Better MediaGet the lowdown on our contribution to the Media Democracy Festival, the progress of the #MediaBill and an excellent session on funding indie journalism in our March update.
Excellent rallying call for govt and other stakeholders to get behind the magnificent - and necessary - work of independent media in this country.
The BBC's announcement of its new music stations so soon after making drastic cuts to local radio clearly reflects a shift in priorities towards centralisation and one-size-fits-all content
#KnowTheMedia #ChangeTheMedia
#BBC #localradio
https://www.nuj.org.uk/resource/nuj-statement-on-the-bbc-s-proposed-new-music-stations.html
Our latest update rolls October and November together, and features a salient dip into the CPBF archive in relation to Palestine, plus updates on our work around the #MediaBill and more.
#BeTheMedia #KnowTheMedia #ChangeTheMedia
https://bettermedia.uk/2023/11/30/october-november-2023-update/
In its plans to repeal Section 40, this government is discarding the last shred of its predecessors' commitments to honour the findings of #Leveson.
Hacked Off encourage you to write to your MP in protest of this draconian move.
Very happy to be co-signing these recommendations for changes to the #MediaBill, as part of the newly formed Citizens' Public Service Media Forum.
Upsetting but predictable news coming out of Reach PLC this week - less than a month after they confirmed their operating profit for the year is £95 mill approx. Solidarity with all those whose livelihoods are at risk.
#KnowTheMedia #ChangeTheMedia #Reach #NUJ #redundancies
https://www.nuj.org.uk/resource/reach-announces-further-job-cuts.html
Our September update looks at recent developments with the Media Bill, our growing links with trade unions, and some exciting developments in large scale funding for independent journalism. Take a look 👀
Just when we think nothing the Mail does could shock us any more... Lester Holloway calls out this "bizarre and sinister ghost-writing Blackfacing" - an apt choice of descriptors. Truly a mind-boggling scandal.
Voice editor Lester Holloway: attaching Black names to ghost-written articles is a major scandal
The revelation that the Daily Mail are attaching Black names and faces to racist articles which have been ghost-written by other journalists - who, based on the make up of most UK newsrooms are overwhelmingly likely to be white - is (or should be) a major scandal in the media industry.
Out today: our August 2023 update. Read for updates on innovative community media in Scotland, new funding solutions for public interest journalism, ongoing journalists' union disputes and more.