The Black Collective of Media in Sport (BCOMS) believe there should be a better representation of our diverse society in the media. While the participants of elite-level sports are largely diverse – there is an under-representation of people from Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, LGBTQ+ and other under-represented communities in the sports media.
A self-proclaimed conversationalist, Mayowa aims to use football as a means of discussing societal issues whilst opening up the game to being more about just the final result.
Fadumo is one of the UK’s leading voices in women’s sport. She has experience as a journalist, presenter, reporter, expert pundit, event host and influencer.
Experienced Writer with a demonstrated history of working in the broadcast media industry. He is currently a digital content manager at FIFA where he covers tournaments like the FIFA Men and Women’s World Cup.
Um-E-Aymen Babar is an award-winning multilingual journalist working at the intersection of race, class and sport. She won the 2022 Hugh Cudlipp Award for her debut piece in Wisden.
Our flagship Masterclass programme has seen a number of breakthrough successes in the sports media industry.
We celebrated the launch of BCOMS The D Word 4 Guide with an evening in Shoreditch earlier in the month. […]
BCOMS North members attend Premier League Press Conference. Thanks to support from BBC Sport, members of the BCOMS North Masterclass […]
BY MAYA EGBO Despite only being part of this years BCOMS cohort for a few months, I have been presented with […]
