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At Digital Shoreditch, photographer Simon Warren talks to visionOntv about his workshop where he trains people how to improve their photography skills for social media, with whatever equipment they have to hand.More info about his work:http://thephototutor.com/For all Digital Shoreditch films:http://visionontv/plugandplay
Artist John de Meijer talks to Richard Hering about his first exhibition in London, at the Wayward Gallery, Mowlem Street E2 9HE. For all things arty, go to http://visionon.tv/headmix, and embed the whole channel http://visionon.tv/web/headmix/embed
Headmix art critic Xavier Hering-Wright, age 6, explains why this onegets 7 out of 10. At John de Meijer's exhibition at the Wayward Gallery, Mowlem Street, Bethnal Green, London.http://visionon.tv/headmix
Headmix' chief art critic Xavier Hering-Wright, age 6, sorts the great from the not-so-great in John de Meijer's exhibit at the Wayward Gallery, Mowlem Street, Bethnal Green. Definitely not the Olympics (TM)!http://visionon.tv/headmix
Curbing media monopolies and shielding reporters from being pressured to break the law would loosen abusive moguls' power over British politics, says "Chavs" author Owen Jones. Media reforms should also boost working-class voices by stopping unpaid internships and giving scholarships to those usually excluded.
Author Dan Hind talks of the cancer-like criminal endeavours linking major UK media, politicians and the police that have come out of the ongoing Leveson Inquiry. He says deep-rooted media reform could profoundly change UK politics and economic policy.
Equality Now London director Jacqui Hunt calls for reforms with teeth to tackle the portrayal of women and girls as sex objects by many of the UK media. Rules should include a right of reply for individuals and whole groups facing discrimination.
Media academic Natalie Fenton says channeling public fury about the phone hacking scandal is critical to ending private and corporate dominance over UK governments. People should shout out: "we're mad!" to force politicians' hands.
James Curran, professor at Goldsmiths talks to visionOntv about how to tackle media concentration which distorts British public life and sees in the actual crisis a unique opportunity to get a better press.http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/media-research-centre/
Former Crimewatch presenter Jacqui Hames, an ex-police detective, gives a first-hand account of her family's media mauling by journalists from Rupert Murdoch's News of the World newspaper. She is among many victims calling for media reform.