No News Is Bad NewsCities need to wake up to the problem of information inequality — and part of the response is fostering a healthy local independent media…5d ago5d ago
A Journalism of Listening & SeeingI wrote a short-form prediction for journalism in 2024, but last week’s World Press Freedom Day, with its yearly focus on the very real…Nov 13Nov 13
Local news is missing from the conversation about place, inequality and wellbeing.You may have noticed a new collaboration opportunity on the Funders Collaborative Hub recently: a Local News Fund for Newry, started with…Nov 13Nov 13
How can we build a new future for journalism that belongs to all of us?(Originally published at Philea, 11 Oct 2022)Nov 13Nov 13
Published inMCRSCPIt’s Time for ‘A New Deal for Journalism’Observations on the Forum on Information and Democracy’s new report on the Sustainability of Journalism, from its lead rapporteur.Jun 17, 2021Jun 17, 2021
Speak Proof to Power!Share your evidence on: 1. viable business models for journalism, 2. laws, policies and regulations that could help journalism be more…Feb 16, 2021Feb 16, 2021
Published inMCRSCPCairncross suggestions 4/4: What are the information needs of UK citizens?This is the fourth of four suggestions I made to the Cairncross Review in September 2018. [Here are the first, second and third.]Oct 5, 20181Oct 5, 20181
Published inMCRSCPCairncross suggestions 3/4: Build the infrastructure of the fieldThis is the third of four suggestions I made to the Cairncross Review in September 2018. [Here are the first, second and fourth.]Oct 5, 20182Oct 5, 20182
Published inMCRSCPSuggestions for Cairncross 2/4: Set up a media innovation fundThis is the second of four suggestions I made to the Cairncross Review in September 2018. [Here are the first, third and fourth.]Oct 5, 20182Oct 5, 20182
Published inMCRSCPCairncross suggestions 1/4: Allow charitable status for journalismThis is the first of four suggestions I made to the Cairncross Review in September 2018. [Here are the second, third and fourth.]Oct 5, 2018Oct 5, 2018