This podcast loves looking at the positive things going on in our region so in this week's episode Rob Parsons hears about a brilliant project being led in the North of England.  Budding writers and journalists from underrepresented backgrounds could be in with a chance of getting their big break as part of a scheme backed by national treasure Michael Sheen and the Daily Mirror. The ‘A Writing Chance’ project aims to give wannabe writers from minority backgrounds a leg-up into the industry, and is co-founded by award-winning actor Michael, the York-based Joseph Rowntree Foundation and New Writing North. Claire Malcolm, the chief executive of New Writing North, and Katy Shaw, Professor of 21st Century Writing and Publishing at Northumbria University, tell Rob why the scheme is so important. *** The Northern Agenda is a Laudable production for Reach. It is presented by Rob Parsons, and produced by Daniel J. McLaughlin. You can subscribe to the daily Northern Agenda newsletter here: http://www.thenorthernagenda.co.uk/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices