This policy briefing on the economic dynamics of the UK's commercial news industry is the final briefing to arise from our Media Influence Matrix report. It draws on the findings of the report alongside other cutting edge research to outline why a large number of newsrooms are struggling to deliver public interest journalism and maintain sustainable, secure jobs. Our … [Read more...]
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 government and from commercial pressures and do not adequately represent a diverse range of people and views; a flourishing, diverse and accountable media is essential for a healthy, functioning democracy. … [Read more...]
The press post-Leveson: how a unionised workforce can deliver ethical journalism
Monday 10th September, 5.30 to 7.30pm in The Restuarant, Brighton Centre (entry subject to TUC accreditation). … [Read more...]
James Curran’s speech to the TUC conference on Media Regulation
Labour and the union movement have long been ineffectual in terms of media reform. All the really innovative changes that have taken place in media policy during the last half century or so have been implemented by Conservative governments, from the introduction of commercial television in the 1950s, the creation of channel 4 in the 1982 and the deregulation that began with … [Read more...]
Taking on the Media Barons
*Media ownership and regulation are in the spotlight as never before. *Revelations about the conduct of Murdoch-owned papers have pitched the press into crisis. *The Leveson Inquiry is lifting the lid on the truth behind the headlines and there is now a once in a generation chance for real reform. *On Saturday 17 March, politicians, union representatives, … [Read more...]