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Democracy and the role of the independent media
DATELINE: 11/10/07
Centre for Democratic Policy-making, Red Pepper, and Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom presents:
Democracy and the role of the independent media
Breaking media monopolies; Challenging political elites
7pm Wednesday 24th October
Friends Meeting House, 6 Mount Street, Manchester
With
Hilary Wainwright, Red Pepper,
Chris Morley, Northern and Midlands NUJ organiser and past president NUJ,
Chris Frost, Head of Journalism, Liverpool John Moore’s University, Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom,
Mark Fisher MP (to be confirmed)
Chaired by Sue Bowen, Centre for Democratic Policy-making
An opportunity for alternative media initiatives to come together, promote their work, develop networks of mutual support.
All welcome
After nine months of hard slog and unwavering passion, Red Pepper unveils its new magazine and launches with a striking new design and more accessible and wider content aimed at revitalising progressive political debate and spreading the message of the green-left to a broader audience.Last modified: Thursday, October 11, 2007
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Fringe meeting at the TUC
DATELINE: 26/8/10Tuesday 14 September 6.00pm – 8.00pm Mayor’s Parlour, Manchester Town Hall, M2 5DB
‘Media for All – the Democratic Challenge’.
An open event hosted by Making Good Society and the Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom (CPBF), supported by the Carnegie UK Trust.
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Events
Meet Ken Loach
IAMC 2007 - Community Communication Section Call for Papers
Voice of the Listener and Viewer - autumn conference
Tony Benn: the media and the political process
Taking Sides: The Media and the ‘War on Terror’
2006 Annual General Meeting and Open Debate
Levellers Day
CPBF AGM
Conference to press for stronger BBC
Advertising Effectiveness and the Future Funding of Broadcasting
VLV autumn events
Robert Fisk at Bookmarks
Anti-war protest at BBC AGM
BBC Chair to speak and take questions
Impunity - Getting Away With Murder...
CPBF AGM (Sat 9 July): Globalisation and the media
CPBF Scottish meeting
Hear Amy Goodman on independent media in the US
News for sale - Friends of Le Monde Diplomatique event
CPBF/NUJ/BECTU Conference: 'The future of the BBC and public service broadcasting'
Iraq Occupation Focus
'The press: Invisible Political Actors?'
Join the vigil to protest BBC's pro-war bias: 2 December
Public Service Broadcasting: Charting the Future
Media and democracy in today’s Italy: a meeting with Tana de Zulueta MP.
The 12th Vanunu annual benefit
Seminar on The Public Service Publisher: How would it work?
Journalism & Public Trust
Conferences
Programme of CPBF/NUJ events at ESF