[cma-l] Lord Hall - BBC and Community Reporters

[Phil Gibbons]

I must admit that I am nervous about this as many discussions have been
happening over the last number of years with David Holdsworth - head of
local radio for England and Wales. We (the CMA), along with several
Community stations have been working with local BBC radio stations on
building projects that would make content sharing easier so that we would
have access to their archive material, and that we could offer content and
journalists. Yes, the MOU addresses some of this concern, but as has been
pointed out here, this seems to have fallen by the wayside. The Community
Media Day was a great success and should have fed into this document as
well so let's see if all our hard work gets recognised or not.
It will be a great shame at this stage not to be included in the future
planning of the BBC.

The CMA should have sight of the proposals and the Chair needs to make a
response immediately stating our case and disappointment in the exclusion
of Community Radio in any future plans.

Phil


On Mon, Sep 7, 2015 at 10:01 AM, Ian Hickling <transplanfm at hotmail.com>
wrote:

> An excellent proposal - but for me it's far more important to improve the
> quality of broadcast journalism than simply increase the number generating
> it!
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> From: david at theradiopeople.co.uk
> Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2015 08:33:00 +0100
> To: cma-l at mailman.commedia.org.uk
> Subject: [cma-l] Lord Hall - BBC and Community Reporters
>
> Dear All,
> The BBC’s Lord Hall is about to make the first of four speeches outlining
> the BBC’s future.  What will it mean for community radio?
> Among the specific plans he will outline includes a multi-million pound
> investment in journalism, with a network of 100 *public service*
> reporters across the country to deliver news from courts and councils.
> This is a great opportunity for community radio *as a body* to tap into a
> publicly-funded journalistic resource that could be and should be working
> directly with local stations.
> The BBC is also going to create a 'hub' for data journalism, giving *local
> newspapers* access to its statistical analysis, and offer audio and video
> clips free to other websites.
> I hope the CMA is talking with both the BBC and DCMS.
> Providing licence fee funded resources to privately owned media
> organisations ahead of not-for-profit community broadcasters is clearly
> unacceptable. A partnership with the BBC should have ambition and deliver
> outcomes that are more tangible than is currently framed in the memorandum
> of understanding.
> Local news is essential for a strong democracy and community radio needs
> to be at the forefront of its delivery. What the BBC is tabling is an
> unprecedented offer that would put millions into a local journalism
> partnership.  Community radio needs to be an equal partner in that.
>
> David Duffy
> theradiopeople.co.uk
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