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 […]
Rob Watson
The Importance of Community Media Stories
Ofcom’s latest research into news consumption during the Covid-19 pandemic suggests that up to thirty percent of the adult population are turning away from news […]
Decentered Media Podcast 070 – Leicester Covid-19 Mutual Aid
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http://decentered.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Decentered-Media-Podcast-070-2020-04-09.mp3Podcast: Play in new windowThe coronavirus lockdown has seen a spontaneous and heartfelt response from ordinary members of the public who want to help and […]
Values Change – How Community Media Can Thrive After the Lockdown?
The crisis we are living through, as we lock-down to protect ourselves from the indiscriminate effects of the coronavirus, are stress-testing us on many levels. […]
Ramadan Radio Ofcom Code Briefing
Today I gave a briefing using Zoom to volunteers of Ramadan Radio in Leicester on the principles that inform the Ofcom Broadcast Code. It needs […]
Decentered Media Podcast 067 – The Social Value of Community Reporting with Siobhan Stevenson and Richard Berry
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http://decentered.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Decentered-Media-Podcast-067-2020-03-31-Mixdown.mp3Podcast: Play in new windowThe massive outpouring of support by community volunteers during the coronavirus lockdown has been a reminder that people value their social […]
Media Reform Coalition Blog – Community Media and Covid-19
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 […]
Leicester Covid-19 Mutual Aid Group Update with Rose Cattermole
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http://decentered.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Covid19-Mututual-Aid-Leicester-001-2020-03-25-Mixdown.mp3Podcast: Play in new windowIn Leicester the public response to the lockdown of the economy is being met with a surge in support for community […]
Lords Select Committee – Future of Journalism Review
The House of Lords Communications and Digital Committee is scrutinising the challenges the media industry is facing, and is looking to issue recommendations for the […]
Using Community Media to Stay Social
There’s some great advice going around at the moment about how communities can connect and communicate during the immobilisation period, as we all deal with […]
Decentered Media Podcast 065 – The Impact of Coronavirus Lockdown with Jon Prest
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http://decentered.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Decentered-Media-Podcast-065-2020-03-21-Mixdown.mp3Podcast: Play in new windowHow are we all coping as we adjust to the need to stay home and reduce the social risks associated with […]
My Services are Available
I don’t want this to sound like a self-serving promotion, virtue signalling or self-pity, though it might be a combination of all three, but I’m […]
Shifting Podcasts to Online Discussions
One of the worries about the present spread of the coronavirus is that we don’t know where and when we might be infectious or infected. […]
Decentered Media Podcast 064 – Media Literacies – What Happened to the Radicalism?
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http://decentered.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Decentered-Media-Podcast-064-2020-03-10-Mixdown.mp3Podcast: Play in new windowThis evening John Coster and I were joined at the Documentary Media Centre by Jurian Visser, a BA Communication Arts student […]
Decentered Media Podcast 063 – Media and Digital Engagement with David Higgins
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http://decentered.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Decentered-Media-Podcast-063-2020-03-10-Mixdown.mp3Podcast: Play in new windowDavid Higgins has a background in IT systems development, as one of the chief technology officer for Learn Direct, which introduced […]