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

Democratise the BBC!

by Des Freedman With the resignation of Tony Hall as director general, there is talk of an ‘existential crisis’ at the BBC. The corporation is facing yet…..

Ofcom dismiss complaints of BBC bias

After more than 12 weeks deliberation, Ofcom have this week announced that they will not be investigating the BBC’s controversial…..

Public interest solutions to data abuses

by Angela Phillips and Eleonora Mazzoli This is the first of our posts for 2020 in which Prof Angela…..

How the media helped Boris Johnson win the election

by Natalie Fenton, chair of the Media Reform Coalition The mediation of messages plays a key part in the…..

Election campaign reveals a media system that’s not fit for purpose

MRC asked some leading advocates of media reform for their reaction to the result of the general election. Angela Phillips:…..

Reflections on the election from a journalism student

by Clara Hill There are many things that attracted me to pursue a career in journalism. Mainly, that I might…..

Election 2019 manifesto pledges on media reform: what’s in and what’s not

by Natalie Fenton The media have been central actors in this General Election campaign. Research by Loughborough University has shown the…..

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…..