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Media Reform

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Reframing Participation – Journalism, Community Media, and the Challenge of Representation

03/02/2025 Rob Watson 0

The News for All report makes a significant contribution to discussions about journalism’s relationship with communities, particularly those who feel underserved or misrepresented by mainstream media. […]

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Decentered Media Podcast 003 – Public Purpose Media with Tom Chivers

01/02/2025 Rob Watson 0
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https://decentered.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Decentered-Media-Podcast-003-2025-01-31-Mixdown.mp3Podcast: Play in new windowIn this episode of the Decentered Media Podcast, Rob Watson is joined by Tom Chivers, Campaign Coordinator at the Media Reform […]

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Rebuilding the Mezzo Media Infrastructure: A Call for Government Support for Trusted and Accountable Community Media

01/11/2024 Rob Watson 0

In recent years, the media landscape in the UK has faced unprecedented change. While the ‘Macro’ level of media – encompassing national broadcasters and large-scale […]

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Thoughts on Labour’s Conference 2024 and Approach to Media

28/09/2024 Rob Watson 0

Travelling back from Liverpool, I’ve been preparing a presentation to give to the Belong Community of Practice Network, about the role and purpose of community […]

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Democratic Deficit – Reforming UK Media

01/09/2024 Rob Watson 0

What’s Going on with X? The tenure of Elon Musk as the owner of X has sparked a heated debate between advocates of free speech […]

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Labour’s Media Policy: A Call for Clarity and Public Engagement

01/07/2023 Rob Watson 0

As the Labour Party gears up for the next general election, questions are emerging about their plans for the regulation and provision of media. While […]

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Community Media Discussion – What’s Going to be in the Community Radio Order?

27/06/2023 Rob Watson 0

In next week’s community media discussion, we will be looking at the forthcoming Community Radio Order that will follow the Media Bill that is presently […]

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Community Radio is Not Local Radio – Protecting Social Gain and Key Commitments

26/06/2023 Rob Watson 0

DCMS has started to consult on the legislative changes that will shape community radio following the passage of the Media Bill which is going through […]

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Asking ChatGPT Why Community Media Needs to be Protected

01/05/2023 Rob Watson 0

I’ve just asked ChatGPT to tell me why community media in the UK needs protection from market competition? Here’s the response: Community media in the […]

ESL Controversy

ESL League – What’s the Lessons for Community Media?

22/04/2021 Rob Watson 0

There hasn’t been a similar controversy for some time, where corporate interest have been pushed back by the combined might of grassroots supporters, politicians of […]

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Decentered Media Podcast 089 – Media Reform with Natalie Fenton and Des Freedman

05/08/2020 Rob Watson 0
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http://decentered.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Decentered-Media-Podcast-089-2020-08-05-Mixdown.mp3Podcast: Play in new windowDo we get the media we deserve or the media we are given? This was one of the topics discussed by […]

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Media Reform Manifesto Review

01/08/2020 Rob Watson 0

Media reform is a pressing issue as corporate consolidation and globalisation bring sweeping changes in the capacity of the UK to sustain a pluralistic, locally […]

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Media Reform Coalition Blog – Community Media and Covid-19

30/03/2020 Rob Watson 0

Many thanks to the Media Reform Coalition, who allowed me to share a blog today about the need to support community media during the Covid-19 […]

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Why is Community Media Important – A Quick Outline

06/03/2020 Rob Watson 0

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 […]

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Is This Enough? Ofcom’s Annual Report on the BBC 2019

01/11/2019 Rob Watson 0

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 […]

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