Welcome to Dorset Eye! Dorset Eye was launched on 1st June 2012 by a small group of people who share a common passion for enabling people to have a voice that can and should be heard. We have no party political allegiance; no religious affiliations and no corporate owners...
The crisis in the media must be resolved by putting checks on the big corporations that dominate the market, according to an election manifesto published by a media campaign group today. There should be limits on how much the companies can own, and if they exceed them – as...
The Hackney Gazette has seen off competition from The Times, Guardian and Daily Mail to win this year’s Paul Foot Award for campaigning and investigative journalism. Emma Youle of publisher Archant’s investigations unit won the £5,000 prize for: “The hidden homeless: £35m to keep the homeless homeless“. The east...
On 16th June 2014 Dorset Eye co founder and co facilitator Jason Cridland had the privilege of being the sole interviewee on the Monday evening programme The Critical Mass show broadcast via the web based international radio station Critical Mass Radio. Interviewed by Paul Giovanni, Jason discusses a range...
Dorset Eye Co-facilitator joins the White Rose team for a chat about Dorset Eye and many other topics.
Level 2 Media students from Weymouth College who have been taking part in the NCS programme (National Citizen Service) have produced a number of videos detailing how Weymouth & Portland has changed over the years. For their community project they were commissioned by Dorset Eye to produce audio-visual pieces...
Media Trust’s Newsnet Top Tips Media Trust’s Newsnet The UK’s leading communications charity Media Trust has launched newsnet, an exciting online project which gives everyone the opportunity to connect, share and learn to tell their local story. Top Tips for telling your local story from the experts: Try...
The following is the definition of anti-Semitism:
'The belief or behavior hostile toward Jews just because they are Jewish. It may take the form of religious teachings that proclaim the inferiority of Jews, for instance, or political efforts to isolate, oppress, or otherwise injure them. It may also include prejudiced...
What Is Citizen Journalism? Put very simply, citizen journalism is when private individuals do essentially what professional reporters do - report information. That information can take many forms, from a podcast editorial to a report about a council meeting on a blog to a book or film review. It...
What is Social Media? Twitter and Facebook are the most prominent types of social media. Social media is a type of online media that expedites conversation as opposed to traditional media, which delivers content but doesn't allow readers/viewers/listeners to participate in the creation or development of the content. I particularly...
