptualize _ read? definitely. just to conceptualize it. - read? definitely. just to conceptualize it. the i read? definitely. just to i conceptualize it. the people's newsroom does have a particular focus to serve people that were marginalised outside the media. and i got some experience in that photo of course i'm welsh but i also have south asian background, muslim background and growing up i did feel that where i existed and were unrepresented. sometimes the distortion and i know and i understand. yeah i did feel that was damaging for myself and damaging for my community. even now if you like that damage is very obvious and still continuing. and that's why i studied journalism and why i became —— swa

shazi ali, take us to your project and the driving force behind it.sumed media when you were growing up, was that a source of frustration sometimes because you didn't think you were able to access some of the stories that you felt you should be able to read? definitely. just to conceptualize it. the people's newsroom does have a particular focus to serve people that were marginalised perhaps by the media. and i've got some experience in that. of course i'm welsh, but i also have a south asian background, muslim background and growing up i did feel that where i existed we were unrepresented. yeah, i did feel that was damaging for myself and damaging for my communities. even now, that damage is very obvious and still continuing. and that's why i studied journalism and why i became a reporter in swansea. i focus on the stories and a lot of the feedback we had was that we wouldn't often see the stories on tv. we weren't seeing stories that we felt were important for us. that made us feel heard, they gave us a sense of validation. how will the people's new

shazi ali, how much do the sentiments that you've heard from the other guests tap into some of the thingso do? there is something slightly different, the people's newsroom was started by the bureau of investigativejournalism. that was an initiative to support the sustainability of community journalism. one of which i am running in swansea on behalf of east wales. they are the ethnic minority youth and support team. they support all different ethnic communities here in swansea and across wales. the idea behind our newsroom is to tell our own stories, it's a newsroom built for and by ethnic minority communities. and it's as shaping the narrative in a way that serves and respects us. i want to talk to a little bit later on about what's driving that. if you look back to your own consumption of the media in the past you would say it doesn't feel as if it's told your story as much as it should have done, and it's your chance to change that. exactly that. lorna, archant was bought by an equity firm last summer. and now you're looking to turn the business around. but you faced hard times before t