Community Media Development Problems
I’ve been sorting through some old files and folders, and I came across a paper I’d written in 2017, about how community media is faced […]
Community Development
Decentered Media Podcast 085 – Nicky Woods Strategic Community Media Thinking
What can communications strategists learn from community media that would enable them to enhance the effectiveness of communication during the pandemic, and beyond? Nicky Woods […]
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Decentered Media Podcast 077 – Cormac Russell Working in Citizens Space
How do we support and promote the role of community media in a world that is dominated by large media organisations and platforms? What can […]
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Decentered Media Podcast 063 – Media and Digital Engagement with David Higgins
David Higgins has a background in IT systems development, as one of the chief technology officer for Learn Direct, which introduced online learning in the […]
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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 […]
Why is Community Media Important – A Quick Outline
I’ve been asked to provide a policy outline as to why I believe community media is important. The challenge was to write this at short-notice […]
Decentered Media Podcast 059 – Grow Social Capital with Russell Todd and Andy Green
What is the role and the benfit of using a social capital model of community development and engagement? I discussed this over the internet today […]
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Decentered Media Podcast 053 – Community Creativity, Connection & Resilience
Tonight John Coster and I were joined in discussion at the Documentary Media Center by Jenny Hand the CEO of Reaching People and Kieran Breen […]
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Decentered Media Podcast 051 – The How and the What of Community Media?
Tonight’s Decentered Media podcast discussion was with Amos Bilson, who researches the role of community media in the UK as it relates to the experience […]
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Decentered Podcast 031 – Dave Boyle Community Shares
How we invest in businesses and organisations that are focussed on social value and community benefit is an important question, as we seek to tackle […]
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Locality – Power of Community Network Meeting
Sharing and learning is at the heart of the community development approach, which is why Locality, the UK charity dedicated to helping community organisations, hosts […]
Decentered Podcast 023 – Community Media and Community Development
It’s often said that community media is ten percent media and ninety percent community development. But what do we mean by community development and how […]
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Decentered Podcast 16 – Community Media & Social Gain
It was really good to catch up with John, Gerhart and Nas tonight, to chat about the community media projects they have been working on, […]
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Decentered Podcast 13 – Terry Lee University of Bedfordshire
This morning I chatted over Skype with Terry Lee from the University of Bedfordshire. We talked about Terry’s background supporting community radio, his work with […]
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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 […]