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In My Opinion: Jeff Zycinski: Tune in; you might just like what you hear
January 18, 2013
LAST week, the prominent Scots historian, Professor Tom Devine, called for a shake-up of BBC…
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In My Opinion: Neil Braidwood: Gone, the Golden Age of Scottish printingJanuary 17, 2013
THE other night, I dreamt that I found a Linotype machine in my garden. You...
In My Opinion: Bill Heaney: Time for the Scottish Media to ‘do God’?January 17, 2013
RELIGION. Who needs it? I have said it before and I say it again: newspapers...
In My Opinion: Mark Gorman: What might 2013 hold for the Scottish advertising industry?January 16, 2013
WHAT advertising industry? The one that boasted Hall Advertising, 1576, The Morgan Partnership, Faulds Advertising,...
In My Opinion: Francis Shennan: We need a more sophisticated approach to what is privacyJanuary 16, 2013
I USED to think I had intelligent friends, but that was before social media. At...
In My Opinion: Scott Douglas: PR professionals can light up businessJanuary 13, 2013
TALK about a ‘light bulb moment’. A dicky brake light in my trusty old Saab...
In My Opinion: Craig McGill: Time to adopt ‘change philosophy’January 13, 2013
IT’S an irony of newspapers that, while they are fast-moving organisations – breaking news incredibly...
In My Opinion: Ellen Arnison: Present the facts, not saucy postcard valuesJanuary 11, 2013
ANOTHER teacher under suspicion of something inappropriate with a pupil, another newspaper filled with the...
In My Opinion: Paul Holleran: A look at the year aheadJanuary 11, 2013
THERE is a fine line to be drawn when it comes to protecting the well-being...
In My Opinion: Kenny Kemp: We need media investigations more than ever beforeJanuary 11, 2013
A JOURNALIST colleague thought he’d won the lottery when he joined The Sun as a...
In My Opinion: Craig McGill: Stop messing about with the internet, start making some moneyJanuary 7, 2013
IT would be fair to say that the majority of the Scottish Press has yet...
In My Opinion: Courtnay McLeod: Helping ensure internships are more than making cups of teaJanuary 7, 2013
I’VE seen this from all sides. I’ve been the over-eager student desperate to impress someone,...
In My Opinion: Derek Masterton: Let’s resolve to help each otherJanuary 7, 2013
AS we sit, surrounded by the debris of our already broken New Year resolutions, the...
In My Opinion: Francis Shennan: Should the Scots ‘Leveson panel’ hold fire?January 7, 2013
THIS is the 40th anniversary of Scotland starting the working year a day behind everyone...
In My Opinion: Neil Braidwood: It’s the illustration that especially makes Hot Rum Cow such a joyJanuary 7, 2013
THIS is the perfect time of year to be enjoying a little Hot Rum Cow....
In My Opinion: Ian MacKenzie: Channel 4’s Alpha Fund is a ‘call to action’ for creative talentJanuary 7, 2013
BACK in the early autumn of last year, Channel 4 broadcast an hour-long show, ‘My...
In My Opinion: Bill Heaney: Scotland’s ‘Leveson panel’ requires weekly inputJanuary 7, 2013
HAPPY New Year everyone or, then again, maybe not… Those of you who have come...
In My Opinion: Ellen Arnison: It’s time to ditch the Page Three girlsJanuary 7, 2013
I USED to believe Page Three was just good, clean fun. At the time, I...
In My Opinion: Mark Gorman: An intriguing communications battleground awaits over the independence referendumJanuary 7, 2013
WAS it just me or was the media at the end of 2012 just a...
In My Opinion: Scott Douglas: Liar, liar, so you’re a PR consultant for hire?January 7, 2013
THERE is always something a bit difficult to digest over the festive holiday period, or...
