THE former head of communications at Central Scotland Police – before it became last year part of the single Police Scotland – has been named head of news at the new entity.
Andrew Walker’s appointment follows the restructuring of the corporate communications function at the single Scotland-wide policing service.
Walker is joined by Gillian Main, former marketing manager at Strathclyde Police, who has been appointed head of Marketing and Digital Media; Kevin O’Hare, former head of Communications at Fife Constabulary, who has been appointed corporate communications manager; and Becky Hunter, former media manager at Strathclyde Police, who has been appointed Local Policing communications manager for the North, based in Aberdeen.
Police Scotland is currently recruiting for a number of posts in the new department, as recently advertised on allmediascotland.
Andrew’s and Gillian’s appointments have begun with immediate effect and all other appointments will take effect over the Summer as recruitment continues.
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THE Daily Record, The Scottish Sun and The Times (Scottish edition) each feature in a listing of complaints recently resolved by the Press Complaints Commission. As the PCC outlines, here.
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INTERESTING read, headlined: ‘Paying for online news: What we have learned from the Telegraph’s metered paywall one year on’. It’s the latest blog by the editor of the pressgazette.co.uk, Dominic Ponsford.
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YOU report motors? Or are interested in them? Then you might wish to follow www.twitter.com/allMotorsPR.
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THERE is an obituary in today’s Herald newspaper, about Martin Singleton, described as “one of Scotland’s most respected freelance cameramen”. He was aged 66.
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CLAIM and counter-claim in this story, here in The Drum media and marketing magazine, concerning The Scottish Sun, the Commonwealth Games and the Scottish Government.
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A NEW magazine is being launched, described as ‘Scotland in 7 days’.
Says DC Thomson, publishers of The Stooshie, which is being launched on the 16th of next month, the magazine will be “offering the top Scottish news, views and opinions from across the week. It will also feature a regular weekly column from comedian and BBC Scotland presenter, Fred MacAulay”.
Read more, here.
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