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My email to ITV West – Re: St Pauls Carnival 2007

Posted on September 16, 2007 by shawn

From: Shawn Sobers
Sent: Sun 9/16/2007 13:27
To: itvwestnews@itv.com
Subject: Biased reporting on St Pauls
I’ve just watched the 11.55am West Today news update and was disappointed by the highly subjective way you reported yesterday’s events in St Pauls. The people of St Pauls have long complained about the biased nature of reporting about their area and this was [...]

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MAKING IT WORK

Posted on May 25, 2007 by shawn

UPDATE: Community Media South West have published a new report:

MAKING IT WORK:
An Enquiry into how companies in the Community Media Sector recruit and
retain skilled freelancersPublished by – CMSW / Blueboard – Jan 2007
Research by Ella Bissett Johnson
Edited by Shawn Sobers, and Steve Gear
Synopsis
This report is a timely and original development in the analysis of social [...]

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Radio Salaam Shalom – Muslims and Jews talking together

Posted on May 19, 2007 by shawn

Just giving a heads up to all at Bristol based internet radio station Salaam Shalom.
www.salaamshalom.org.uk
One of the dj and member of the steering group Adnan Ahmed was an original member of Channel Zero and I also taught him at the university. (He also sold me this broadband connection, but that’s another story!)
I interviewed Adnan for [...]

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Selling out from Community Media……

Posted on April 20, 2007 by shawn

…….or bridging the gap?
Click here to watch a programme we (Firstborn Creatives) recently made for BBC1.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/check/bristol/realmedia/032007/marvin_insideout?size=16×9&bgc=C0C0C0&nbram=1&bbram=1

Filed under: News & Events, abolition, bbc, bristol, documentary, firstborn creatives, maafa, representation, slave trade | Tagged: , , , , | Leave a Comment »

Connecting Bristol Supporters Film

Posted on February 17, 2007 by shawn

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