Fair Media Council Advisory Board Member

Natalie Fenton is a Professor of Media and Communications and Co-Director of the Centre for the Study of Global Media and Democracy at Goldsmiths, University of London. A leading voice on media, civil society, and democratic reform, she has written extensively on radical politics, journalism, and the digital age. Her work is driven by a passion for political transformation and re-imagining democracy through media systems that serve the public good. Fenton played a major role in the UK’s media reform movement as Vice-Chair of Hacked Off for seven years and as a founding member and former Chair of the UK Media Reform Coalition.

Fenton has been a featured guest on FMC Fast Chat, discussing media and the state of democracy. 

She currently serves on the board of Declassified UK, an investigative journalism outlet focused on British foreign policy. Her influential books include New Media: Old News, Digital, Political, Radical, and The Media Manifesto, among others. Her most recent work, Democratic Delusions: How media hollow out democracy and what we can do about it (Polity, 2024), offers a powerful critique of today’s media systems and a bold vision for democratic renewal. Fenton’s academic and advocacy work continues to shape critical debates around press freedom, accountability, and the future of media.