Category: CMF Newsletter
Value Framework Update
July 1, 2026 The Children’s Media Foundation (CMF) CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter, 0
CMF Deputy Director Colin Ward outlines the latest progress on CMF’s innovative Value Framework concept… In February, the CMF announced it was developing a Value Framework to encourage government, regulators and video streaming services to focus their efforts on one of the key challenges we need to address; how do we ensure UK children access a […]
Children’s Public Service Media Needs a Home
June 19, 2026 The Children’s Media Foundation (CMF) CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter, Yearbook 2026, 0
Dr Ashley Woodfall is Associate Professor in Children’s Media at Bournemouth University, where he is Deputy Head of the Centre for Excellence in Media Practice (CEMP). With a PhD in children’s media industries and audiences, his research interests span children’s media experiences and culture, and the children’s media production landscape. Current research projects include a […]
CMF Submission to the DSIT Consultation: Growing up in the Online World.
May 26, 2026 The Children’s Media Foundation (CMF) CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter, 0
CMF Submission to the DSIT Consultation: Growing up in the Online World. Holding Big Tech to Its Own Promises: The Case for Mandatory Audits Over a Social Media Ban Our Position The Children’s Media Foundation (CMF) supports the Children’s Coalition for Online Safety’s call for meaningful, evidence-led reform of the online environment for children. […]
A Shifting Children’s Media Landscape
May 5, 2026 The Children’s Media Foundation (CMF) CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter, Yearbook 2026, 0
CMF Deputy Director, Colin Ward, offers a thoughtful take on a children’s media landscape in constant motion, and the forces reshaping it. It’s the perfect invitation into this year’s theme, Finding the way: creativity, connection and reinvention in children’s media, and a compelling reason to read this year’s Yearbook. Describing the children’s media landscape as ‘shifting’ […]
Working with Allies
April 14, 2026 The Children’s Media Foundation (CMF) CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter, 0
The impact of the digital world on children’s well-being is high up the political agenda. CMF, our allies and aligned organisations are keeping the momentum moving and growing. CMF Executive Group member Jackie Edwards highlights some key reports. 5 Rights have marked the 5th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child […]
Report Card for Big Tech: How Are Platforms Performing on Child Safety?
April 14, 2026 The Children’s Media Foundation (CMF) CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter, 0
To assess how Big Tech is measuring up on its commitments to the safety and wellbeing of under-16s in our increasingly digital world, CMF Executive Group member Marc Goodchild provides an overview and analysis of recent events. The spring term opened with a significant salvo from the Australian government, which famously moved to restrict access […]
Creativity. Connection. Reinvention — A first look at the 2026 Yearbook
April 10, 2026 The Children’s Media Foundation (CMF) CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter, Yearbook 2026, 0
We were thrilled to announce in February that Helen Freeman FRSA would be joining the Foundation as Editor of the Children’s Media Yearbook, working alongside Hannie Kirkham in the challenge to make the “book of record” for another year. Helen is a publisher and children’s literacy campaigner. Here she gives us a taster of the […]
The Future of the BBC
March 30, 2026 The Children’s Media Foundation (CMF) CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter, 0
BBC CHARTER REVIEW 2028 Key Recommendations from the Children’s Media Foundation Submitted in response to the Government Green Paper | March 2025 This briefing summarises the Children’s Media Foundation’s submission to the BBC Charter Review Green Paper. The CMF argues that the current Public Purposes are directionally sound but structurally incomplete – and that the […]
The Children’s Media Summit ’26: Ban or Build Better?
March 2, 2026 The Children’s Media Foundation (CMF) CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter, Event Reports, 0
What will the proposed ban on social media for under 16s mean in practice? Is there a way of building a better, safer, and more nourishing media world for children without limiting their rights? CMF Executive Committee Chair and Board member Alison Stewart reports on the opening session of the Children’s Media Summit 2026. Discussion […]
Children’s Media Summit ’26 Opening Speech
February 24, 2026 The Children’s Media Foundation (CMF) CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter, Event Reports, 0
Baroness Beeban Kidron opened the second Children’s Media Summit with a speech which addressed some of the key issues facing the children’s audience, the creators of content that serves them, and the platforms that now control how they see that content. I want to start with making two observations. First is that the media of […]