# It's The Media, Stupid: Post-Election Policies for Media Reform

**URL:** https://forum.bettermedia.uk/t/its-the-media-stupid-post-election-policies-for-media-reform/195
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**Created:** [14 January 2020 14:07 UTC](https://forum.bettermedia.uk/t/its-the-media-stupid-post-election-policies-for-media-reform/195 "2020-01-14T14:07:05Z")
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It’s The Media, Stupid!  
Post Election Policies for Media Reform

PROGRAMME

**10.15-11.00 - Registration Coffee, tea and biscuits**

11.00-12.00 - The Media and the Election  
**Dorothy Byrne** , _Head of News and Current Affairs Channel 4_  
**Professor Dominic Wring** , _Co-Director Loughborough University 2019 Election Survey_

12.00-1.00 - The Press: Ownership, Regulation and Ethics  
**Louisa Bull** , _National Officer, Unite’s Graphical, Paper, Media and IT Sector_  
**Nicholas Jones** , _author and former BBC Industrial and Political Correspondent_

1.00-2.00 - Lunch Break  
_We will not be providing lunch. There are a number of places to eat close to the conference venue.We will provide a list of them on the day for conference participants._

2.00-3.00 - Broadcasting: Regulation and Impartiality  
**Dr Tom Mills** , _Vice Chair Media Reform Coalition and author of  
“The BBC: Myth of a Public Service” (Verso, 2016)_  
**Sian Jones** _(President, National Union of Journalists)_

3.00-4.00 - Policing Propaganda: Democracy and the Internet  
**James Mitchinson** , _Editor, The Yorkshire Post (tbc)_  
**Peter Geoghegan** _, Open Democracy speaker (tbc)_

4.00-5.00 - Looking Forward: Policies for Media Reform  
**Dr Justin Schlosberg** , _Media Reform Coalition_  
**Granville Williams** , _Editor MediaNorth_

HOW TO BOOK AND WHERE TO PAY

If you want to book your place **(£10.00, conc £5.00)** for the Leeds conference on  
8 February send a cheque, payable to **CPBF(North)** , with your name, address and email to:  
**CPBF(North), 24 Tower Avenue, Upton, nr Pontefract, West Yorks WF9 1EE**.

Or you can pay by bank transfer to:  
CPBF(North) at the Cooperative Bank,  
sort code 08-92-99  
account number 65796090  
Ref ‘Leeds Conference’  
but please post or email [**cpbfnorth@outlook.com**](mailto:cpbfnorth@outlook.com) with your details.

For further information, please contact **CPBF(North)** by phone at **01977 646580** or **07790958270** , email: [**cpbfnorth@outlook.com**](mailto:cpbfnorth@outlook.com) or write to **CPBF(North), 24 Tower Avenue, Upton, near Pontefract, West Yorks WF9 1EE**

[http://coldtype.net/MediaNorthConference.html](http://coldtype.net/MediaNorthConference.html)
