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Video feature: Can you juggle motherhood with a career in the media?

It's a dilemma faced by many women working in the fast-paced media industry: will your career suffer if you take time out to start a family?

As the Government discusses shared maternity leave for new parents and the ongoing financial crisis makes starting a family an ever-more daunting prospect, the RadioAcademy ties up with networking organisation to host an evening panel debate.

Watch three media professionals who are making motherhood work for them - writer and broadcaster Natasha Desborough, BBC 6 Music presenter Nemone Metaxas and the RadioCentre's director of strategy Lisa Kerr - field questions on everything from staying visible while on maternity leave to expressing breast milk at 3.30am before a radio broadcast.

A podcast of the evening's debates will soon be available on

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