Mapping Community Media – Reflections
Keeping the ethos of community media relevant in a changing world was at the heart of the discussion that took place during the Mapping Community […]
Month: November 2018
Decentered Podcast 15 – Luke St Clair Oadby TV
For community media practitioners we are used to making distinctions between our social gain activity and our commercial activity. As community media groups are usually […]
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Decentered Podcast 14 – Mapping Community Media
What an amazing day discussing community media and why the social gain mission matters! This podcast was recorded following the Mapping Community Media workshop that […]
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Decentered Podcast 13 – Terry Lee University of Bedfordshire
This morning I chatted over Skype with Terry Lee from the University of Bedfordshire. We talked about Terry’s background supporting community radio, his work with […]
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Decentered Podcast 12 – Jon Sketchley HermitageFM
Many community media projects and community radio stations struggle because they only have one approach to sustainable business planning. I visited John Sketchley earlier today […]
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Decentered Podcast 11 – Matthew O’Callaghan Melton Food Partnership
What’s the role of independent and grassroots food producer? Today I visited the Northampton Food Festival with Matthew O’Callaghan, who told me about the work […]
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Emphasising Social Gain – My Personal Thoughts on David Lloyd’s Report
I’ve just given David Lloyd’s Radiocentre commissioned report, ‘Small-Scale Radio in the UK – How Local Commercial and Community Radio can Co-Exist,’ a more detailed […]
Decentered Media Podcast 10 – Open Source Culture
This evening I met with Gareth Lapworth and Owen Williams to discuss the culture of open source software and ICT support for community-focussed organisations. We […]
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Is it Possible to Develop an Alternative to Community Radio Advertising?
The Problem with Advertising: Community media advocates have for many years been seeking a solution to the funding challenges of running not-for-profit media projects. Funding […]
Decentered Podcast 09 – Documentary Media Festival 2018
Tonight’s Decentered Podcast was recorded at the Leicester Documentary Media Festival with John Coster. Taking part in the discussion was Ulrike Kubatta, Catherine Taylor, Christopher […]
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Unhealthy Communities With No Local Voice
It’s widely reported today that British highstreets with the highest concentration of fast-food shops, betting shops and nailbars, correspond with the greatest ill-health and shortest […]
Decentered Podcast 08 – Dean Kavanagh Switch Radio
Today I travelled over to Birmingham to have a chat with Dean Kavanagh, who is the station manager for Switch Radio. We had a good […]
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Community Media is Different
In June 2017 the whole country was shocked and convulsed by the news of the fire at Grenfell Tower. The pain and suffering experienced by […]