IT is widely reported that the Salmond-Darling TV referendum debate is now in doubt.
Begins The Scotsman: “STV’S plans for a head-to-head debate between Alex Salmond and Alistair Darling collapsed last night when negotiations broke down amid rancour between the two sides.”
Reports appear in various other publications too, including The Herald, The Daily Telegraph and The Courier.
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SCOTLAND should establish a national film school, the Edinburgh International Film Festival will be told, according to a preview of an address by Dr David Archibald of Glasgow University, in The Herald.
The winners of an ‘ultra-short’ filmmaking challenge, which is part of Glasgow 2014’s Cultural Programme, are reported here, with more details about the winning film, here.
And a Scottish Government press release puts the case that “only independence offers the powers to make a difference to the film industry”.
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SCOTS BBC journalist, Gavin Esler, is one of the figures being given honorary degrees during this summer’s graduation season.
He received an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Letters – in recognition of his outstanding achievement, contribution and extensive experience within journalism and his distinction in the field of literature – at Glasgow Caledonian University – as the university posts here.
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WEBER Shandwick Scotland has received silver level accreditation from Investors in People, as reported here.
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THE Scottish Daily Mail is recruiting, looking for trainee reporters and sub-editors – as advertised here on the allmediascotland.com media jobs board and repeated on twitter.com/allmediajobs.
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THE editor of The Buchan Observer is reportedly leaving to take up a managerial position with a development trust which aims to improve and promote Peterhead.
Ken Duncan is said to be succeeded by his deputy, Morag Kuc, in a report here and here.
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AN updated list of journalists, photographers and academics blogging about the media industry is published here.
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BEGINS former Scotsman editor, John McGurk: “In the end, it was like a death in the family while, as Jeremy Paxman may even have said himself, the reality was ‘Old Man Retires From Job’.”
McGurk considers Paxman leaving the BBC current affairs programme, Newsnight.
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