Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media Journalist. Editor of @londoncentric.media, a modern news outlet covering London in the old-fashioned way: www.londoncentric.media jim@londoncentric.media
broadcastradio.com @broadcastradio.com
Wythenshawe FM @wfmradio.org Wythenshawe FM is a community radio station operating from the Wythenshawe Forum in Forum Square. It is run entirely by volunteers who live and work in the area and attempts to empower local people to have a voice which might otherwise go unheard.
Oldham Community Radio 99.7fm|DAB|Device|Online @oldhamcommunityradio.com Community Radio station. Listen locally on 99.7fm or DAB+, online or smart speaker "play Oldham Community Radio"
Pirate.ie @pirate.ie Developing an audio archive of Irish pirate radio from the 1970s-1990s at https://pirate.ie/archive/. Based in Galway & Dublin.
Keri Jones @kerijones.bsky.social 39 yrs in radio- still learning! I run Alfred -the UK's only all-speech, hyperlocal FM created from a daily small-town news podcast. My 'thing' is a small market, listener-centred radio/ local news. Set up/owned Radio Pembrokeshire & Radio Scilly.
Podnews podcasting news @podnews.net News, press releases, jobs and events from your daily update for podcasting and on-demand. We're at https://podnews.net
Our editor is @james.crid.land - this account is mostly (but not always) automated.
FromeFM @fromefm.bsky.social Local radio station in Frome, Somerset, UK.
96.6 FM and online at www.Frome.FM
Frome FM provides niche music programmes; Frome focussed debates and news; sustained support for and coverage of the work of community groups.
Radio Broadgreen @radiobroadgreen.bsky.social Hospital Health Community Radio Service based in Liverpool UK. Registered charity 508557
Susy Radio @susyradio.com This is the official Bluesky Account for Susy Radio 103.4. Community Radio for East Surrey and North Sussex, UK
Website: susyradio.com
Studio Email: studio@susyradio.com
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UK Media News @ukmedianews.bsky.social UK Media News - Broadcasters & Platforms
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UK Radio Changes @ukradiochanges.bsky.social UK Radio News & Developments
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🚨 RADIO CREATORS 🎤 @handle.invalid 📻 Insights for small commercial / community radio stations & presenters 🧠 “Helping small stations think BIG!” 🎧 Podcast available on all major apps
Jason Rosam @jasonrosam.bsky.social
Erewash Sound @erewashsound.bsky.social Love Music - Love Erewash. Award winning radio on your doorstep, on 103.5 & 96.8FM, online, our free-to-download app and on your smart speaker too. Our website is at erewashsound.com.
UK Terrestrial TV Changes @ukttvc.bsky.social https://ukterrestrialtvchanges.blogspot.com/
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UK Streaming TV Changes @ukstvc.bsky.social Non technical updates for the official streaming services from Freely, Sky & Virgin TV.
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RadioToday - UK & Ireland @handle.invalid Radio industry news and views
NLive Radio - The Station that LOVES Northampton @nliveradio.com 106.9FM, on smart speakers 'Launch N Live Radio' and online at http://nliveradio.com
Bedford Radio @bedford.radio Local radio for Bedford - the not-for-profit, volunteer-run radio station for Bedford, Kempston and the surrounding area.
Black Cat Radio @blackcatradio.bsky.social
Bro Radio - The Vale's Local Radio Station @broradio.bsky.social We're the Vale's Local Radio station. Listen on 98.1-106.1FM in the Vale of Glamorgan • On DAB+ in Cardiff & The Vale • Online at www.broradio.fm • On the Free Bro Radio App, as well as RadioPlayer and TuneIn too.
Switch Radio @switchradio.bsky.social Celebrating the UK’s best city. Made For Birmingham on 107.5FM, DAB Digital Radio & Online! Best Radio Station - BMA’s 2022 🏆
Soar Sound Radio @soarsound.uk Soar Sound is a radio station from Leicester presented and managed by volunteers
Phil Edmonds @philedmonds.uk Community Media Technicist in Manchester, UK
PhilEdmonds.com
Ofcom @ofcom.bsky.social Official account for Ofcom, the UK’s independent communications regulator.
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DCMS Answers @dcms-answers.bsky.social Bot account posting whenever the Department for Culture, Media and Sport answers or corrects an answer to a written parliamentary question. Monitored by librarians in the House of Commons Library
Awaz FM @awazfm.bsky.social Scotland Only Asian Station broadcasting across Glasgow on 107.2fm and on DAB across Glasgow and Edinburgh. We are online www.awazfm.co.uk and IOS and Android and Radioplayer App
Nathan Spackman @nathanspackman.bsky.social Operations Director at Bro Radio. Co-founder of UKCRN & acting-chair of WCRN Cymru.
@radioacademy #RWRA30 2021 / @CommRadioAwards honours winner
UK Radios Listen Live @uk-radio.com Find FM, AM, DAB and Internet Radio Stations in the United Kingdom. Listen Live UK Radio stations from UK-Radio.com. Support to UK New Radio Stations.
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Radio LaB 97.1FM @radiolab971fm.bsky.social
@communitymediauk.bsky.social @communitymediauk.bsky.social
UK Community Radio Network @ukcrn.bsky.social Representing, supporting, and developing UK Ofcom licensed Community Radio.
University of Westminster Press @uniwestpress.bsky.social Non-profit community-led open access publisher of arts, humanities and social science research
MeCCSA Women's Network @meccsawomensnet.bsky.social Welcome to the official page for MeCCSA Women's Network for the latest network updates.
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Open Research and Public Engagement Roadmap @engagedroadmap.bsky.social Co-Creating Ireland's Public Involvement in Open Research Roadmap
ENGAGED is building a national roadmap to shape public involvement in open research in Ireland. We believe that research can and does play an important role in tackling societal challenges.
Sameer Padania @sdp.bsky.social public interest x journalism x information ecosystems x tech/AI accountability vs information inequality
linkedin.com/in/sameerpadania
#COYS #FRSA
Siobhan McHugh @siobhanmchugh.bsky.social Passionate about podcasts & audio storytelling as creative, critic, academic, consultant, speaker. Winner, 7 gold NYF. Author, The Power of Podcasting: telling stories through sound (CUP). Consulting Producer, The Greatest Menace https://siobhanmchugh.org/
VIEWdigital @viewdigital.bsky.social VIEWdigital is an online platform. We produce and publish social affairs/arts journalism (www.viewdigital.org)
Prof Colin Talbot (and the late Rory) @colintalbot.bsky.social Professor (Emeritus) U of Manchester ▪️PhD LSE public management▪️co-ops and cooperation ▪️progressive pluralism▪️ex Aikidoka ▪️Arsenal ▪️Born Dover (that's my Castle)
Una Murphy @unamurphy.bsky.social Journalism; public interest, social affairs, community issues. VIEWdigital https://viewdigital.org/ co-founder. #Media practitioner, researcher and educator.
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Josef Davies-Coates @josef.is Community & Digital Engagement at @communityenergyengland.org
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Rob Watson @robwatsonmedia.net Travels in Metamodernity. Jungian, INFJ, LCHF, liberal social democrat, LGB, biological realist. https://robwatsonmedia.net
Beware! The Radio @bewaretheradio.bsky.social Freeform, progressive, non-profit. Sounds & stories from around the world. Broadcasting 24/7/365. A Pacifica Affiliate.
bewaretheradio.com / smart speaker / Deezer etc.
Also a zine, which some people seem to like.
The Democracy Network @democracynetworkuk.bsky.social Connecting the 900+ organisations working on issues of power, democracy and voice in the UK. Our vision is of a democracy fit for the 21st century.
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The Media and Democracy Project @mediaanddemocracy.bsky.social Non-partisan civic advocacy group working to improve our media and defend our democracy 🇺🇸 #PressFreedom
mediaanddemocracyproject.org
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CAMRI @camri.bsky.social The Communication and Media Research Institute at the University of Westminster
MeCCSA @meccsa.bsky.social Media, Communication, and Cultural Studies Association
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@opendemocracy.net @opendemocracy.net Free thinking for the world 🌍 We're an independent media organisation. Find us > opendemocracy.net Also at @openDemocracy@newsie.social for those who toot too.
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Resolution Foundation @resolutionfoundation.org The Resolution Foundation is an independent think-tank dedicated to lifting living standards in the UK.
Joseph Rowntree Foundation @jrf-uk.bsky.social We work to speed up and support the transition to a future free from poverty, in which people and planet can flourish.
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Tortoise @tortoisemedia.bsky.social Slow news, without the noise 🐢
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Prospect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk A politically independent monthly current affairs, culture & ideas magazine
Established 1995
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk Powerful citizen journalism | Regulated by Impress
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A network of 10 volunteer-led news publications from across the UK
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The Sutton Trust @suttontrust.bsky.social Championing social mobility through evidence-based programmes, agenda-setting research and policy advocacy: https://linktr.ee/thesuttontrust
Real Media (realmedia.press) @realmediapress.bsky.social A cooperative of independent journalists.
'The View From Below'
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Open Britain @openbritain.bsky.social Not-for-profit movement campaigning to make democracy work for everyone. www.open-britain.co.uk
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Voices Media @voicesmedia.bsky.social Progressive Media Company www.youtube.com/@voices__media
Full Fact @fullfact.org Full Fact is the UK's independent fact checking charity. We put reliable evidence at the heart of public debate so you can make sense of what matters.
www.fullfact.org
The British Broadcasting Century podcast @bbcentury.bsky.social Informing, educating + entertaining re British broadcasting's origin story: the first firsts of radio, early BBC, interwar bits & pieces + occasional pictures of Reith looking grumpy.
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Involve @involveuk.bsky.social The UK's public participation charity. We work to create a healthier & more vibrant democracy, with people at the heart of decision making.
SEEN in HR @seeninhr.bsky.social
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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social The UK’s largest not-for-profit newsroom. Exposing injustice and sparking change 💪
Campaign for the Arts @campaignforthearts.org We believe the arts make life better, and everyone should have opportunities to experience and take part in them. 🎶💃🎭🎨✍️📸🎥🧵🏛️
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The British Broadcasting Challenge @psbfuture.bsky.social For Us. By Us. About Us.
Promoting a wide-ranging and open discussion about UK Public Service Broadcasting.
britishbroadcastingchallenge.com
International Journalism Festival @journalismfestival.com International Journalism Festival #ijf26 | 20th edition | 15-18 April
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Local & Independent News Association @lina.org.au A movement of Australian digital newsrooms producing public interest journalism | lina.org.au
Civic Journalism Lab @civicjlab.bsky.social Forum for journalists, those who care about journalism and anyone doing acts of journalism, to meet, learn, collaborate and innovate together. Facilitated by Newcastle University.
Polly Billington @pollybillington.bsky.social Labour Member of Parliament, East Thanet,
Polly Curtis @pollycurtis.bsky.social Chief executive, Demos; journalist; non exec director, PHSO
UK Community Foundations @ukcf.bsky.social UK Community Foundations (UKCF) brings together 47 accredited and independent community foundations across England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, connecting people who care with causes that matter. Visit our website to learn more.
New Economics Foundation @neweconomics.bsky.social Change the rules. Share the wealth. Protect the planet.
Lexie Kirkconnell-Kawana @lexiekk.bsky.social At the helm in high seas @impressorg.bsky.social
🌐 bridging media, tech, law & public interest.
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Impress @impressorg.bsky.social 🗞️ Independent press regulation
🤝 Industry-leading alternative dispute resolution
Working to build an ethical media for all.
Find out more 👉 impressorg.com
New Local @wearenewlocal.bsky.social We're an independent think tank and network of councils with a mission to transform public services and unlock community power.
Find out more: https://www.newlocal.org.uk
Locality @locality.org.uk We support local community organisations to be strong and successful. #PowerOfCommunity
AKA @localitynews
locality.org.uk
Media, Communications & Cultural Studies, Goldsmiths @mediacomgold.bsky.social Department of Media, Communications & Cultural Studies @GoldsmithsUoL
#2 in 🇬🇧 2023 QS world rankings
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The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust (JRCT) @jrct.bsky.social A Quaker grant-making organisation supporting those who address the root causes of conflict and injustice.
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Research for Action @research-for-act.bsky.social We produce research and organise around accountability, information rights & local democracy. Currently: democratic effects of #LocalGov financial crisis. A worker co-operative. Newsletter: https://tinyurl.com/47xnyb37
Key Fund Investments @keyfund.bsky.social
Co-operative Party @coopparty.party.coop The party of the UK's co-operative movement, in partnership with The Labour Party. https://party.coop
Power to Change @powertochange.org.uk We are the think-do tank that backs community business. We turn bold ideas into action so communities have the power to change what matters to them.
powertochange.org.uk
Open Society Foundations @open-society.bsky.social We work to build vibrant and inclusive democracies whose governments are accountable to their people.
Our website: https://osf.to
Community guidelines: http://osf.to/CG
The Centre for Collaboration in Community Connectedness @c4research.bsky.social ✦ Enabling connected communities through research and evidence.
✦ Funded by UKRI ESRC
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The Young Foundation @theyoungfdn.bsky.social The UK's home for community research and social innovation. Also powering the Institute for Community Studies.
www.youngfoundation.org
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Press Recognition Panel (PRP) @prpanel.bsky.social The independent body set up following the Leveson Inquiry to ensure regulators of the press and news publishers are able to protect the public.
Re:State @re-state.bsky.social Formerly Reform think tank. Re:State is an independent, cross-party public services think tank. We don’t want to tweak, we want to transform.
Public Interest News Foundation @publicinterestnews.org.uk We believe that everyone in the UK should benefit from public interest news that speaks to them, for them and with them. 🗞️
We're building the capacity of the UK's independent news providers to do that.
Media Reform Coalition @mediareformuk.bsky.social Campaign for a more independent, accountable & democratic media, where diversity, ethical journalism & public good come before the private gain of a few media moguls.
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Demos @demos-uk.bsky.social Demos is a champion of people, ideas and democracy.
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Institute for Public Policy Research @ippr.org IPPR is the UK’s leading progressive think tank.
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The Voice of the Listener and Viewer (VLV) @vlvuk.bsky.social Charity making sure ALL citizens benefit from quality TV & radio content/Impartial news/Programmes set in the UK/Kids TV that reflects our society/ Join us
Decentered Media @decentered.co.uk Community-focussed communications and media - don't just complain about the faults of the system, learn, adapt and prepare for change! https://decentered.co.uk
Hilary Jennings @hilaryjennings.bsky.social working - playing - making - swimming - wellbeing - Tooting - also shares at @happymuseum @tttooting