From Caring About to Caring For – What Spotlight on Care Shows About Participatory Media
The first edition of Spotlight on Care on Soar Sound is not simply a programme about unpaid carers. It is a practical demonstration of what […]
Civic Engagement
BBC Charter Review 2025 – A Green Paper that Invites Serious Public Deliberation
The UK Government’s Green Paper on the BBC’s Charter Review is now published, and it is welcome. Whatever one’s preferred settlement, Charter Renewal is one […]
Free Speech, Extremism and the Role of Community Media – Renewing the Civic Framework for Resilient Public Discourse
The recent findings from the Ipsos UK survey for the Commission for Countering Extremism offer a timely and sobering insight into how people across England […]
Reimagining Citizenship Through Media – What ‘Closing the Void’ Misses About Democracy and Daily Life
The recent report Closing the Void: Can We Reconnect Politics with Associational Life? published by Power to Change, offers a timely and necessary exploration of […]
Welcoming the Plan for Neighbourhoods – The Missing Role of Community Media
The UK Government’s today announced its Plan for Neighbourhoods. This plan represents a significant step towards addressing long-standing issues of deprivation, social inequality, and community […]
Khan Review – A Role for Community Media in Promoting Social Cohesion
The Khan Review, led by Dame Sara Khan and commissioned by the UK government, explores contemporary threats to social cohesion and the resilience of the […]
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 […]
Leicester Lockdown – Should We Be Concerned About Behaviourism?
Leicester has gone back into lockdown following a spike in the infection rate of the Covid-19 virus. The city council and the public health and […]
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 […]
Decentered Podcast 033 – Rosie Parkyn Internews UK
What is the social purpose of community media? This is the question Rosie Parkyn and I discussed this morning when I visited the Internews office […]
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 […]
UK Government Civil Society Strategy – Some Thoughts
The UK government has published its strategy document for supporting and interacting with civil society. This is an outline policy approach developed by the Digital, […]
UK Government Launches Civil Society Strategy
The government has announced its new strategy for supporting and promoting civil society. The DCMS defines it’s new approach with the aim to support “organisations […]