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Community Reporting

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Join the Heritage Fair – A Practical Introduction to Community Reporting

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Leicester’s heritage is held in its people, places, collections and everyday memories. Local groups, volunteers and residents have knowledge that can help us understand how […]

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Help Tell Leicester’s Heritage Stories

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Volunteers from Soar Sound, Documentary Media Centre, Evington Echo and our wider network of partners and collaborators are invited to help capture the stories, conversations […]

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Volunteer With the Evington Echo – Help Share the Stories of Our Community

15/09/2026 Rob Watson 0

Every neighbourhood has stories that deserve to be heard. They might begin with someone organising a local activity, a resident sharing a memory, a young […]

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Becoming a Community Reporter – What Volunteering for the Evington Echo Involves

29/07/2026 Rob Watson 0

The Evington Echo is more than a magazine delivered through local letterboxes every two months. It is a continuing record of community life: the people […]

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Build Community Reporting Experience At Riverside Festival

26/05/2026 Rob Watson 0

Decentered Media is inviting volunteers to gain practical, hands-on experience as community reporters by supporting Soar Sound’s presence at Leicester Riverside Festival on Saturday 6th […]

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Building Community Reporting Experience at Riverside Festival

18/05/2026 Rob Watson 0

Soar Sound and the Evington Echo is inviting volunteers to take part in a practical community reporting opportunity at Riverside Festival on Saturday 6th and […]

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Who Serves Local Democracy? Rethinking the Local Democracy Reporter Scheme from a Foundational Perspective

15/05/2025 Rob Watson 0

The Local Democracy Reporter (LDR) scheme was launched in 2017 to address a growing democratic deficit: the shrinking capacity of local news providers to report […]

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The Case for Community Reporting – Engaging the Public in Civic Services Through Participatory Media

15/01/2025 Rob Watson 0

Public authorities and civic services face an enduring challenge: how to connect meaningfully with the communities they serve. Traditional methods of engagement, such as surveys, […]

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Leicester Stories of Belonging – Capturing Our City’s Stories

06/11/2023 Rob Watson 0

The Leicester Stories of Belonging project aims to give a platform to the diverse and experiences of different people in Leicester. By capturing and recording […]

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Community Reporting Session – Saturday Heritage Fair 28th October

16/10/2023 Rob Watson 0

Thanks to Leicester Community Radio, and supported by DMU Engage, I’m working on a project to collect stories about belonging in Leicester. The aim of […]

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Leicester Stories of Belonging – Saturday Heritage Fair 28th October

15/10/2023 Rob Watson 0

Share Your Leicester Story at the Saturday Heritage Fair on 28th October Venue: Leicester Adult Education College, Belvoir Street, City Centre Leicester is a city […]

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Inviting Collaboration: The Leicester Stories of Belonging Project

04/10/2023 Rob Watson 0

Leicester Community Radio is reaching out to invite people and community groups to take part in an interesting local initiative: The Leicester Stories of Belonging […]

Smart City Discussion

AI in Smart Cities: A Discourse on Inclusion, Engagement, and the Human Condition

23/06/2023 Rob Watson 0

On the 22nd of June, Decentered Media took part in a dynamic and invigorating workshop, “Empowering Communities: How to Design a Smart City that Works […]

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Community Media Discusion – AI Tools and Community Reporting – The Balance of Technology and Truth

14/06/2023 Rob Watson 0

In our next community media discussion, we will be looking at how AI tools can help community media makers tell stories and report on things […]

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Community Media Discussion – Testing Our Community Reporting Toolkit

17/05/2023 Rob Watson 0

In this week’s community media discussion, we are going to look at a toolkit for community reporting that I’ve been working on with Professor Edward […]

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A council decision can change everyday life. Who explains the choices, checks the evidence and follows up the outcome wh…

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Media Exchange is moving to a new fortnightly schedule from Wednesday 21st October. Sessions will now run 4pm–5.30pm, giving us 90 minutes for more detailed discussion.
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After our discussion about participation, trust and local voice, what should move into practical use: a resource, introduction, experiment or clearer question? Continue the Media Exchange in the Forum: https://forum.decentered.co.uk #FoundationalMedia https://x.com/decenteredmedia/status/2105950365887697276/photo/1

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