Radiocentre’s Force for Good report highlights commercial radio’s role in providing trusted news, companionship, and community support, but defining true public value requires more than […]
As corporate media giants continue to dominate the air waves and algorithms, amplifying division and misinformation, the call for community-driven, decentralised alternatives has never been […]
The June 2025 report Measuring the Social Gain of Community Radio, commissioned by Ofcom and prepared by Wavehill, is a welcome and necessary intervention. It […]
In many of the world’s liberal democracies—particularly those shaped by the Western Enlightenment tradition—social institutions have historically played a foundational role in upholding the common […]
Community media and community-focused communications projects are essential in giving people the tools, spaces, and opportunities to tell our own stories, amplify marginalised voices, and […]
Community media has long been understood as more than just an alternative to commercial and public service broadcasting. At its core, it is meant to […]
In 2019, When the Goal is Not to Scale outlined a strategy for resilient local, civic, and community media, advocating for a model rooted in […]
For years, Decentered Media has advocated for a robust and meaningful approach to social gain in community media. From the early days of Ofcom’s licensing […]
Wavehill Communications has launched a survey to measure Social Gain in UK community radio. While this survey is an important opportunity to reflect on the […]
John Ruskin’s ideas about the moral, social, and aesthetic value of creative work provide an inspiring lens through which to consider the role of community […]
DCMS, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, has launched a consultation on analogue community radio licensing.[i] The purpose of the consultation is to […]
I’ve been trying to pull together a list of researchers in the UK who are examining community media and the impact that forms of community-focussed […]
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http://decentered.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Decentered-Media-Podcast-092-2020-09-10-Mixdown.mp3Podcast: Play in new windowHow have community radio stations dealt with the pressure of the lockdown and responded to the pandemic? How has community radio […]
The Government’s announcement that Leicester is the first UK city to go back into full Lockdown are sensible when considered as a public health action. […]
Over the coming months I’m planning on writing some blogs and recording some podcasts in which I will share a few ideas about developing a […]
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