00:00 - Community Media & Ownership

04:28 - Govanhill, Glasgow

07:39 - Community Interest Companies are cool!

10:41 - Lessons from the USA: Civic media & rethinking journalism

16:32 - Community needs us to listen

20:08 - Building up & building out

26:58 - Launch your own community-centred media project!

Mentions to check out!

📜 A manifesto for Greater Community Media – media as social infrastructure, rooted in trust and relevance

🔊 The Scottish Beacon – a network of local media amplifying community voices across Scotland.

📰 Documented NY – reporting with and for immigrant communities in NYC

🔎 The Ferret – a non-profit, subscriber-owned co-operative for investigative journalism in Scotland

And remember...

1. Start with community needs
2. Break free from tradition
3. Who gets to tell the story matters
4. Collaboration is the future
5. Impact over output
6. Better newsroom cultures are needed
7. Think of journalism as an ecosystem
8. Funding must be sustainable
9. Public funding for journalism is essential
10. Policy change is necessary