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Published in: ourBeebThe BBC has lost touch: here's how it could re-connect
A filmmaker advises BBC news staff on how to better engage with the harsh realities of life for many in Britain.
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Published in: ourBeebOn the new British 'popular'
The fight over the BBC is also a struggle over what it means, in the UK, to be ‘popular’. In other words, who are the people?
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Published in: ourBeeb5 ideas for hacking television
The creator of the Capital City Project lays out five principles that can be used to radically democratise television.
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Published in: ourBeebTowards better broadcasting in Wales
Public service broadcasting in Wales is on a knife-edge and there are loud demands for reform. The response will...
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Published in: ourBeebWhat can we learn from 50 years of British-Asian TV?
As the BBC celebrates half a decade of British Asian broadcasting, we look back at a journey of cultural integration...
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Published in: ourBeebHow did mistrust of mainstream media become a sign of violent extremism?
The UK Government’s Prevent strategy has led to official claims that mistrust of mainstream media and anger about...
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Published in: ourBeebA revolution is coming to the BBC in Scotland and the UK
Change is coming whether the BBC likes it or not. Far better to take the intiative itself: for instance, making good...
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Published in: ourBeebThe BBC and Scotland: a constitutional question
It is not easy for the BBC to combine the need for a strong centre with genuine federalism. However fraught, this...
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Published in: ourBeeb‘Counting on plurality’ means adding to the BBC
The BBC’s charter renewal process will be influenced by whatever steps the next government takes on media ownership...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe Public and the Public Interest
A journalism fund, financed by levying the profits of incumbent media companies, could transform local and...