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Media Reform coordinates the work of advocacy groups campaigning to protect the public interest in light of the Leveson Inquiry and Communications Review.

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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 analysis of why our current media system is not fit for purpose. We kick off with a keynote and Q&A from former Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn on 'A Free … Continue Reading

Report: Who Owns the UK Media?

We produced our first comprehensive report on media ownership in the UK back in 2015 when we argued concentrated ownership was a significant … 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 … 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, … Continue Reading

Media Reform Coalition: Campaign Co-ordinator for Future of Public Media Project

This position is with the Media Reform Coalition (MRC) that is housed within Goldsmiths Leverhulme Media Research Centre in the Department of Media, Communications and Cultural Studies at Goldsmiths, University of … 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

Covid-19 and the ownership and control of the media

A new article by the chair of the Media Reform Coalition, Professor Natalie Fenton, for the Culture Matters blog, argues that coronavirus has exposed the need for a radically different structural orientation in our … Continue Reading

A FREE & REGULATED PRESS: THE CASE FOR COMPULSORY PRESS REGULATION

by Paul Wragg, School of Law, University of Leeds and co-host of @medialawpodcast In a newly published book, A Free and Regulated Press, I ask: why are newspapers not regulated on a compulsory basis, as … Continue Reading

MRC submission to ‘Future of Public Service Broadcasting’ inquiry

Immediately after the outbreak of the pandemic, the Culture Select Committee launched an inquiry into the funding, regulation and remit of public service broadcasting. Given recent attacks on the BBC in particular … Continue Reading

Media, Race and Religion: Silences and Scapegoats

Watch the video of a crucial discussion with Maya Goodfellow, Omega Douglas, Rizwana Hamid and Narzanin Massoumi … Continue Reading

JOIN THE MOVEMENT FOR MEDIA REFORM

Mainstream media aren’t working for us. Too many are owned by billionaire moguls and are uncomfortably close to government and commercial interests. They don’t represent a diverse range of people and views and they’re completely unaccountable to the audiences they’re supposed to serve. We believe that a flourishing, diverse and accountable media is essential for a healthy, functioning democracy.

For the price of just one cup of coffee per month, you can help support the growing movement for media democracy. Members get priority access to all our reports and events including the annual Media Democracy Festival, as well as being linked to national and local networks to organise on media reform issues.

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