…Labour frontbencher Diane Abbott also recently stated that GRT communities experience prejudice comparable to what red-haired people experience, as opposed to experiencing racism. On the A494 road in North Wales,…
Making Journalism Work for Wales: Publishing and the Projectariat
A couple of months ago, I spent a few weeks in correspondence with a writer whose article I was editing. Her article was flowing with ideas about work, community spaces,…
Making the Media Work for Wales: Saving Welsh Magazines, Seeding Success
…In the English language, all of this comes for a tiny annual sum of £175,000. This is the combined total given for core funding by the Books Council to Planet,…
What the UK can learn from Wales in the fight for public interest journalism
…or Big Tech companies; wherever it comes from, it will be far more likely to produce journalism in the public interest, that truly benefits communities, if it is subject to…
Making Journalism Work for Wales: Imagining the inclusive media of the future
…quo. Many of those working in journalism feel constrained by the way things are, especially those who come from marginalised backgrounds. These badly-served demographics are poorly represented in positions of…
Making Journalism Work for Wales: Trying to do things differently
…have a public that is used to getting news either for free, or almost free. When I worked for Newsquest, it was often explained to me that the cover price…
Making Journalism Work for Wales: A data driven future
…stability of the sector. The rapid digitisation of news, combined with changes in audience consumption patterns, means that traditional journalistic roles are constantly evolving, requiring skills, adaptability and flexibility for…
Making Journalism Work for Wales: Good News and Bad News
…Life, Deeside.com, Llanelli Online, My Welshpool, Wrexham.com and Welsh language site Golwg 360. Each received up to £8,000, which went towards paying publishers for their time producing public interest community…
Making Journalism Work for Wales: how to build a sustainable future?
…issue as vital to our common life as the quality of the information which shapes the way all of us understand and view the world – perhaps the key word…