[cma-l] comty radio and campaigning

[jaqui devereux]

Hi Julian

One of the things surely in the remit of com radio is to hold the
executive to account, locally regionally and nationally.  So in our
opinion so long as you do a "we asked the Council for comment and the
chance to put their point of view" bit then you should be OK.  Many CR
stations have campaigned on local issues successfully without any
comeback under the impartiality rules.  Maybe as well use the "big
society" thing and ask the Council to help local people to take over
the libraries!

Best wishes

Jaqui

-- 
Jaqui Devereux
Director, Community Media Association



On 10 January 2011 14:02, Julian Mellor <julian at 10radio.org> wrote:
> A question for you hive of minds:
> Under Ofcom rules we have to show due impartiality, give air to differing
> opinions etc.
> But how does that impact upon how we cover issues and decisions that will
> detrimentally impact upon the communities we serve?
> To illustrate this:  our local county council wants to close 20 or its 34
> libraries, including the one in our town.  Via our website we have been very
> vocal in our opposition to the closures, although on air we are giving
> coverage to both sides of the argument (although the County are pretty
> hopeless at coming forth to communicate!)  Some of our Directors are a
> little bit twitchy about this, thinking that we shouldn't come out for one
> side or the other, whether on air or off air.
> Is there a definitive line on what we can / can't do in this multi-platform
> world?  And what do others do?
> Many thanks
> Julian
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Jaqui Devereux
Director, Community Media Association