Broadcast Journalism Features
Selected clips were written and narrated by Stephanie Okupniak.
Halloween Prangsta
Stephanie sits down with the stitch witch of New Cross costume boutique Prangsta Costumerie to discuss the growing Halloween phenomenon in England.
Stephanie Vaughan visits Prangsta Costumerie in New Cross Gate to get their views on Halloween.
East London Swings
The days are short and the nights are cold but Swing Patrol gets East London’s blood pumping in the lead up to Christmas!
EastLondonLines covers Swing Patrol Annual Ball at St. John in Hackney. Reported by Silvia Boccardi, Stephanie Vaughan and Siobhan Lockhart.
“Turn Your Back on Page 3” Protest
Stephanie reports outside the national newspaper The Sun where human right’s organisation Object tries to close the book on explicit photos in the paper for good.
November 17th marks the 42nd anniversary of Page 3 in the Sun newspaper. Object, human right organisation, assembled with multiple feminist group to give the Sun a birthday card outlining their view of page 3. Sophie Bennett, Campaign manager for "Turn you back on page3," talks to Stephanie Vaughan and Adeline Bailleul about Object and their cause.
Women’s Environmental Network
East London has had a strong community of women from diverse backgrounds raising awareness on climate and environment issues for ages. Stephanie joins the Women’s Environmental Network to see how they spread the word and bring their community together.
Women's Environmental Network (WEN) is the local lead organisation for Capital Growth in Tower Hamlets and is co-ordinating the Tower Hamlets Food Growing Network. On February 5, the Winter Gathering of Tower Hamlets Food Growing Network took place in Poplar.