Leicester’s Covid-19 Pandemic Strategic Media Response
Leicester City Council has released a comprehensive report, compiled by Professor Ivan Browne, the city’s director of public health, and his team, that looks at […]
Covid-19
A Germs Journey Newsdesk – My Healthy Friends Educational Materials
Part of the A Germ’s Journey Newsdesk, this conversation was hosted by Malteser International and German Toilet Organization, and discusses both, the development and the […]
A Germ’s Journey Newsdesk – Internews and Impact
One of the challenges of the pandemic is to manage news and information carefully, so that people in different counties and who have different cultures, […]
Decentered Media Podcast 097 – What’s the Role for Community-Focussed Communications?
As Leicester continues with it’s ongoing lockdown, which is the longest continuous period of lockdown for any place in the UK, there is a need […]
CarnegieUK COVID-19 and Communities Listening Project Report
CarnegieUK have published a report that summarises some of the issues that are concerning people as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. The report has […]
Covid-19 Vaccines Need Culturally Competent and Tailored Communications
The Government has today published their guidance on the rollout of the Covid-19 vaccination. The Joint Committee on Vaccine and Immunisation has reported how the […]
Community Solutions for Vaccine Rollout
In a world that is fraught with anxiety about the Covid-19 pandemic, we do not need to be fighting another pandemic of misinformation at the […]
We’ll Need Community Media if we are to Roll Out a Covid-19 Vaccine
The Covid-19 pandemic has seemed like a long-haul for everyone, especially with the appalling news that over fifty thousand deaths have now been reported in […]
Leicester Community Media Challenges – Draft Survey Observations
Over the period of the lockdown I have been tracking how community media groups and organisations in Leicester have been responding to the challenge of […]
Decentered Media Podcast 086 – Covid-19 Communications Strategy or Propaganda
As the UK takes cautious steps to return to some form of normality following the Covid-19 lockdown, we can start to reflect on how the […]
Building Back Better – Community Focused Action
A lot of focus is on Leicester at the moment, and the reasons that the city has been pushed back into lockdown. One part of […]
Are Anti-Local Media Policies Harming the Pandemic Response
The government’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic has been characterised by a reliance on faulty assumptions about so-called herd immunity, and by an obsession with […]
Community Media as a Platform for Deliberative Democracy
When the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown ends, or is eased off, and whatever our life-long political persuasions might have been, we are going to have to […]
Decentered Media Podcast 072 – Kieran Breen CEO Leicestershire Cares
Kieran is the CEO of Leicestershire Cares, a charity that focusses on bringing together networks of support between business, civic groups and public authorities in […]
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 […]