Media Exchange Sessions – New Fortnightly Schedule From 21st October
The Decentered Media Exchange sessions are changing their schedule from later this month. The session on Wednesday 14th October 2026 will go ahead as planned. After […]
BBC Charter Review – Public Service Media Needs More Than An Expanding BBC
The House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee’s report on the BBC Royal Charter Review contains an important recognition: the media environment in which […]
Radio Review – Diversification, Spectrum and the Missing Supply-Side Question
The current debate about the future of UK radio is increasingly being shaped by questions of distribution, connected devices, audience behaviour and the relationship between […]
Foundational Media – Why Your Experience Belongs in the Decentered Media Podcast
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. […]
Volunteer With the Evington Echo – Help Share the Stories of Our Community
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 […]
Building Foundational Media Through Practical Conversations
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 […]
Media Exchange – Taking the Foundational Media Conversation Forward
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 […]
Who Gets to Be Heard – Community Media and the Future of the UK’s Media System
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 […]
Communicative Devolution – Is Local and Civic Part of Britain’s Essential Infrastructure?
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 […]
Becoming a Community Reporter – What Volunteering for the Evington Echo Involves
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 […]
DCMS Media Green Paper Consultation – Civic Compact for the Platform Age
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 Stays at DCMS – Now the Real Work Must Begin
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 […]
Community Media Café – Sharing Skills, Ideas and Inspiration in Leicester
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. […]
Community Media Exchange – What Should the Media Green Paper Mean for Community Media?
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 […]
What Is a Workplace Network For?
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 […]