for diverse, democratic and accountable media
Fringe meeting at the TUC
events |Tuesday 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.
Following the publication of Making Good Society, the final report of the Commission of Inquiry into the Future of Civil Society in the UK and Ireland, this event will discuss the crucial role of news media in empowering peoples’ participation in public debate at a time of cut backs in regional and local media. The event will also explore how civil society organisations can contribute to a more democratic news media.
Speakers: Jeremy Dear, general secretary NUJ, Judy Gordon Manchester NUJ, Joyce McMillan (Chair and Commissioner) and Granville Williams (CPBF).
Food and drinks provided.
DATELINE: 12 September, 2010
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