Natalie Fenton is a Professor in Media and Communications at Goldsmiths, University of London. She is Co-Director of the Goldsmiths Leverhulme Media Research Centre and Co-Director of Goldsmiths Centre for the Study of Global Media and Democracy. Her most recent books include Media, Democracy and Social Change: Re-imagining Political Communications co-authored with Des Freedman, Gholam Khiabany and Aeron Davis (Sage, 2020) and The Media Manifesto co-authored with Des Freedman and Justin Schlosberg and Lina Dencik (Polity, 2020). She is on the Board of Directors of the campaign group Hacked Off and a founding member of the Media Reform Coalition.
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Published in: ourBeebWhitto, time to show you're not beholden to the pressThere's one way for the UK culture secretary to answer accusations that his private life has influenced his policy...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKPress regulation: the election issue ignored by the mediaCoverage focused overwhelmingly on the economy rather than media control, but the new government will struggle to...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKChoose Your Charter! Cameron's and the Opposition response to Leveson comparedOn Monday 18 March a potentially historic vote on whether and how the UK press should be regulated will be voted on...
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Published in: ourBeebOurBeeb forum session 3: pluralism, news and current affairs
The third session of the OurBeeb forum at King’s College London saw Iain Overton, Tom Mills, Natalie Fenton and...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKA Rubicon too far: the Prime Minister has shown he is beholden to the Press
Leveson’s recommendations would not compromise the freedom of the British press, but balance it with freedom of the...
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Published in: ourBeebLife after Leveson: teaching Auntie how to suck eggs
Leveson has illuminated deep democratic problems at the heart of the British media. Far from immune to this culture,...