NEW REPORT ON UK MEDIA OWNERSHIP JUST PUBLISHED We produced our first comprehensive report on media ownership in the UK back in 2015 when we argued concentrated ownership was a significant problem for any modern democracy. In 2019, we produced an updated version that suggests that, not only does … Continue Reading
Media Democracy Festival 2021
We're thrilled to announce the schedule for our forthcoming Media Democracy Festival, a week-long celebration of independent media voices and … Continue Reading
MRC Weekly Digest – 16th April 2021
Hi everyone, Eliz Mizon here with the Media Reform Coalition blog every Friday. For even more content on media, work, and politics, you can … Continue Reading
MRC Weekly Digest – 9th April 2021
Hi everyone, Eliz Mizon here for the Media Reform Coalition. I'll be writing a weekly blog for MRC. For even more content on media, work, and … Continue Reading
Media Influence Matrix UK report: Government, Politics and Regulation
JUST OUT! The Media Reform Coalition is working with researchers from the Center for Media, Data and Society (CMDS) at Central European University to investigate the influence of shifts in policy, funding, and … Continue Reading
BBC and Beyond Town Hall events
What have we learned from international coverage of Covid? - 12 noon BST, Friday 30 April A year into living with Covid 19, it’s time to take stock of how well our media has served us. How successful are … Continue Reading
MRC submission to Ofcom’s ‘Small Screen: Big Debate’ consultation
Ofcom has been consulting on the findings from Small Screen: Big Debate, a review whch examines how to strengthen and maintain public service broadcasting (PSB) for the next decade and beyond, in the face of … Continue Reading
Facebook v Australia: Murdoch wins
by Benedetta Brevini The day after Facebook, the Digital Lord, banned Australian news from its platform, the world is still watching. Of course, it’s watching. After two decades of absence of regulation, the … Continue Reading
A Secret Australia: Why Julian Assange’s own country ignored him and WikiLeaks’ exposés
by Benedetta Brevini As a journalist, scholar and media reformer, I have been following the activities of WikiLeaks for over a decade, assessing the disrupting force of new radical platforms for disclosure. … Continue Reading
Decriminalising TV licence fee evasion will cut BBC funding without helping the poorest
by Leo Watkins On 9 December last year, mere days before the General Election, Boris Johnson was having a bad news day. He was televised in the morning trying to avoid being confronted by a reporter’s evidence of … Continue Reading
The silence around Assange
by Jacob Ecclestone and Bernie Corbett There is a scandal and a crisis in British journalism. For the past three weeks or so a crucial extradition hearing has been taking place in the Central Criminal Court in … Continue Reading
TV Craft Awards: lifting the lid on structural racism
By a member of BECTU “Did no-one look around and stop and ask: ‘why are we so white?’” In part of David Olusoga’s welcome and powerful MacTaggart Lecture he referred to the stark division between the … Continue Reading