From Caring About to Caring For – What Spotlight on Care Shows About Participatory Media
The first edition of Spotlight on Care on Soar Sound is not simply a programme about unpaid carers. It is a practical demonstration of what […]
Community Media, Civic Dialogue and the Stories That Hold Us Together
The Community Media Café held on Thursday 28th May 2026 at the Bishop Street Chapel Café in Leicester continued the practical and reflective conversations that […]
Community Media Exchange – Online Discussions For Community, Civic And Independent Media
Decentered Media is launching a new online discussion space for people who are actively involved in community, civic and independent media. The Community Media Exchange […]
Build Community Reporting Experience At Riverside Festival
Decentered Media is inviting volunteers to gain practical, hands-on experience as community reporters by supporting Soar Sound’s presence at Leicester Riverside Festival on Saturday 6th […]
Can We Fix Media, Not Just Explain It?
There is a distinction that matters more than we often admit. Many people can explain why media systems are failing. Fewer can help build the […]
Building Community Reporting Experience at Riverside Festival
Soar Sound and the Evington Echo is inviting volunteers to take part in a practical community reporting opportunity at Riverside Festival on Saturday 6th and […]
Community Media Café Starts With A Warm Welcome
The first Decentered Media Community Media Café took place on Thursday 14th May 2026 at Bishop Street Chapel Café in Leicester. We were given a […]
Community Media Café At Bishop Street Chapel Café
Decentered Media is hosting a new weekly Community Media Café at Bishop Street Chapel Café in Leicester, starting at 10.30am on Thursday 14th May 2026. […]
Rebuilding Trust in Media Through a Story Commons
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https://decentered.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Decentered-Media-001-2026-04-13-Mixdown.mp3Podcast: Play in new windowThis episode of Decentered Media brings together Megan Lucero and Debs Grayson from the People’s Newsroom for a discussion about what […]
Why Local Media Still Matters – Lessons from Academic Research
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https://decentered.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Decentered-Media-Podcast-001-2026-04-09-Mixdown.mp3Podcast: Play in new windowIn this episode of the Decentered Media podcast, I speak with Professor Agnes Gulyas and Simona Bisiani about their report, Challenges […]
Beyond Faith In The BBC – Public Purpose, Democracy And The Future Of Media Policy
The recent Beebwatch discussion with Professor Lee Edwards of the Media Reform Coalition is useful because it reopens questions that are too often treated as […]
Better Together in Leicester – Rebuilding the Conditions for Public Discussion
Our recent Better Together workshop brought forward a set of concerns that feel immediate, but are in fact part of a longer and deeper pattern […]
Learning in Practice – Shumaila Jaffery’s Reflections from the Field
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https://decentered.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Decentered-Media-Podcast-010-2026-03-28-Mixdown.mp3Podcast: Play in new windowWhat does it mean to step into a community media environment not as an observer at a distance, but as a […]
Between Research and Belonging – Reflections from a Community Media Placement in Leicester
It feels like just yesterday I started my placement with Decentered Media and announced my arrival in Leicester. Now, it’s time to leave – my […]
Government Investment in Local News Is Welcome, But Renewal Will Fail Without Civic and Local Ownership
The government’s new Local Media Strategy is welcome. After years of drift, DCMS has finally acknowledged that local news and community radio are not optional […]