Simon Cohen, Director of global tolerance, freelance writer on religious affairs.

Simon Cohen is Director of global tolerance and a freelance writer on religious affairs. Simon has been working on a freelance basis for the Media Trust in the organisation of this conference, and has been involved with the three conference partners from the outset. He runs the conference website, www.faithandmedia.com, which he plans to develop into a resource for media and faith practitioners in the UK to communicate more effectively with each other. Media Week magazine has voted Simon as one of the top thirty media professionals under the age of thirty in Britain for the last two years. Simon launched www.adamandeveit.net in October 2003, a website that seeks to engage secular society with issues related to faith and diversity. He received an award funded by the Millennium Commission for the website’s positive social impact and creative approach to religion. In November 2003, Simon set up Tolerance. His company is involved in local, national and international inter faith projects, including the first national inter faith football tournament. Simon is a member of the British Association of Journalists and has written for a number of publications on religious affairs, including the global inter faith magazine Initiative. Simon studied Theology at the University of Nottingham, where he specialised in religious pluralism. He spent three and a half years in the media before setting up his own company.

"Religious belief is among the most fundamental to human beings. The media must play a role in ensuring that everyone has the freedom to pursue that belief where it leads." Milica Pesic, Director	"OneWorld, a global online media network based on values of humanity and justice, is pleased to support the national conference on the media and a multi faith society." Miles Litvinoff, Programme Manager	"The Newspaper Society, the voice of Britain’s regional press, is delighted to support the national conference on the media and a multi faith society." Lynne Anderson, Communications Director

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"This conference is so important. I hope it will open up a full debate on how we can stop the spread of division and fear and instead harness the immense power of the media to promote cultural and religious diversity as a positive benefit for our society."

Jennette Arnold, Londonwide Assembly Member and
Chair of the Cultural Strategy Group for London