Hi everyone, Eliz Mizon here with the Media Reform Coalition blog every Friday. For even more media news and analysis, plus the latest campaigns, content, and UK media jobs, follow me at Chompsky: Power and Pop Culture. For now, here's your media news digest! Safety of Journalists: Call For Evidence The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has opened a call … [Read more...]
MRC Weekly Digest – 4th June 2021
Hi everyone, Eliz Mizon here with the Media Reform Coalition blog every Friday. For even more media news and analysis, plus the latest campaigns, content, and UK media jobs, follow me at Chompsky: Power and Pop Culture. For now, here's your media news digest! The BBC and Beyond campaign is back! Dates for the next three events for the campaign have been confirmed, so … [Read more...]
MRC Weekly Digest – 28th May 2021
Hi everyone, Eliz Mizon here with the Media Reform Coalition blog every Friday. For even more media news and analysis, plus the latest campaigns, content, and UK media jobs, follow me at Chompsky: Power and Pop Culture. For now, here's your media news digest! Praxis Makes Perfect: Gary Younge This week I interviewed award-winning journalist and activist Gary Younge for … [Read more...]
Media and the manipulation of language
by Calum Rosie Criticising the current state of the English language can be risky; one can easily (and in many cases, justifiably) be accused of snobbishness and elitism, countered with the argument that language evolves and that we should all be willing to adapt to it. And while this is true to a point, it’s incredibly important to remember that language is a tool developed … [Read more...]
MRC Weekly Digest – 21st May 2021
Hi everyone, Eliz Mizon here with the Media Reform Coalition blog every Friday. For even more media news and analysis, plus the latest campaigns, content, and UK media jobs, follow me at Chompsky: Power and Pop Culture. For now, here's your media news digest! Who Owns the Media? Today’s headline post at Chompsky is ‘Who Owns The US and UK Media?’ Off the back of … [Read more...]
MRC Weekly Digest – 14th May 2021
Hi everyone, Eliz Mizon here with the Media Reform Coalition blog every Friday. For even more media news and analysis, plus the latest campaigns, content, and UK media jobs, follow me at Chompsky: Power and Pop Culture. For now, here's your media news digest! Update on our current campaign: The BBC and Beyond - Reimagining Public Media We've got another event tonight … [Read more...]
MRC Weekly Digest – 7th May 2021
Hi everyone, Eliz Mizon here with the Media Reform Coalition blog every Friday. For even more news about media/work/politics, plus extra content/campaigns/jobs, you can follow me at Chompsky: Power and Pop Culture. For now, here's your media news digest! The BBC and Beyond continues! The MRC’s new campaign, ‘The BBC and Beyond: Reimagining Public Media’, launched last … [Read more...]