
Keith Magnum
@keithmagnum
PhD student @CardiffJomec. Researching the democratic value of the BBC's Local Democracy Reporter Scheme.
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05-07-2009 10:13:23
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The latest from Tow: ICYMI, Tow Center Knight News Innovation Fellow Damian Radcliffe kicked off the first in a 5 part series on Media Policy and Local News. Thanks to Nik Usher (they/them) Victor Pickard, and emily bell for joining us! Columbia Journalism School youtube.com/watch?v=aDOpQM…

At the hyperlocal media level Jerome Turner finds that although audiences express their opinions (critique of police or local council) they don’t mobilize to challenge such authorities directly, becoming too reliant on the activism efforts of citizen editors. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…



Thrilled Hackney Citizen won the ICNN Independent Community Newspaper of the Year #newsawards2021


All the winners of tonight's.#newsawards2021 -including my #LDReporter hosts Hackney Citizen .Many congrats all


Huge congratulations to the Hackney Citizen on winning the @ICNNUK Independent Community Newspaper of the Year award at last night’s #newsawards2021. Well done to Keith Magnum and Max Eckersley and the rest of the team. 🎉🎉🥳

A well deserved win for one of the best local newspapers anywhere, we're lucky in Hackney to have Hackney Citizen & Hackney Gazette who hold us all to account, champion our borough & win awards. A special shout out to Gregory_ldr, Ed Sheridan, Keith Magnum & Max Eckersley.


New on HTFP today: Local Democracy Reporting service ‘has become template” BBC News (UK) director general Tim Davie tells #LDRSconf21 holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2021/news/loca…

I missed this somehow; an important read from Robert W. McChesney and John Nichols: "The Local Journalism Initiative: a proposal to protect and extend democracy" cjr.org/business_of_ne… via @cjr

"Employees are not just interested in new products, but also fresh approaches to journalism, with strong levels of interest seen across our sample to find out more about engaged journalism and solutions journalism." link.medium.com/uYoGvvif4lb cc Agora Journalism Center @engagingnews.bsky.social Solutions Journalism Network

Yesterday Tow Center hosted its final panel on media policy + local journalism. Joining me to look at where we go from here were Joy Jenkins Elizabeth Hansen Shapiro Philip Napoli. Missed the discussion? Catch-up 👇 📽️ youtu.be/JPOi7svtF7I 🎧 soundcloud.com/towcenter/less… 📖 scribd.com/document/55557…


Don't miss our NEW #course Financial Investigations 📅 15-17 November. AM 💻Online ✔️Company Accounts ✔️Financial Open-Source Intelligence ✔️Follow-the-Money Case Studies Taught by: Daniel Balint-Kurti, Diogo Augusto, Dylan Kennedy, Leigh Baldwin tcij.org/scheduled-trai…


Huge congratulations to the Newspaper Awards 2023 nominees for the ICNN Independent Community Newspaper of the Year - Enfield Dispatch Hackney Citizen Hailsham News | Free Community Newspaper AnnaWilliams /TheAmbler The Bristol Cable THE PECKHAM PECULIAR Richard Wells and West Leeds Dispatch. Best of luck to everyone!



EVENT: In conversation with the Rt Hon Sajid Javid MP Don't miss our event on Monday 3 July when Sajid Javid will share his experiences at the heart of government and evaluate the strengths and weaknesses at the centre and how they could be fixed instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/sajid-ja…

