Welcome to Decentered – Media for Social Accountability
Decentered is a new departure for me as I start to work independently supporting community, social and sustainable media practices. I’m going to be using […]
Betar Bangla – Neighbourly Radio for the Bangladeshi Community in London
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A few weeks ago I had the chance to visit Betar Bangla in London, which is a community radio station that broadcasts on AM across […]
Bob Gann on Digital Inclusion in the NHS
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A few weeks ago I attended a conference on Digital Inclusion that was organised by Simeon Yates of the University of Liverpool. The theme of […]
CiviCRM Bootcamp
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A few weeks ago I went to the CiviCRM Bootcamp in London, which was an opportunity for me to find out more about the use and development of the CiviCRM system. CiviCRM is an open source Contact Relationship Managment application that has been built by a community of contributors and supporters. CiviCRM is web-based software […]
Dr Pat Kotchapakdee Discusses Documentary with John Coster
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Today, John Coster and I were very fourtunate to spend the day with Dr Pat Kotchapakdee from Khon Kaen University in Thailand. John and Pat […]
Khon Kaen Podcast
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John Coster and I have been travelling in South East Asia visiting universities in Bangkok, Phnom Penh and Khon Kaen. In this podcast we talk about some of the challenges of understanding life in Thailand and Cambodia, and how we can use community and …
DIY-DMU Podcast 017 International Community Media Expo
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Today’s podcast was recorded as part of the first DMU International Community Media Expo. Sitting around the table was Julian, Kiaran, Ineke, Gerhart and myself. […]
DIY-DMU Podcast 016 ART-AI Festival
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This week’s DIY-DMU Podcast was recorded at the Highcross Centre in Leicester, where young people were learning about the ART-AI Festival, and how Artificial Intelligence can be used creatively and artistically. John Coster and I chatted with Proffessor Tracy Harwood, from De Montfort University’s Institute of Creative Technology, and with some of her colleagues who […]
Democratic Media Institutions
BBC Media Action is the charitable arm of the BBC that seeks to support communication development in developing nations around the world. James Deane is the Director of Policy and Research, and in his latest blog he asks if we need to rethink how we build media organsations and institutions that support democratic accountability around […]
Trusting Community Reporting?
John Naughton writing in The Guardian makes a very powerful point about the need for trusted sources of information in developing communities. With the use of Facebook as a tool for promoting fake news, which has led to violence in Myanmar and Sri Lanka, Naughton suggests that: We have woken up to Facebook’s pernicious role […]