The Impact Storytelling Collective opens 9 November. Founding members join free.
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Press
Press and media
More than 200 media outlets have covered my work and the Naz and Matt Foundation, from national news to local radio.
Edition 40
Your biggest number isn't your impact
A food bank, a company volunteering programme, and the number that shows a funder what actually changed.
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Selected appearances
BBC Breakfast
With Bhavna Limbachia, Coronation Street actor and Patron of the Naz and Matt Foundation.
ITV News
Speaking on ITV Evening News about our story and the anti-LGBT+ protests outside schools in Birmingham.
BBC World News
Launching Out and Proud Parents Day on BBC Breakfast, BBC World News and BBC World Service.
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Coverage
Where my work has been covered
National television
BBC Breakfast, BBC News 24, Sky News, ITV News, Channel 4, STV, London Live
National radio
BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat, BBC Asian Network, LBC, talkRADIO, Classic FM, Gaydio
International
CNN, BBC World News, BBC World Service, Canadian Breakfast TV
Print and online
The Guardian, The Sunday Times, Birmingham Mail, Camden New Journal, Ham & High
Regional and local
BBC Look North, ITV Meridian, ITV Yorkshire, BBC Scotland, BBC Wales, BBC Ulster, almost 40 BBC local radio stations, and commercial stations across the Heart, Capital, Smooth, Greatest Hits Radio, Kiss and Magic networks
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Press kit
For journalists
Short bio
Matt Mahmood-Ogston is a London-based social impact storyteller and documentary photographer. After the tragic death of his fiancé, Naz, in 2014, he founded the Naz and Matt Foundation, which helps religious and culturally conservative parents accept their LGBTQI+ children. He directed the award-winning Channel 4 documentary My God, I’m Queer.
Longer bio
Matt Mahmood-Ogston is a London-based social impact storyteller and documentary photographer. After the tragic death of his fiancé, Naz, in 2014, he founded the Naz and Matt Foundation, which helps religious and culturally conservative parents accept their LGBTQI+ children. He directed My God, I’m Queer for Channel 4, which won Best TV Programme at the 2021 Asian Media Awards. He has given more than 90 talks and workshops, and his work has been covered by more than 200 media outlets. Today, in addition to leading the Foundation, he helps charities, funders, and CSR and social impact teams tell real people’s stories with dignity.
Approved photographs are available on request.