Media Democracy Festival 2019 – Making Better Media
Media Democracy Festival 2019 16th March 2019. The Media Reform Coalition organise the Media Democracy Festival each year, with the help and support of Professor […]
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What Creates a Toxic Work Culture?
Should we be surprised at the news that seven members of the executive management team of Amnesty International have resigned after an independent report highlighted […]
Shaping the Weather or Selling Umbrellas?
It is a truism to say that we live in interesting times. As is clear, we are living through a period of great change with […]
Participation In Creative Arts Drives Value-Led Social Change
Today I visited Bristol to attend the ArtWorks Alliance forum meeting. Taking place at the Acta Centre a short walk from the city centre, the […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Podcasting as Therapy 01
We live in an age of social anxiety, in which we are more easily able to say what we care about, than what we care […]
Finding the Words for a Unique Proposition
I’m working on my proposition statement, so that I can start to seek out clients and collaborators for any future work I want to engage […]