Rob Watson

Next Up – DCMS Broadcasting White Paper Decentered Media Response

29/04/2022 Rob Watson 0

With the publication of ‘Next Up’, the UK Government’s White Paper on Broadcasting, it’s not clear how community radio is going to be protected in […]

DCMS White Paper ‘Up Next’ on Future Broadcast Regulation in the UK

28/04/2022 Rob Watson 1

The UK Government has published its white paper on the future of Broadcasting in the UK. Section 4.3 details the basis of consultation in 2023 […]

Decentered Media Podcast 120 – Evaluation of the Community Radio Fund with Andy Parkinson

13/04/2022 Rob Watson 0

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BBC Plans to Shut Down AM Radio

31/03/2022 Rob Watson 0

One of the questions I posed in the recent Decentered Media Podcast on AM Radio, was what do we do with the spare capacity made […]

Decentered Media 119 – Renaissance For AM Radio

24/03/2022 Rob Watson 0

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Communications and Digital Committee Evidence – Future BBC Funding

16/03/2022 Rob Watson 0

I was really honoured to be asked to give evidence to the House of Lords Committee for Communications and Digital about the future role of […]

News Media and Objective Reporting – How Impartiality Maintains False Equivalences

09/03/2022 Rob Watson 0

What is ‘false equivalence’ and why is the phrase suddenly on the lips of politicians, journalists and broadcasters? False equivalence is a phrase that is […]

Supporting Conversations About Community Media Making

25/02/2022 Rob Watson 0

During the lockdown, it became apparent that bringing people together to learn from one another’s community media practice would be useful to do over the […]

Supporting Conversations About Design and Sustainability

23/02/2022 Rob Watson 0

I’m working with Beta X to record and share audio conversations about how design can support sustainability here in Leicester. Beta X is a community […]

Supporting Conversations About Criminal Justice

23/02/2022 Rob Watson 0

One of the challenges that came with the Covid-19 pandemic, has been the bar on people travelling and connecting internationally. This hit many people in […]