The case for caps: how to make media ownership policy work

Where’s the impartiality? #GenElec2019

by Justin Schlosberg Time for a review of impartiality rules during elections? It is frequently said that a free media…..

BBC Panorama on anti-semitism: a catalogue of reporting failures

The BBC transmitted an edition of Panorama on 10 July called ‘Is Labour Anti-Semitic?’, presented by John Ware. It contained allegations…..

MRC submission to online harms white paper

Earlier this year, the government published its white paper outlining plans for a new regulatory approach to tackling “illegal and…..

A model motion for media reform

This meeting/branch/conference/ believes that: our current media suffer from concentration of media ownership, lack of accountability, lack of independence from…..

Unmasked: Andrew Norfolk, the Times and anti-Muslim reporting – a case to answer

A detailed study out today finds that three times in 15 months the chief investigative reporter of the Times, Andrew…..

BBC delivers government policy as it scraps free licence fee concession for most over-75s

The BBC has today taken a decision that effectively positions it as an outpost of the Department for Work and…..

MEDIA REFORM COALITION CONDEMNS THE ARREST OF JULIAN ASSANGE

The arrest of Julian Assange and extradition charges brought against him set a grave precedent for press freedom. Both the…..

Community Radio: Deliberative Media Communities at the Heart of Media Reform

This is the second in our series of invited pieces about the importance of local and community radio. by Rob…..

Stop the deregulation of local commercial radio

MRC has invited the Local Radio Group to offer its own thoughts on some worrying developments in local commercial radio……

Media Manifesto 2019

MRC has pulled together extensive academic research and a number of briefing reports produced by, and in consultation with, a…..

Programme for Media Democracy Festival, Saturday 16 March, Clore Centre, Birkbeck, University of London, WC1

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A modest proposal: Why your MP’s voting record can be a platform for strong media democracy

The recently published Cairncross Report on the future of the UK press spoke of a “reduction in public-interest reporting [that] seems to reduce…..

A Sustainable Future for Journalism? An initial evaluation of the Cairncross Review

By Angela Phillips The Cairncross Review, which is published today, finds that: “Support for public-interest news providers is particularly urgent and justified……

Times/Sunday Times merger proposal: MRC says no…

News Corp UK and Ireland Limited – Response to invitation to comment to DCMS on a request to accept undertakings…..

BBC consultation on Over-75s licences: Government should fund its own welfare policy

The Media Reform Coalition has published its submission to the ongoing consultation on who should fund free licences for the…..

Media Democracy Festival 2019

Tickets for our annual Media Democracy Festival are now on sale! The festival brings together media democracy campaigners, journalists, researchers…..

A Public Service Internet for Europe?

By Professor Angela Phillips (Goldsmiths, University of London) The French Government announced in October that the National Assembly and Army…..

MRC responds to Ofcom’s review of media ownership rules

Ofcom’s latest report to the Secretary of State makes clear – contrary to the claims of major media corporations like…..

MRC submission to BBC Editorial Guidelines consultation

The BBC is currently consulting on its editorial guidelines, the rules that govern the Corporation’s relationship to, for example, impartiality,…..

An open letter to the Guardian Reader’s Editor

Both before and since publishing our research, which raised serious concerns about the Guardian’s coverage of antisemitism within the Labour…..

A Report on the Special Meeting on the Cairncross Review

By Isaac Costley On the 4 October the Media Reform Coalition (MRC) held a public meeting to discuss the Cairncross…..