Category: CMF Newsletter
A Purposeful Future
June 24, 2020 The Children’s Media Foundation (CMF) CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter, Yearbook 2020, 0
By Bruna Capozzoli Digital Strategist Millennials, those aged roughly between 26 and 40, and Generation Z (11- to 25-year-olds) now make up over half the world’s population. Gradually taking over senior positions in the media industry, they also represent the majority of a highly-skilled tech workforce. They are the ones behind the most […]
Children are Awesome
May 27, 2020 The Children’s Media Foundation (CMF) CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter, Yearbook 2020, 1
Children are Awesome An article for the Children’s Media Yearbook 2020 By Hazel Kenyon Book Research Director, UK and Ireland, Neilsen Children’s nonfiction book-buying is diversifying, both in authorship and in subject matter. The latest data from Nielsen Book Research shows a continued increase in both the numbers of titles available and the volume sales of […]
Live Theatre for Kids – How Digital Could Make a Difference.
April 29, 2020 The Children’s Media Foundation (CMF) CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter, Yearbook 2020, 4
By Nathan Guy Actor, Drama Coach and Drama Lead and Creative Support Teacher at Griffin Schools Trust In this world turned upside down by the Corona virus much has been altered. There is a very relevant fear that our children are having a part of their childhood stolen by the Coronavirus pandemic. In the midst of […]
Virtual CMC
April 28, 2020 The Children’s Media Foundation (CMF) CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter, Event Reports, 0
CMC Editorial Director Greg Childs (who also happens to be Director of the Children’s Media Foundation) outlines what’s happening to the popular kids’ industry event in response to the crisis. Once it became obvious that large-scale gatherings were not going to be permitted even in the early summer, we knew the writing was on the […]
Virtual Children’s Media Yearbook
April 28, 2020 The Children’s Media Foundation (CMF) CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter, Yearbook 2020, 0
The Children’s Media Yearbook … ish. Mark Wilson Yearbook Editor, The Children’s Media Foundation The Children’ Media Yearbook content 2020 is sponsored by: It’s probably a bit bonkers, and a tad selfish, to moan about abandoned media projects during this surreal and tragic pandemic … but, what the heck, I’m gonna have […]
Lord Gordon of Strathblane
April 28, 2020 The Children’s Media Foundation (CMF) APPG information, CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter, 0
Farewell to a Friend APPG organiser Jayne Kirkham pays tribute to a supporter of Children’s Media and the Arts It is with great sadness that we learned of the death of Lord Gordon of Strathblane after contracting coronavirus. He was a long standing supporter of the APPG for Children’s Media and the Arts and was […]
APPG Report: Age Verification for Adult Content Websites
April 28, 2020 The Children’s Media Foundation (CMF) APPG information, CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter, 0
Online Harms: Not Written Off, but Written Down By Jayne Kirkham CMF Board member and Clerk to the APPG for Children’s Media and the Arts Age Verification (AV) for commercial online pornography sites was passed into law in the Digital Economy Act 2017. It was a hard won amendment so you can imagine the dismay as the Government […]
Communication, Language and Literacy Home Learning App Competition
February 21, 2020 The Children’s Media Foundation (CMF) CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter, 0
By Olivia Dickinson Early last year, the Department for Education set up an expert panel to assess apps that would help young children with their communication, language and literacy before they start school. I was the Deputy Chair, and I was enthusiastic about the role and the panel, as I felt the DfE understood the […]
All Party Group for Children’s Media and The Arts, Inaugural Meeting
February 12, 2020 The Children’s Media Foundation (CMF) CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter, Event Reports, 0
All Party Group for Children’s Media and the Arts Inaugural Meeting Wednesday 22nd January Palace of Westminster Report After the enforced hiatus of summer recess, conference season and a December General Election, the All Party Parliamentary Group for Children’s Media and the Arts is back on track. All groups have to re-register after a General […]
Brexit and Children’s Media
November 8, 2019 The Children’s Media Foundation (CMF) CMF Newsletter, Event Reports, 0
Greg Childs is Director of the Children’s Media Foundation and Editorial Director of the Children’s Media Conference (CMC). With his Conference hat on he describes CMC’s latest event, produced in partnership with Animation UK and with funding from the government Brexit Business Readiness Fund… CMC can be relied upon to offer the most up-to-the-minute view of what’s […]