Thoughts on Labour’s Conference 2024 and Approach to Media
Travelling back from Liverpool, I’ve been preparing a presentation to give to the Belong Community of Practice Network, about the role and purpose of community […]
Policy Discussion
Democratic Deficit – Reforming UK Media
What’s Going on with X? The tenure of Elon Musk as the owner of X has sparked a heated debate between advocates of free speech […]
UK Social Policy Agenda and Community Media
As the new UK government gets settled in, and the scope and scale of the job before ministers becomes clear, it’s an appropriate moment to […]
Ofcom Local Media Review – Initial Comments
I started to gather my thoughts about Ofcom’s Local Media Interim Report shortly after it was published, then events took over, and the context changed. […]
Mission Driven Government Needs Public Purpose Media
One of the key features of the new UK government, led by Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, is the adoption of a ‘mission-driven‘ approach to […]
Independent Commission of Inquiry into the Violence in Leicester – Social Cohesion Media
On Saturday 13th July 2024, I attended the opening hearing of the Independent Commission of Inquiry into the Violence in Leicester in 2022. The event […]
Call for Joined-Up Thinking and Support for Community Media
Open Letter to Angela Rayner MP and Lisa Nandy MP Subject: Dear Secretary Rayner and Secretary Nandy, We write to emphasise the critical role of […]
Post-Election Reflections – Enhancing Cultural Democracy and Social Cohesion through Community Media
As we anticipate the results of the UK General Election on 5th July 2024, it is crucial to reflect on how the new government can […]
Ofcom’s Purpose – Time for Reform
Back in April 2019 I wrote a comment for the Media Reform Coalition, stating that Ofcom is not fit for purpose as the media and […]
Decentering Marginalisation
The term ‘marginalisation’ has become a buzzword in social policy and academic discourse, as it seems to offer a comprehensive and nuanced way of understanding […]
Media Bill and the Wash-Up
One of the bills that is likely to be passed during the wash-up is the Media Bill, which proposes sweeping changes to the regulation and […]
Why Key Commitments Matter
Podcast: Play in new window
https://decentered.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Why-Key-Commitments-Matter-001-2024-04-13.mp3Podcast: Play in new windowThis post discusses the importance and enforcement of Key Commitments for Ofcom-licensed community radio stations in the UK. It details the […]
Ofcom Consultation on Key Commitments Reporting – Briefing Paper
This is a briefing paper to accompany the Community Radio Key Commitments Consultation Workshop. Ofcom is proposing to streamline and simplify Key Commitments for analogue […]
Community Radio Consultation Workshop – Shaping the Future of Key Commitments Reporting
Decentered Media, in collaboration with Better Media, is organising online meetings to engage stakeholders in a collective response to Ofcom’s consultation on proposed changes to […]
DCMS Symposium – Future of Community Radio
A symposium is a specialised academic meeting where experts in a particular field convene to discuss specific subjects or topics, present papers, and make recommendations […]