SEVERAL Scots entries have made it to the shortlist of an annual competition celebrating the best of UK commercial radio.
Scots entries make it into the likes of Journalist of the Year and the Station of the Year (<500,000 TSA) categories of the 2015 Arqiva Commercial Radio Awards.
Read more, here, in our regular Media Awards feature.
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A WELL-known Scots freelance journalist has had his first book turned into an audio book, voiced by Scots actor, Robbie Coltrane.
Peter Ross’s Daunderlust is a collection of many of his articles written when he worked for Scotland on Sunday newspaper, including spending time with the painters on the Forth Rail Bridge; inside the prison, Barlinne; and with naturists on Loch Lomond.
Read more, here.
It’s a busy time for Peter, whose byline is often found in The Times, The Sunday Times, The BIG Issue magazine and www.scottishreview.net. On Thursday, he will find out if he is a winner in an annual competition, recognising the best of political writing. He has been nominated in the Journalism category of the Orwell Prize.
Read more, here (which includes mention of former Scotsman journalist, James Meek – in the running for the book prize).
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A CORRECTION in The Herald paper followed an adjudication by the Independent Press Standards Organisation, which yesterday announced it had partially upheld a complaint made against the newspaper.
It follows a complaint made on behalf of the former leader of Glasgow City Council, Steven Purcell.
Read IPSO’s conclusions here. The Herald, on page two, yesterday explained the complaint followed an interview with Purcell, published on December 15 last year, and that it was “happy to set the record straight” on a particular aspect of it.
Also, in yesterday’s IPSO announcement, it was mentioned that a complaint (here) made against the Daily Record had not been upheld.
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A SENIOR communications officer is being sought by the Church of Scotland, on a six months, fixed contract.
The vacancy is being advertised here, on the allmediascotland.com media jobs board.
And it is repeated on www.twitter.com/allmediajobs.
To advertise your job ad on allmediascotland.com, email here.
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BEGINS The Herald’s Grieg Cameron: “Advertising agency, The Union, has been selected to create a new global campaign for VisitScotland.
“The agreement will cover all forms of media across the UK as well as the tourism agency’s international markets.
“The Union, which has the bulk of its 85 staff in Edinburgh, said it will use its international agency network, Worldwide Partners, to implement the campaign overseas.”
Read more, here.
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AND begins a media release issued by the Scottish Catholic Media Office: “In a pastoral letter which will be read at all 500 Catholic parishes in Scotland this weekend – to mark the 49th World Communications Day – Archbishop Philip Tartaglia calls on all Catholics to embrace the role of the family as the true building block of a good society, which can be used as a force for dialogue and reconciliation and acknowledges the role of modern media in enabling families to share their stories, faith and forgiveness with others.”
Read more, here.
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THE Herald’s letters editor, Drew Allan, writes today: “Since I last wrote in this slot (on April 24) we have published around 42,000 of your words on our Letters Pages. Unsurprisingly, the overwhelming majority of these have been on the subject of the General Election.”
Read more, here.
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