Vogue and Black Lives Matter: Is real lasting change possible? | 24 August 2020

The death of George Floyd in the US earlier this year prompted a series of Black Lives Matter protests around the world.<br /> <br />It also triggered much debate around race and racism – but is real, lasting change possible?<br /> <br />Vogue is a monthly publication and is usually led by fashion and trend stories, the September edition however is famous for being guest edited and having more to say about society than style.<br /><br />2019 saw the UK edition guest edited by the Duchess of Sussex – with Meghan celebrating women and their achievements. <br /> <br />Its 2020 offering - produced by a predominantly black team – pays homage to ‘faces of hope’ with the global Vogue family coming together to focus on activism.<br /> <br />On the Sky News Daily podcast, Gillian Joseph takes a closer look at the magazine industry’s role in fuelling positive change.<br /> <br />We hear from British Vogue’s editor-in-chief Edward Enninful and Misan Harriman – the first black male cover photographer in its history.<br /> <br />Plus, remember an image that went viral of a black man carrying a protester to safety during a BLM demonstration? Patrick Hutchinson is among those to feature in the magazine’s September issue and he joins Gillian, along with former editor of UK Elle, Maggie Alderson.<br /><br />Daily podcast team:<br />Podcast producer - Annie Joyce<br />Podcast producer - Nicola Eyers<br />Assistant producer - Sabah Choudhry<br />Interviews producer - Oli Foster <br />Interviews producer - Tatiana Alderson<br />Interviews producer - Megan Coutts<br />Archive - Simon Windsor<br />Music creative manager - Steven Wheeler