Hi everyone, Eliz Mizon here with the Media Reform Coalition blog every Friday. For even more media news and analysis, the latest media reform campaigns, and intriguing content from around the web, follow me at Chompsky: Power and Pop Culture. For now, here's your media news digest. Make Your Voice Heard There are a number of government consultations on the media with … [Read more...]
MRC Weekly Digest – 23rd July 2021
Hi everyone, Eliz Mizon here with the Media Reform Coalition blog every Friday. For even more media news and analysis, the latest media reform campaigns, and intriguing content from around the web, follow me at Chompsky: Power and Pop Culture. For now, here's your media news digest. A Reporter’s Fight to Expose Epstein’s Crimes — and Earn a Living This New York Times … [Read more...]
MRC Weekly Digest – 16th July 2021
Hi everyone, Eliz Mizon here with the Media Reform Coalition blog every Friday. For even more media news and analysis, plus the latest media reform campaigns and content, follow me at Chompsky: Power and Pop Culture. For now, here's your media news digest! The deaths of Dawn Foster, Peter de Vries, Alexander Lashkarava The deaths of several journalists have been … [Read more...]
MRC Weekly Digest – 9th July 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! Channel 4 Privatisation: Government Consultation and the Not 4 Sale Campaign After noting its desires to … [Read more...]
MRC Weekly Digest – 2nd July 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 This week we held two more of our Town Hall events. On Monday we had Scottish … [Read more...]
Fighting the Privatisation of Channel 4
by Tom Mills The Tories have Channel 4 in their crosshairs. The culture secretary, Oliver Dowden, recently confirmed that the government intends to ‘review the ownership model and remit’ of the publicly owned but commercially funded broadcaster. It is feared this will mean a rushed consultation and a rash privatisation.How should defenders of public media respond to this … [Read more...]
MRC Weekly Digest – 25th 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 continues... On Tuesday we held another Town Hall event – "The nation's quarrel … [Read more...]