The government’s new Local Media Strategy is welcome. After years of drift, DCMS has finally acknowledged that local news and community radio are not optional […]
The UK Government’s updated social cohesion policy, Protecting What Matters, is significant not only for what it says about confidence, resilience and shared civic life, […]
The Challenges and Opportunities for UK Local Media report offers a vital assessment of declining local journalism and fragmented media policy. Its call for coordination […]
The publication of the Independent Commission on Neighbourhoods’ green paper Delivering Neighbourhood Renewal: Proposals for Change marks a timely and ambitious moment for policymakers, local […]
In discussions about the future of media in the UK, regulation is often cast as an impediment—something that restricts innovation, interferes with market forces, or […]
The Secretary of State and Minister for Media have taken to X (Twitter) to discuss the need for enhanced local media in the UK. At […]
The Ofcom review of local media offers an important opportunity to reflect on the role of local news and information in the UK. The review […]
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. […]
The Ofcom review of Local Media in the UK, while broad in its aims to assess and understand the evolving landscape of local media, raises […]
The report “A Neighbourhood Strategy for National Renewal” is produced by the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for ‘left behind’ neighbourhoods, in collaboration with Local Trust, […]
Podcast: Play in new window
https://decentered.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Decentered-Media-Podcast-130-2023-06-07-Mixdown.mp3Podcast: Play in new windowWelcome to a special episode of the Decentered Media podcast, where we focus on the potential of community-based media in a […]
Those who know me are aware that I have been deeply invested in the state of our media landscape for many years. Recently, my anxieties […]
This week in our Community Media Discussion, we’ll be talking about the cuts to BBC Local Radio, and what questions we want MPs to ask […]
This week at the Community Media Makers Zoom Drop-In, we’ll be chatting about our experience of local media, and if we are satisfied that we […]
This week’s report by the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) outlines the potentially devastating and lasting impact of climate change. It’s challenging reading. Sir […]
