Watch footage from our Rally for Media Reform where Green Party leader Natalie Bennett spoke about media, the demonisation of the poor, and her party's policy proposals. … [Read more...]
Our Media, Not Theirs: report from the Media Reform rally, 17 June
This post is reproduced, with kind permission, from the website of the National Union of Journalists. It does not represent our views, but does offer a fair summary of the rally that night. As the explosive events in Turkey played out on news networks and Twitter around the world, and protesters were being attacked in Taksim Square by the police, the Turkish national news … [Read more...]
PRESS RELEASE: Our media – not theirs! Rally for media reform
We welcome Harriet Harman’s comments on the need to introduce some tough rules on media ownership in order to challenge the unaccountable power of our biggest media companies. Indeed, we have already tabled similar proposals both to the Leveson Inquiry and the ongoing Lords Select Committee inquiry into media plurality. We are now about to publish a new report into media … [Read more...]
Conference: Media policy post-Leveson
On Friday 8 February at Bournemouth University will host a one day conference entitled: 'Media policy post-Leveson: opportunities for reshaping media ownership and control at the national, regional and community level'. … [Read more...]