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We’re hiring a Communications & Partnerships Coordinator
Passionate about growing community power? Superlative communicator? Social media savvy? Apply to join our team as our new Community & Partnerships Coordinator! Applications close 7 Oct.
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Inside: Bristol's Private Mental Health Services
Inside: Private mental health services in Bristol investigated
Frontline workers and families speak out as the Cable investigates why private sector involvement is growing and what impact it’s having on people in Bristol.
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Launching an events calendar to amplify Bristol’s communities
We’re launching a calendar to help Bristolians find out what's on with community and social events.
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Editorial: After Colston, now to tear down structures of racism, including in the media
A statement from the Cable on the felling of Colston, Black Lives Matter and working towards anti-racism.
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Free Webinar: is reader-owned media the business model of the future?
We started with a group of volunteers - now we have ten staff and thousands of members. We’ll be sharing what we’ve learnt so far, along with co-op expert Dave Boyle.
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A new tool for harnessing public knowledge for better journalism
Out of crisis comes an opportunity to create new ways to get communities involved in our reporting
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Help our reporting on private mental health services (member log-in required)
We're about to publish a new series about private mental health services in Bristol, focusing on why people are being treated by for-profit comapanies rather than the NHS. We need your input.
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Banner Home Page Coronavirus In Bristol
Editorial: Journalism is a public service. It should act like it. And it needs you to support it.
Could the pandemic force newspapers to reconsider their priorities and better serve public needs?
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Coronavirus In Bristol Banner Home Page
Editorial: 5G coronavirus conspiracy theorists are attacking the Cable
With conspiracy theories spreading in pandemic Britain with destructive consequences, we need readers to bolster responsible and thorough journalism with their support.
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Banner Home Page Edition 22 Solutions In Bristol
We asked: What needs solving in Bristol?
This issue is about solutions, so we asked the Cable’s 2,100 members what they most want to see solutions for. Here we explore some ideas for solutions to the biggest themes members raised: transport and housing.
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Why we’re starting a series of ‘solutions journalism’
Looking at ambitious and realistic solutions to the problems facing our communities - not just the problems.
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Cable wins innovation fund to work with communities to produce public-interest news
We'll be bringing 'open newsrooms' to communities across Bristol, working with locals to select and co-produce stories that matter.
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Help us find solutions for Bristol
In the next edition and beyond, we plan to focus on exploring solutions to the biggest issues facing our city. Have your say.
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Another year in building a new media. Here’s to many more. We need it!
This year was a big one for us. Because every year we exist is a big one.
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Gift the Cable
This Christmas, give the gift of high quality, in depth, independent journalism and support Bristol’s media cooperative at the same time
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Help us monitor the election and keep the campaign clean
Join the Cable in being on the lookout for misleading data, dodgy money and half truths in this election.
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Shaping local media for 2020 at our fifth birthday AGM
Cable members came along to elect our directors, decide how to grow our membership and reach more people with our media.
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2019 Annual General Meeting
We’re pleased to invite you to the Bristol Cable Annual General Meeting 2019, where Cable members help steer the co-op for the year ahead.
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Editorial: A response to Marvin Rees regarding the Cable’s hostile environment article
Mayor Marvin Rees has clarified Bristol council’s position, saying it is exactly the same as the other 11 councils.
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Members’ meeting: Behind the Lopresti ice cream investigation
This Monday, we hosted a free evening at Windmill Hill City Farm cafe in Bedminster to discuss our investigation into the Lopresti ice cream slavery case.
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Members’ Event: Behind the Lopresti Ice-cream Investigation
Join us to hear the inside story on the Lopresti ice cream slavery investigation. Cable journalists Adam and Alon will share the ethical and practical...
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Why the Cable is backing I Am Judah
Behind the shaky video that caught national attention is an important wider story. The Cable is proud to get behind a film seeking to tell it.
