Foundational Media starts with a straightforward idea. Communities need dependable ways to share knowledge, interpret events, represent their experiences and take part in public life. […]
Every neighbourhood has stories that deserve to be heard. They might begin with someone organising a local activity, a resident sharing a memory, a young […]
Producing a neighbourhood magazine means finding stories, supporting contributors, checking information and getting each edition into readers’ hands. Keeping a community radio station going means […]
What does a healthy media system need to provide before it asks for our attention? That question will be at the heart of the forthcoming Decentered […]
The government’s Watch This Space Green Paper asks an important question: how can the UK’s media continue to support democracy, social cohesion and a shared […]
What if the decline of local media is not principally a problem for the media industry? What if it is a failure of civic infrastructure? That […]
The Evington Echo is more than a magazine delivered through local letterboxes every two months. It is a continuing record of community life: the people […]
The government’s Watch this Space media green paper has crystallised a tension that can no longer be postponed. On one side stands a legitimate fear […]
Lisa Nandy MP’s continuation as Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport offers an opportunity for continuity. It also removes a convenient excuse. Nandy […]
On Thursday mornings, the Bishop Street Chapel Café in Leicester becomes a meeting place for people interested in community media, local storytelling and digital participation. […]
The latest Community Media Exchange brought together a small group of experienced community broadcasters from different parts of England to discuss the Government’s Media Green […]
The Tempest v DEFRA and Rural Payments Agency tribunal raises difficult questions about communication, association and the role of public-service institutions. This article is not […]
Belong’s new report, Stronger Together: What We Know and Must Do About Cohesion, joins a growing stockpile of reports diagnosing the same deteriorating conditions: economic […]
The publication of More in Common’s Britain Under Strain – The Broken Social Contract, Democratic Distrust and the Mainstreaming of Extremism has quickly become a […]
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has opened a public consultation on *Watch this space: a new strategic direction for UK media*, a Green […]
