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词条 Vicky Spratt
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  1. Career

  2. Activism

      Housing rights campaigner    Mental health and hormonal contraception  

  3. References

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Vicky Spratt is a journalist, documentary maker, and housing rights campaigner. Her 2016 campaign Make Renting Fair highlighted the plight of 'Generation Rent' and succeeded in getting letting fees for tenants in England banned. She speaks at political conferences about the need for security in renting.

Spratt has also done work on the mental health side effects of hormonal contraception, with her Debrief investigation Mad About The Pill covered on Radio 4 and BBC News.

Her most recent documentary is about abortion rights in Ireland and Northern Ireland. She has appeared as a commentator on BBC Woman’s Hour, Daily Politics, Radio 2, BBC 5 live, NTS radio and spoken at political party conferences about the housing crisis.

Spratt’s first book Tenants will be published by Profile in 2019.

Career

Spratt is a journalist, campaigner, editor, documentary writer, and writer.

  • September 2013 - December 2015: Freelance journalist of opinion, features and news as well interviews and reporting for Telegraph Wonder Women, BBC Magazine, The Debrief and Broadly. Articles were mostly about politics and women's lifestyle.
  • January 2017: Deputy editor at The Debrief.

Spratt's radio documentary Generation Right, which she wrote and co-presented, was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 16th June 2014. The documentary investigates changing political views across generations. [1]

Spratt made a short documentary about abortion rights in Ireland for The Debrief, addressing the effect of Theresa May's coalition with the DUP.[2]

Profile Books will be publishing her book Tenants in 2019. Her 'Make Renting Fair' campaign is the starting point of the book, aiming to "urgent, startling light" on the crisis behind the British dream of home ownership.[3]

Activism

Housing rights campaigner

In 2016 Spratt ran a campaign, Make Renting Fair, in her role at The Debrief to highlight the plight of ‘Generation Rent’ which resulted in the Government announcing a ban on letting agency fees for tenants.

Mental health and hormonal contraception

She has also worked to highlight the mental health side effects of hormonal contraception, and her Debrief investigation Mad About The Pill was covered on Radio 4 and BBC news. She wrote and co-presented a documentary about the politics of young people for Radio 4, Generation Right, and has written for VICE, Broadly, BBC, The Independent, The Evening Standard and The Spectator.

References

1. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-27865991|title=Is this Generation Right?|date=2014-06-17|work=BBC News|accessdate=2018-05-20}}
2. ^{{Cite web|url=https://graziadaily.co.uk/life/real-life/choosing-change-meet-northern-irish-women-campaigning-free-safe-legal-abortion/|title=We Meet The Northern Irish Women Theresa May Has Betrayed In Her Deal With The DUP|website=Grazia|accessdate=2018-05-20}}
3. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/profile-signs-exploration-britains-housing-shame-vicky-spratt-711771|title=Profile signs Spratt's exploration of Britain's 'housing shame' {{!}} The Bookseller|website=www.thebookseller.com|accessdate=2018-05-20}}
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