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 […]
Community Media
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 […]
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 […]
Help Develop Leicester’s Small Scale DAB Multiplex Co-operative
In the next couple of weeks Ofcom will be announcing the locations they have chosen for the first bids for licences to run multiplexes for […]
Decentered Media Podcast 046 – Impact of the Election on Community & Civic Media
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http://decentered.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Decentered-Media-Podcast-046-2019-12-17-Mixdown.mp3Podcast: Play in new windowTonight we had a general discussion following the election result last week. We considered how the majority that was won by […]
Decentered Podcast 045 – Working With a Social Value Ethos
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http://decentered.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Decentered-Media-Podcast-045-2019-12-10-Mixdown.mp3Podcast: Play in new windowTonight’s conversation was a chance to explore in more detail how a social value view of community and civic organisations can […]
Decentered Podcast 042 – Every Child Has a Voice
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http://decentered.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Decentered-Podcast-Every-Child-Has-A-Voice-042-2019-10-20-Mixdown.mp3Podcast: Play in new windowA few weeks ago I was at Soundart Radio in Dartington near Totnes, to help out with the Every Child Has […]
Participative Arts and Social Value – Blog for ArtWorks Alliance
Ths is a blog that I’ve written for ArtWorks Alliance, who are a network of arts organisations in the UK that seek to encourage participation […]
Decentered Podcast 041 – Community Media Sustainability B
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http://decentered.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Decentered-Podcast-041-2019-09-28-Mixdown.mp3Podcast: Play in new windowIn this second podcast recorded at the 2019 Community Media Association Conference in Salford, we continued to discuss what the essential […]
Decentered Podcast 040 – Community Media Sustainability A
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http://decentered.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Decentered-Podcast-040-2019-09-28-Mixdown.mp3Podcast: Play in new windowHow can community media in the UK secure its future, and what do we need to champion and advocate about the […]
Decentered Podcast 039 – Life Care Radio
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http://decentered.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Decentered-Podcast-039-2019-09-11-Mixdown.mp3Podcast: Play in new windowI was visiting Totnes for a couple of days, and I was lucky to meet up with Cathie and Mark Burgess […]
Decentered Podcast 038 – Nigel Dallard Winchester Radio
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http://decentered.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Decentered-Podcast-038-2019-07-30-Mixdown.mp3Podcast: Play in new windowThere is a growing sense that community radio can help improve the well-being and health of our communities. Nigel Dallard and […]
Decentered Podcast 037 – Digital Impact with Prof Simeon Yates
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http://decentered.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Decentered-Podcast-037-2019-07-26-Mixdown.mp3Podcast: Play in new windowDigital inclusion is a hot topic with policy-makers and social organisations who seek to deal with the challenges of making sure […]