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Creating A People’s Channel 4

Debs Grayson (Chair), lead researcher of the BBC & Beyond project @debsgrayson Tom Morton, lead campaigner at We Own It Rod Stoneman, former deputy commissioning editor of Channel 4’s Independent Film and Video Dept @RodStoneman Ahmed Alauddin Jamal, documentary filmmaker (formerly with Channel 4’s Independent Film and Video Dept) How could we recreate Channel 4 as a true ‘People’s Channel 4’? The channel was launched with a genuinely alternative, and fairly radical remit, and developed the careers of numerous British filmmakers of colour. How can we build public support for a radical Channel 4 fit for the 21st century, and fight the Tories’ privatisation plans? Come to this session to understand what our public institutions could become.

Framing the Climate Emergency

Antonio Lopez (Chair), author of Ecomedia Literacy @mediacology Bene Brevini, journalist, academic and media activist @grnsurveillance Adi Kuntsman, reader in Digital Politics @Dr_Ku Peter Hannam, environment correspondent for the Guardian Australia @p_hannam We are in a climate emergency and the media has not done a good enough job at raising the alarm. But rather than simply blaming ‘bad journalists’, this panel will help us understand the wider socio-economic problem of how information is created, distributed, and understood - or not.

Protest, dissent and the media

Protests, street movements and uprisings often make the headlines, from last summer’s Black Lives Matter protests to the recent Kill the Bill actions. Yet the headlines rarely reflect what happens on the ground. Misrepresentations and outright lies have been used to cover up police brutality, from exaggerations of police injuries to the doctored footage from Orgreave. And even when media coverage is accurate, there’s rarely enough context to make sense of what’s really happened. We know what the problem is, but what’s the alternative? This event, organised by the Media Reform Coalition as part of the Writing on the Wall festival, tries to imagines the media we’d want in a society where protest was seen as a necessary part of changing the world. What kind of media institutions can really capture the complexities of protest movements, and do broadcasters like the BBC and Channel 4 ever come close? What do ideas like ‘balance’ and ‘impartiality’ mean for reporting on protest? And what kind of public digital technologies could help build our movements without selling them back to Facebook and Google? Part of the MRC’s The BBC and Beyond: Reimagining Public Media campaign, the discussion will feed into a Manifesto for a People’s Media later this year. Speakers include Cameron Joshi (Global Justice Bloc), Anatasia Veneti (Bournemouth University), Marcus Gilroy-Ware and Billy Vitch. Don’t forget to get your WoWFest Festival Pass here, granting you access to the entire festival. SPEAKERS: Billy Vitch is a 41-year Photographer from Liverpool. His main focus in photography is live music, protests, and documenting working-class life. He's a local historian, music producer and write and shoot for several music magazines. He's a socialist and humanitarian who wants to help make positive changes within the UK for vulnerable and marginalized people, like the disabled, poor, BAME, gay and trans communities as well as supporting immigrants and asylum se

Festival of Debate Does Question Time, with Jackie Weaver

Festival of Debate runs a Question Time-style event platforming local MPs, activists and commentators from South Yorkshire and beyond, answering questions presubmitted to the panel and a selection of comments contributed live on social media. Trust, accountability and transparency is key to the functioning of any local democracy. This is known more than most by our guest host for the evening, Jackie Weaver (Yes, that one). Jackie Weaver is the meeting clerk from the Cheshire Association of Local Councils who shot to fame after presiding over a chaotic meeting of Handforth Parish Council which went viral. Submit your questions to [email protected] or by tweeting @festofdebate live on the evening - as long as you have read the standing orders... https://festivalofdebate.com/2021/festival-of-debate-does-question-time SPEAKER Jackie Weaver Jackie Weaver is the meeting clerk from the Cheshire Association of Local Councils who shot to fame after presiding over a chaotic meeting of Handforth Parish Council which went viral.

Trade unions, workers rights and the media

"Covid 19 has revealed extraordinary inequality between workers in the UK. Yet most of our media treats struggles for decent wages and worker rights with hostility – or ignores them. So what kind of media do we need to support workplace struggles today, how are journalists are organising for better conditions in their own workplaces, and how can institutions like the BBC empower us to take on our bosses and fight for our rights?" https://www.facebook.com/events/580163882944119 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/trade-unions-workers-rights-and-the-media-tickets-150077290215?fbclid=IwAR3-2sjpIU45r4YuNNkrQbVMoiPMi1su5xJayOzteQDzB1ZPf7eWDou06zE Nick Jones "Nicholas Jones, a life member of the National Union of Journalists, was a BBC industrial and political correspondent for 30 years. He was labour correspondent for BBC radio during the 1980s and reported the big industrial disputes of the Thatcher decade, which inspired his book Strikes and the Media, published in 1986." @NickJon37335716 Sarah Wooley Sarah is the general secretary of the BFAWU, the largest independent trade union in the food sector in the British Isles. @sarahwoolley01 Jim Boumelha "Jim Boumelha led the International Federation of Journalists as president for nine years. He represented journalists globally in dealings with governments and employers, on issues ranging from legislation and press laws to professional and ethical issues. He writes on media, race relations issues and foreign affairs." @JimBoumel

Bywire presents The Rebel Citizen

In our premier show, hosts Dan Lewis & Tom Barlow speak to the National Food Service and find out how they are feeding the people across the UK in a bid to sustainably end food poverty. Also they preview the latest interview with Progressive International's James Schneider followed by a review of this week's independent media with special guest, John McDonnell MP.

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