Leicester Stories – Community Reporting and the Leicester Census
I’ve started planning and preparation for a project with DMU Local, with the aim of sharing positive community-focussed stories about the Leicester Census. We will […]
Community Media
Decentered Media – Parallel Lives World Radio Day Discussions
In celebration of the 100th episode of the Decentered Media Podcast I am running a day of online discussion and best-practice sharing as part of […]
Is Ofcom’s Diversity and Inclusion Work Planning Fit for Purpose?
One of the continual challenges in the democratic renewal of our media, is to ensure that we fully understand the scope and the extent of […]
Ethical Values of Participative Community Media – Some Notes
This is the first draft of a set of notes in which I sketch some thoughts about the ethical principles I try to keep in […]
Dialogue and Deliberation as an Integral Process for Community Media
David Bohm was an American theoretical physicist who developed interconnected ideas relating to quantum theory, neuropsychology and the philosophy of mind. Bohm was concerned with […]
Book Review: Michael Lind – The New Class War
It’s refreshing to read a book about social change that doesn’t pull its punches. Michael Lind’s book The New Class War is a warning that […]
CarnegieUK COVID-19 and Communities Listening Project Report
CarnegieUK have published a report that summarises some of the issues that are concerning people as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. The report has […]
Covid-19 Vaccines Need Culturally Competent and Tailored Communications
The Government has today published their guidance on the rollout of the Covid-19 vaccination. The Joint Committee on Vaccine and Immunisation has reported how the […]
Community Solutions for Vaccine Rollout
In a world that is fraught with anxiety about the Covid-19 pandemic, we do not need to be fighting another pandemic of misinformation at the […]
Covid-19 Vaccine Community Media Response Planning
Mass vaccinations for Covid-19 are offering a glimmer of hope for communities around the world. To be successful and reach those that need a vaccine […]
We’ll Need Community Media if we are to Roll Out a Covid-19 Vaccine
The Covid-19 pandemic has seemed like a long-haul for everyone, especially with the appalling news that over fifty thousand deaths have now been reported in […]
What’s the Motivation for Podcasting?
Yesterday I delivered an online training session about podcasting for the WOTBOX Heritage Project. It was really nice to be able to spend time with […]
Why I Have Resigned from the CMA
Today I have resigned my membership of the Community Media Association. At the extraordinary general meeting that was held today a new constitution was agreed […]
Leicester Community Media Challenges – Draft Survey Observations
Over the period of the lockdown I have been tracking how community media groups and organisations in Leicester have been responding to the challenge of […]
It’s Bloody Complicated – Progressive Politics and Community Media
Over the last couple of weeks I’ve been catching up with the Compass podcast It’s Bloody Complicated. They started being posted each week back in […]