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Decriminalising TV licence fee evasion will cut BBC funding without helping the poorest

by Leo Watkins On 9 December last year, mere days before the General Election, Boris Johnson was having a bad…..

The silence around Assange

by Jacob Ecclestone and Bernie Corbett There is a scandal and a crisis in British journalism. For the past three…..

TV Craft Awards: lifting the lid on structural racism

By a member of BECTU “Did no-one look around and stop and ask: ‘why are we so white?’” In part…..

Covid-19 and the ownership and control of the media

A new article by the chair of the Media Reform Coalition, Professor Natalie Fenton, for the Culture Matters blog, argues…..

A FREE & REGULATED PRESS: THE CASE FOR COMPULSORY PRESS REGULATION

by Paul Wragg, School of Law, University of Leeds and co-host of @medialawpodcast In a newly published book, A Free and…..

MRC submission to ‘Future of Public Service Broadcasting’ inquiry

Immediately after the outbreak of the pandemic, the Culture Select Committee launched an inquiry into the funding, regulation and remit…..

Media, Race and Religion: Silences and Scapegoats

Watch the video of a crucial discussion with Maya Goodfellow, Omega Douglas, Rizwana Hamid and Narzanin Massoumi

Zombie economics, post Covid-19 and the media video

You can watch a full recording of our first Media Democracy Festival lunchtime debate involving Grace Blakeley, Noni Makuyana and…..

Media Democracy Festival 2020 moves online – watch it now!

The 2020 Media Democracy Festival was cancelled because of the pandemic. Instead, in June 2020, we hosted a series of…..

Media in Lockdown debate

Media Reform Coalition partnered with Liverpool’s Writing on the Wall Festival to host a debate on Tuesday 19 May to…..

MRC submission to inquiry on the future of journalism

The House of Lords Select Committee on Communications recently called for submissions to its inquiry on the future of journalism……

The fake choice around decriminalising the licence fee

by Des Freedman and Tom Mills A licence fee worth defending? Decriminalising the licence fee may not seem like the…..

Burning Questions in the Lap of Power

by Gary Merrill Every afternoon, Downing Street hosts a briefing for journalists to update them – and their audiences –…..

Why are conservative papers leaning left on corona?

by Elizabeth Mizon, @elizmizon MRC supporters may have noticed some robust headlines around Covid-19 in news titles more commonly associated…..

Community media and Covid-19

Rob Watson, an experienced community radio practitioner and advocate, reports on how community media can play a key role during…..

Coronavirus has strengthened the case for the BBC

Our second article on the impact of Coronavirus on media policy debate features a contribution from Professor Jonathan Hardy who…..

What will the coronavirus pandemic mean for the business of news?

At a time when we need trusted information and analysis more than ever, Covid-19 threatens the very fabric of…..

Media Democracy Festival – CANCELLED

Statement We regret to announce that we will be postponing Saturday’s Media Democracy Festival. In the interests of the welfare…..

Interventionist agendas and media absences

The media have still not learnt their mistakes from the Iraq War. The consequences could be disastrous argues guest…..

Towards a non-profit social media: the digital public library project

A guest post from Breezy Brian Gregg of Canada’s Digital Public Library Project There is a need for a nonprofit…..

Media Democracy Festival 2020 – now cancelled

Statement We regret to announce that we will be postponing Saturday’s Media Democracy Festival. In the interests of the welfare…..