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Key members of the MRC currently are:
Lee Edwards
Chair
Lee Edwards is Professor of Strategic Communications and Public Engagement at the London School of Economics. She is the author of numerous books and research articles on public relations, media policy and media literacy. She was elected Chair of the Media Reform Coalition in May 2025.
Tom Chivers
Vice Chair
Dr Tom Chivers is a researcher and campaigner who organises the MRC’s policy and advocacy work. Tom has worked on campaigning for reforms to BBC funding and independence, opposing the privatisation of Channel 4, lobbying the UK Media Act and producing the MRC’s flagship “Who Owns the UK Media?” reports. He was elected Vice Chair of the Media Reform Coalition in May 2025.
Natalie Fenton
MRC founder
Natalie Fenton is Professor of Media Communications. Her research focuses on the role media play in the formation of identity and democracies and how people seek to change the world for socially progressive ends. She is author of Digital, Political, Radical and co-author of Media, Democracy and Social Change.
Des Freedman
MRC founder
Des Freedman is a Professor of Media and Communications at Goldsmiths, author of The Contradictions of Media Power and editor of Capitalism’s Conscience: 200 years of the Guardian.
Tom Mills
Co-ordinating Committee member
Dr Tom Mills is a lecturer in sociology at Aston University. He is the author of The BBC: Myth of a Public Service.
Riaz Meer
Co-ordinating Committee member
Riaz is an award-winning producer and film editor, who has worked on documentaries for the BBC, Channel 4 and ITV, and edited drama series such as Waterloo Road and Casualty. He is an active member of the BECTU union and a director of Pika Productions Ltd.
