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About Natalie Fenton

Natalie Fenton is Professor of Media and Communications at Goldsmiths,
University of London, where she is also Joint Head of Department and
Co-Director of the Goldsmiths Leverhulme Media Research Centre and the Centre for the Study of Global Media and Democracy. She has published widely on issues relating to news, journalism, radical politics and new media. Her latest books are 'New Media, Old News: Journalism and Democracy in the Digital Age' (Sage, 2010) and 'Misunderstanding the Internet' written with James Curran and Des Freedman and published by Routledge (forthcoming, Jan. 2012). 

Articles by Natalie Fenton

Monday 9th January

Occupy: rediscovering the general will in hard times

Natalie Fenton and Nick Couldry, 9 January 2012
Times of economic crisis call into question our systems of democracy. Today's global occupy movement is a call to reclaim the economy as a site of decision. To do so, we will need to rethink ourselves as political subjects.
Sunday 18th September

Who owns the news?

Natalie Fenton, 18 September 2011
In response to the Murdoch 'Hackgate' scandal Westminster has created the Levenson inquiry to look at how the media in Britain should be governed. A Co-ordinating Committee for media reform has been created to give evidence and argue for a democratic outcome. One of its leading organisers sets out her approach.
Sunday 10th July

Murdochgate and the News: we need to reframe media and the public interest

Natalie Fenton, 10 July 2011
'Murdochgate' is caused by an underlying crisis in the media and the production of news
Sunday 6th June

The BBC Strategy Review: Goldsmiths Leverhulme Media Research Centre responds

James Curran, Des Freedman, and Natalie Fenton, 6 June 2010
Staff at the Goldsmiths Leverhulme Media Research Centre give their verdict on the BBC Strategy Review: its proposals "would lead to a reduction in quality, would signify a shrinking of ambition and would undermine the public space facilitated by the BBC"
Tuesday 17th November

The future of the news

Natalie Fenton, 17 November 2009
The collapse of the media’s business model demands a critical consideration of what we want news for and how it can be delivered
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