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This was such an honour to have this recognition for the programme and for its trailblazing presenter Kate Adie. Huge kudos to editor Richard Fenton-Smith and expert producer Polly Hope too

At our Spring conference yesterday, VLV members strongly supported the concept of a levy on the UK revenues of the US Streamers so we do not lose the ability to produce high-end content aimed primarily at a UK, rather than international, audience vlv.org.uk/wp-content/upl…

Public investment in the arts benefits the public. As the Chancellor reviews spending plans for the rest of this decade, Campaign for the Arts is making that case by uniting and expressing support from every constituency in the UK. (1/2) campaignforthearts.org/petitions/spen…

🚨🌱 The Chancellor is currently reviewing all public spending from scratch. Please join us in signing the Campaign for the Arts petition to remind the UK Government: the arts make our lives happier and our communities stronger. Now is the moment to invest in them. campaignforthearts.org/petitions/spen…

Ofcom is consulting on whether politicians should present news programmes & the deadline is 23 June ofcom.org.uk/tv-radio-and-o…

The MRC is the first organisation to offer an interpretation as to what mutualisation of the BBC might look like, focusing on the principles of public accountability & the role of the audience beyond just consumer. We urge everyone to read the full report & comment.

We are so sorry to hear the news that Alan Yentob has died. "Alan Yentob was a huge support of everything that is best about public service broadcasting. He will be greatly missed" - Colin Browne, Chair, VLV.

Great article here. We welcome Ofcom's review as we don't believe that current legislation provides clear definitions of which content should be impartial. It's essential to get this right to mitigate the decline in public trust of the media & protect our democracy.

We are so sorry to hear the news that Alan Yentob has died. "Alan Yentob was a huge supporter of everything that is best about public service broadcasting. He will be greatly missed" - Colin Browne, Chair, VLV.

We're thrilled that Adele Zeynep Walton (@adelewalton.bsky.social) is joining us this Saturday to talk about 'Logging Off' and the human cost of our digital world, alongside Ava-Santina James Bloodworth & Natacha Kennedy. Sign up & read Adele's interview in the thread below: eventbrite.com/e/media-democr…

For anyone who’s concerned about truth, democracy & public accountability Media Reform Coalition’s excellent “who owns the media report” for 2025 is here mediareform.org.uk/media-ownershi…

Pls read our submission vlv.org.uk/wp-content/upl… on why we think Ofcom's evidence in support of not restricting politicians from presenting “current affairs” as well as “news" programmes is flawed & send Ofcom your views.

Pls read our submission vlv.org.uk/wp-content/upl… on why we think Ofcom's evidence in support of not restricting politicians from presenting “current affairs” as well as “news" programmes is flawed & send Ofcom your views.

Pls read our submission vlv.org.uk/wp-content/upl… on why we think Ofcom's evidence in support of not restricting politicians from presenting “current affairs” as well as “news" programmes is flawed.

Pls read our submission vlv.org.uk/wp-content/upl… on why we think Ofcom's evidence in support of not restricting politicians from presenting “current affairs” as well as “news" programmes is flawed.

Pls read our submission vlv.org.uk/wp-content/upl… on why we think Ofcom's evidence in support of not restricting politicians from presenting “current affairs” as well as “news" programmes is flawed & send Ofcom your views.

See why we don't think that politicians should be presenting "current affairs" programmes in our submission here & send your own views to Ofcom vlv.org.uk/wp-content/upl…

Great piece on why public service media is so important to our national conversation & identity.

Protect UK #democracy. Only 5 days to tell Ofcom why politicians shouldn't present news OR current affairs programmes. More details here vlv.org.uk/wp-content/upl…