Ramadan Radio Ofcom Code Briefing
Today I gave a briefing using Zoom to volunteers of Ramadan Radio in Leicester on the principles that inform the Ofcom Broadcast Code. It needs […]
Articles by Rob Watson
Decentered Media Podcast 067 – The Social Value of Community Reporting with Siobhan Stevenson and Richard Berry
The massive outpouring of support by community volunteers during the coronavirus lockdown has been a reminder that people value their social and community connections. It […]
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The Nordic Ideology by Hanzi Freinacht
When I’ve woken at five o’clock in the morning, and I know that I can’t get back to sleep, the most pressing thing on my […]
Media Reform Coalition Blog – Community Media and Covid-19
Many thanks to the Media Reform Coalition, who allowed me to share a blog today about the need to support community media during the Covid-19 […]
Leicester Community Media Network – First Steps
How can community media play a positive role in the Covid-19 lockdown? This was the topic we discussed this morning at the first meeting of […]
Leicester Covid-19 Mutual Aid Group Update with Rose Cattermole
In Leicester the public response to the lockdown of the economy is being met with a surge in support for community volunteering. The Leicester Covid-19 […]
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Lords Select Committee – Future of Journalism Review
The House of Lords Communications and Digital Committee is scrutinising the challenges the media industry is facing, and is looking to issue recommendations for the […]
Using Community Media to Stay Social
There’s some great advice going around at the moment about how communities can connect and communicate during the immobilisation period, as we all deal with […]
Decentered Media Podcast 066 – Ramadan Radio in Leicester with Sharmeen Suleman
Earlier in the week I had a conversation with Sharmeen Suleman, who is the programming co-ordinator for this year’s Ramadan Radio broadcasts in Leicester. We […]
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Decentered Media Podcast 065 – The Impact of Coronavirus Lockdown with Jon Prest
How are we all coping as we adjust to the need to stay home and reduce the social risks associated with coronavirus. This was the […]
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Community Media Needs Support to Bring Communities Together
At this unprecedented time, as the coronavirus challenges our established routines, and our grip on day-to-day life seems fragile, it’s essential that we have a […]
Twelve Tips for Creating a Safer Radio Studio
I’m working with Ramadan Radio in Leicester, and we are putting together our planning for the Ramadan FM broadcasts in a few weeks time. I’ve […]
Shifting Podcasts to Online Discussions
One of the worries about the present spread of the coronavirus is that we don’t know where and when we might be infectious or infected. […]
Decentered Media Podcast 064 – Media Literacies – What Happened to the Radicalism?
This evening John Coster and I were joined at the Documentary Media Centre by Jurian Visser, a BA Communication Arts student at De Montfort University. […]
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Decentered Media Podcast 063 – Media and Digital Engagement with David Higgins
David Higgins has a background in IT systems development, as one of the chief technology officer for Learn Direct, which introduced online learning in the […]
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