Emergent Communities
I was reflecting the other evening on the journey I’ve been on, and which I can now say encompasses the better part of my life […]
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Podcasting for Community Discussion
Over the last year, I’ve been working on a number of projects that have incorporated podcasting and radio programme making from a community media perspective. […]
Community Media as Wisdom Institutions
This week in our Community Media Discussion, we’ll be having a conversation about the role of community media as a potential wisdom institution, and how […]
Community Media Makers Drop-In: Affordable Media
This week at the Community Media Makers Zoom Drop-In, we’ll be chatting about the cost of living crisis, and its impact on community media. As […]
Community Media Makers Zoom Drop-In: Decarbonising Community Media
This week at the Community Media Makers Zoom Drop-In, we’ll be chatting about how the need to decarbonise our society and economy can be facilitated […]
Community Media Zoom Drop-In – Media Personality and Character
This week at the Community Media Makers Zoom Drop-In, we’ll be chatting about how the focus on personalities and personas in media have a limiting […]
Community Media Cultural Literacies – Zoom Drop-In Thursday 21st July 2022
This week at the Community Media Makers Zoom Drop-In, we’ll be chatting about how media literacies have been limited by a focus on commercial media […]
Raising Awareness of Community Reporting
What’s the kind of stories that help foster a sense of community and belonging in our neighbourhoods? Last week I met up with some of […]
News Media and Objective Reporting – How Impartiality Maintains False Equivalences
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
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 […]
Its a New Year for Comunity-Focussed Communications
Well I feel that I had a good break and really enjoyed the festive season? I find it’s always good to start the New Year […]
ESL League – What’s the Lessons for Community Media?
There hasn’t been a similar controversy for some time, where corporate interest have been pushed back by the combined might of grassroots supporters, politicians of […]
Leicester Stories Blogs
Leicester Stories will use blogs to share personal updates and reflections by our contributors, volunteers and partners.
Leicester Stories Community Reporting Model
In developing the Leicester Stories project, we will be drawing on the practice of community reporting as a community engagement process. I wanted to share […]
More Than Words – A Review of Strategic Communications
The pandemic has thrown into relief the inadequacy of public messaging, particularly those associated with public health communications and marketing. The challenge of the pandemic, […]