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In My Opinion: Bill Heaney: Religion – a big Scottish story for the next decade or more?
March 18, 2013
RELIGIOUS affairs correspondents, who needs them? Little did Scotland’s newspapers think they would need to…
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My Media Day: Paul Hineman, freelance TV producer/directorMarch 15, 2013
PAUL Hineman is a freelance television producer/director and has run his own production company since 2008....
In My Opinion: Alana Atkinson: When it’s what you don’t say that mattersMarch 15, 2013
IT’S a sad fact that around two people take their own lives every day in...
In My Opinion: John Collins: Why bother with media courses?March 13, 2013
THE first thing I say when I start a new year with my HNC students...
Applications being sought to run local TV channels in Aberdeen, Ayr, Dundee and InvernessMarch 13, 2013
APPLICATIONS are being sought by the broadcasting regulators, Ofcom, to run local TV channels in...
Invite issued for documentary film ideasMarch 12, 2013
ASPIRING and experienced documentary filmmakers are being invited to pitch their ideas in the hope...
Scots shortbread brand to sponsor STV broadcasts of Loose WomenMarch 11, 2013
BROADCASTS in the STV geography of the ITV lunchtime chat show, Loose Women, are to...
Australia move for Annette, from one ‘indigenous’ TV channel to anotherMarch 11, 2013
A ‘SCHEDULE producer’ at one of the partners in Gaelic language TV channel, BBC ALBA,...
Paul Tucker: Hell, yeah; reflections on ShetlandMarch 11, 2013
IT’S the end of episode one of Shetland and detective, Jimmy Perez, is in a...
My Media Day: Andrew McFadyen, soon-to-be programme editor, Al JazeeraMarch 11, 2013
ANDREW McFadyen is a freelance journalist based in Glasgow. He has worked for Al Jazeera,...
BBC’s coverage of Glasgow 2014 to be subject of ‘Media Mondays’ lectureMarch 8, 2013
THE person responsible for leading the BBC’s coverage of next year’s Commonwealth Games is speaking...
In My Opinion: Courtnay McLeod: Back to the Future for Border TV?March 7, 2013
LOCAL news is never trivial, because, in essence, that’s how most stories begin, even if...
Call for entries issued by Refugee Week Scotland Media AwardsMarch 7, 2013
AN annual awards competition celebrating Scotland’s best media coverage of refugee and asylum issues is...
Invite issued to Central Scotland radio stations to switch to digitalMarch 7, 2013
RADIO stations that are seeking to switch to digital are being invited to apply for...
Hearts pledge ‘strongest action possible’ against media reportMarch 5, 2013
UPDATE: Hearts report it has ‘withdrawn all media co-operation’ with STV… Read on… THE ‘strongest...
Made Here: Who’s the Mammy? BBC Radio ScotlandMarch 5, 2013
WHO’S the Mammy? is a Culture Café special being broadcast today at 13.15pm on BBC...
Media Movers: Andrew Vipond, Neil McIntosh, etcMarch 4, 2013
WELCOME to Media Movers, reporting the latest moves within the Scottish media, including promotions and...
In My Opinion: Francis Shennan: People who know the true value of journalismMarch 3, 2013
DURING the last two weeks, thanks to Skype, I have been chatting to people from...
STV programme shortlisted in UK-wide programme awards competitionMarch 1, 2013
A PROGRAMME broadcast as part of a charity appeal by STV has been shortlisted in...
My Media Day: Lorraine Wilson, freelance writer and music consultantMarch 1, 2013
LORRAINE Wilson is a freelance writer based in Dundee. She is the author of ‘Take...