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Decentered Media @decentered.co.uk · 4h
A practical question for Foundational Media: Which local languages, cultures or forms of expression are poorly served by existing media? Compare experience in the Decentered Media Forum and get the next Zoom link: forum.decentered.co.uk #FoundationalMedia
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Decentered Media @decentered.co.uk · 05/10/2026
Keep in touch with the Decentered Media Forum and the ideas connecting our community. Subscribe to our email newsletter for updates, reading and listening: decentered.co.uk/newsletter/
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Decentered Media @decentered.co.uk · 05/10/2026
The people doing the work often hold knowledge that never reaches a report. Media Exchange makes space for that practical intelligence. What do you know that others could use? Join the Forum for the Zoom link: forum.decentered.co.uk #MediaExchange
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Decentered Media @decentered.co.uk · 04/10/2026
A practical question for Foundational Media: Where is local power operating without enough independent scrutiny? Compare experience in the Decentered Media Forum and get the next Zoom link: forum.decentered.co.uk #FoundationalMedia
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Decentered Media @decentered.co.uk · 03/10/2026
A practical question for Foundational Media: What information do people repeatedly need but struggle to find locally? Compare experience in the Decentered Media Forum and get the next Zoom link: forum.decentered.co.uk #FoundationalMedia
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Decentered Media @decentered.co.uk · 02/10/2026
After our discussion about participation, trust and local voice, what should move into practical use: a resource, introduction, experiment or clearer question? Continue the Media Exchange in the Forum: forum.decentered.co.uk #FoundationalMedia
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Decentered Media @decentered.co.uk · 01/10/2026
If you are in Leicester this morning, come and join the conversation...
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Decentered Media @decentered.co.uk · 01/10/2026
The live discussion about participation, trust and local voice continues in the Forum. An AI-assisted draft summary will be anonymised before any summary is shared. Add evidence or a counter-example: forum.decentered.co.uk #MediaExchange
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Decentered Media @decentered.co.uk · 30/09/2026
Media Exchange meets today at 4pm UK time for practical discussion about participation, trust and local voice. Registered Forum users can access the Zoom link. Opinions are welcome, not required: forum.decentered.co.uk #MediaExchange
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Decentered Media @decentered.co.uk · 29/09/2026
Media Exchange meets tomorrow at 4pm UK time to discuss participation, trust and local voice. Join by video or audio; visual participation is welcomed, not required. Register in the Forum to access the Zoom link: forum.decentered.co.uk #MediaExchange
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Decentered Media @decentered.co.uk · 28/09/2026
Community media grows through connections: a storyteller meets a producer, a group finds a reporter or two people realise they are working on the same problem. What connection would help your idea move forward? #CommunityMedia #Collaboration
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Decentered Media @decentered.co.uk · 28/09/2026
Two days to Media Exchange: practical, professional discussion about participation, trust and local voice. Bring a question, example or challenge. Register in the Forum for the Zoom link: forum.decentered.co.uk #FoundationalMedia
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Decentered Media @decentered.co.uk · 27/09/2026
Media Exchange meets this Wednesday at 4pm UK time. Who could add a perspective the usual media conversation misses? Send them the Forum link so they can enrol and get the Zoom details: forum.decentered.co.uk #MediaExchange
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Decentered Media @decentered.co.uk · 26/09/2026
What helps good local media survive beyond one grant, one volunteer or one energetic founder? Share a structure, habit or funding approach worth testing at Media Exchange: forum.decentered.co.uk #SustainableMedia
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Decentered Media @decentered.co.uk · 25/09/2026
Local stories often begin with a conversation. Follow updates from Community Media Café in Leicester, alongside wider community media news, in the Decentered Media email newsletter: decentered.co.uk/newsletter/
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Decentered Media @decentered.co.uk · 25/09/2026
Who decides which media problems deserve attention: institutions, funders, platforms, professionals or communities themselves? Bring a real example and a workable alternative to the Forum: forum.decentered.co.uk #MediaExchange
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Decentered Media @decentered.co.uk · 24/09/2026
We are looking forward to a good chat about media that is relevant locally at today's community media café from 10am #communitymedia
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Decentered Media @decentered.co.uk · 24/09/2026
Participation is not accessible just because an invitation is public. What has to change in timing, language, format, technology or facilitation? Join the Forum and help improve Media Exchange: forum.decentered.co.uk #AccessibleMedia
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Decentered Media @decentered.co.uk · 23/09/2026
One week to the next Media Exchange. If local media is part of civic life, what should it enable people to know, make, question or decide? Join the Forum now to get the Zoom link: forum.decentered.co.uk #FoundationalMedia
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Decentered Media @decentered.co.uk · 22/09/2026
What should media help people do in everyday life? Follow the questions and ideas explored at Media Exchange through the Decentered Media email newsletter. Subscribe: decentered.co.uk/newsletter/
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Decentered Media @decentered.co.uk · 22/09/2026
Change of venue, but same discussion about building bridges across civic society, using media to help understanding and integration.
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Decentered Media @decentered.co.uk · 22/09/2026
One week to the next Media Exchange. If local media is part of civic life, what should it enable people to know, make, question or decide? Join the Forum now to get the Zoom link: forum.decentered.co.uk #FoundationalMedia
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Decentered Media @decentered.co.uk · 21/09/2026
A convenient platform can become a costly dependency. Which media tool strengthened local control—and which quietly reduced it? Share your experience in the Decentered Media Forum: forum.decentered.co.uk #MediaTechnology
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Decentered Media @decentered.co.uk · 20/09/2026
Who keeps the recordings, photographs, newsletters and stories that hold a community’s memory? What is at risk of being lost? Bring the question to Media Exchange via the Forum: forum.decentered.co.uk #CommunityArchives
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Decentered Media @decentered.co.uk · 19/09/2026
Media belongs in the civic foundations. Take part in the Decentered Media Podcast: decentered.co.uk/contact/ #FoundationalMedia
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Decentered Media @decentered.co.uk · 19/09/2026
If audience size is the main measure of success, what valuable local media work disappears from view? Suggest a better sign of public or community value. Join the Forum for the next Exchange: forum.decentered.co.uk #PublicValue
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Decentered Media @decentered.co.uk · 18/09/2026
Stay connected with Decentered Media: updates from Media Exchange, Community Media Café and the Forum, alongside blogs and podcasts about community media. Subscribe to our email newsletter: decentered.co.uk/newsletter/
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Decentered Media @decentered.co.uk · 18/09/2026
Local knowledge often lives in memories, relationships and everyday experience before it reaches a publication or broadcast. How can community media recognise that knowledge while checking facts and treating people fairly? #CommunityMedia
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Decentered Media @decentered.co.uk · 17/09/2026
Bring your community media questions and exchange practical ideas. Community Media Café: Thursdays, 10am–11.30am. Leicester Adult Education College, Belvoir Street, Leicester. All welcome.
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Decentered Media @decentered.co.uk · 17/09/2026
Lovely to catch up at the Community Media Cafe this morning with @DocMediaCentre @tinawotbox. Chatting about platforms, AI and venues for meetings 👏🏻
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Decentered Media @decentered.co.uk · 17/09/2026
The live discussion about peer knowledge and useful connections continues in the Forum. An AI-assisted draft summary will be anonymised before any summary is shared. Add evidence or a counter-example: forum.decentered.co.uk #MediaExchange
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Decentered Media @decentered.co.uk · 16/09/2026
Media Exchange meets today at 4pm UK time for practical discussion about peer knowledge and useful connections. Registered Forum users can access the Zoom link. Video is welcome, not required: forum.decentered.co.uk #MediaExchange
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Decentered Media @decentered.co.uk · 15/09/2026
Media Exchange meets tomorrow at 4pm UK time to discuss peer knowledge and useful connections. Join by video or audio; visual participation is welcomed, not required. Register in the Forum to access the Zoom link: forum.decentered.co.uk #MediaExchange
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Decentered Media @decentered.co.uk · 14/09/2026
Stay connected with Decentered Media: updates from Media Exchange, Community Media Café and the Forum, alongside blogs and podcasts about community media. Subscribe to our email newsletter: decentered.co.uk/newsletter/
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Decentered Media @decentered.co.uk · 14/09/2026
Digital inclusion is about more than access to a device. It also means confidence, useful information, accessible formats and someone willing to help. What would make local digital communication work better for more people? #DigitalInclusion
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Decentered Media @decentered.co.uk · 14/09/2026
Two days to Media Exchange: practical, professional discussion about peer knowledge and useful connections. Bring a question, example or challenge. Register in the Forum for the Zoom link: forum.decentered.co.uk #FoundationalMedia
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Decentered Media @decentered.co.uk · 13/09/2026
If a community depends on a media service but has no influence over it, is that service truly local? Bring an example, counter-example or workable alternative to Media Exchange. Join the Forum: forum.decentered.co.uk #LocalMedia
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Decentered Media @decentered.co.uk · 12/09/2026
Who should be in the Media Exchange but has not yet heard about it? Invite someone with experience that could challenge an assumption, reveal a barrier or improve a solution. Forum and Zoom details: forum.decentered.co.uk #MediaExchange
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Decentered Media @decentered.co.uk · 12/09/2026
What do funders and policymakers misunderstand about small, local and community media? Media Exchange welcomes practical evidence, challenge and careful disagreement. Join the Forum for the Zoom link: forum.decentered.co.uk #FoundationalMedia
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Decentered Media @decentered.co.uk · 11/09/2026
What should practitioners examine together about peer knowledge and useful connections? Join the Forum now; registered users can access the Zoom link: forum.decentered.co.uk #FoundationalMedia
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Decentered Media @decentered.co.uk · 11/09/2026
Running a station, newsletter, podcast, newsroom or community project? What operational problem would benefit from honest peer discussion? Bring it to Media Exchange. Join the Forum for the Zoom link: forum.decentered.co.uk #IndependentMedia
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Decentered Media @decentered.co.uk · 10/09/2026
You do not need a finished proposal or a job title to join Media Exchange. Bring a question, an example, or simply listen. Enrol in the Decentered Media Forum to get the Zoom link: forum.decentered.co.uk #MediaExchange
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Decentered Media @decentered.co.uk · 10/09/2026
A transmitter is infrastructure. So is broadband. But are trust, skills, meeting places and community relationships infrastructure too? Test the idea with us. Join the Forum for the next Zoom link: forum.decentered.co.uk #FoundationalMedia
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Decentered Media @decentered.co.uk · 05/09/2026
The people doing the work often hold knowledge that never reaches a report. Media Exchange makes space for that practical intelligence. What do you know that others could use? Join the Forum for the Zoom link: forum.decentered.co.uk #MediaExchange
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Decentered Media @decentered.co.uk · 04/09/2026
After our discussion about the foundations local media needs, what should move into practical use: a resource, introduction, experiment or clearer question? Continue the Media Exchange in the Forum: forum.decentered.co.uk #FoundationalMedia
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Decentered Media @decentered.co.uk · 03/09/2026
We are looking forward to meeting up this morning to chat about community media. Come and join us for a tea or coffee and chat. We are at Bishop Street Chapel Cafe in Leicester from 10.30am.
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Decentered Media @decentered.co.uk · 03/09/2026
The live discussion about the foundations local media needs continues in the Forum. An AI-assisted draft summary will be anonymised before any summary is shared. Add evidence or a counter-example: forum.decentered.co.uk #MediaExchange
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Decentered Media @decentered.co.uk · 02/09/2026
Media Exchange meets today at 4pm UK time for practical discussion about the foundations local media needs. Registered Forum users can access the Zoom link: forum.decentered.co.uk #MediaExchange
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Decentered Media @decentered.co.uk · 01/09/2026
Media Exchange meets tomorrow at 4pm UK time to discuss the foundations local media needs. Join by video or audio; visual participation is welcomed, not required. Register in the Forum to access the Zoom link: forum.decentered.co.uk #MediaExchange
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Decentered Media @decentered.co.uk · 31/08/2026
What should regulation protect, enable or require if community and independent media are part of civic infrastructure? Name a safeguard, burden or gap worth examining. forum.decentered.co.uk #FoundationalMedia
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