Is This Enough? Ofcom’s Annual Report on the BBC 2019
The latest report from Ofcom reviewing the BBC’s performance highlights three main areas of ongoing concern. The way that young people engage with the BBC’s […]
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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 […]
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 […]
Decentered – Services Development Outline
I’m going through the process of sketching out what services and activities I want to develop once I am working independently. I have some thoughts […]
Role Evaluation – My Achievements
I’m changing jobs at the end of September. Having worked at De Montfort University for over twenty years, I felt it was time to move […]
Welcome to Decentered – Media for Social Accountability
Decentered is a new departure for me as I start to work independently supporting community, social and sustainable media practices. I’m going to be using […]