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CMF’s Colin Ward on an opportunity for change
(Published in Perspective)
19-08-2025
In an article written for the Children’s Media Yearbook, Colin Ward, research, policy and deputy director of the Children’s Media Foundation discusses how the foundation has been working to bring about change in a crisis-ridden kids’ TV sector.
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