Planning an open access #media2012 community/alternative media module…
“Every battle we fight is a battle for the hearts and minds of other people. The only chance we have of reaching people who haven’t yet heard what we’ve got to say is through the media. We might, with...
View Article#Media2012 EastMidlands (6th June, 2011 – Leicester)
I will be co-organising (alongside citizen’s eye) a #media2012 event in Leicester on the 6th of June. If you are interested in participating in or organizing your own media centre as part of the...
View ArticleCommunity Media Week #media2012 #cmw2011
This week I’ve been busy taking part in my second community media week (CMW) in Leicester (hosted by Citizen’s Eye and their amazing volunteers) Last year’s CMW I organised an Olympic Conversations...
View ArticleRoundup of Leicester’s Community Media Week 2011
This week I’ve been busy taking part in my second community media week (CMW) in Leicester (hosted by Citizen’s Eye and their amazing volunteers) Last year’s CMW I organised an Olympic Conversations...
View ArticleWhat does the Citizen Journalist Want?: Alternative Media & Activist Rhetoric...
This is so first draft it hurts – but I’m hoping to work with some of these ideas towards a final paper on a similar topic. Thoughts welcome. What does the citizen journalist want? Alternative Media...
View ArticleNotes on @thirduniversity Rabble for the @poddelusion Live in Leicester, 16th...
[Disclaimers: These are the work-in-process notes that I’ve prepared for a *five-to-seven* minute stint as part of a live-recording of Pod Delusion at Leicester’s Skeptic in the Pub meet last Tuesday...
View ArticleTalk at Leicester’s @docfilmfestival: Olympic Games and the rise of social...
via Community Media Hub Flickr This weekend I was asked by John Coster, editor of Citizen’s Eye and the curator of Leicester’s Documentary Film Festival to give a talk around the forthcoming Olympics...
View ArticleWhat I’ve been working on: @UWSInteractive Festival, March 5th-9th 2012
Some of you might have noticed that I’ve been tweeting a lot about a thing called “@UWSInteractive” (which has a website and everything) – well, because I don’t have enough things on and inspired by...
View ArticleThe #digitalsentinel and on being the cutting edge of mundane.
I’m currently in London after attending the AHRC Connected Communities Showcase yesterday. I was representing the Digital Sentinel project that is based in Wester Hailes and is a follow on from a wider...
View ArticleLeaving the Sentinel: 5 things I have learned about faciliatating...
Having spoken at a few conferences recently about the impact of social media and community-led media in terms of community engagement, I have been meaning to write this post for a while – especially as...
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