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In My Opinion: John Collins: Let’s levy to invigorate the Scottish media
January 7, 2013
OF the 194 comments that currently accompany the suggestion, most appear to be against. I…
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In My Opinion: Atholl Duncan: An inconvenient truth – Al Gore and Al JazeeraJanuary 7, 2013
YOU might not have noticed, but the USA is about to be invaded. Not by ‘green...
In My Opinion: Andrew Collier: Time for media outlets to protect their own journalists from online abuseJanuary 4, 2013
SEVERAL years ago, I interviewed Gene Robinson, the Bishop of New Hampshire and famously the...
In My Opinion: Richard Walker: Don’t believe a word of it; the Press is not risk averseDecember 28, 2012
IN the current, post-Leveson climate, the problem with comments about the Press supposedly doing its...
In My Opinion: Pete Murray: On the job cuts at BBC ScotlandDecember 14, 2012
HAVING cold-shouldered MSPs for weeks, senior BBC executives have now agreed – possibly under pressure...
In My Opinion: Paul Wood: Small newspapers can be beautifulDecember 7, 2012
IT has been three years since the West Highland Free Press was taken over by...
In My Opinion: John McLellan: Why diplomacy is key to the Leveson processNovember 30, 2012
YOU won’t have to go far to find those who believe Lord Leveson’s plan to...
In My Opinion: Francis Shennan: Leveson – what might we expect?November 23, 2012
THIS time next week, we could all be on our way to being shackled by...
In My Opinion: Robert Beveridge: Give BBC Scotland more freedomNovember 16, 2012
THE chair of the BBC Trust, Lord Patten, states that the BBC needs a radical structural...
In My Opinion: Magnus Linklater: Scotland needs a national (online) newspaperNovember 9, 2012
BACK in the days when Arnold Kemp was editing The Herald, and I was at...
In My Opinion: Samantha McKay-Challen: Content is no longer ‘King’November 2, 2012
IS it just me, or is it far more difficult to secure media coverage for...
In My Opinion: Emma Crichton: University or an uncertain jobs market?October 26, 2012
IN less than a year, I will be hopefully graduating with a HND in Practical...
In My Opinion: Kathleen Nutt: On combining a career as a freelance journalist with motherhoodOctober 19, 2012
IT wasn’t a hugely difficult decision to return to work after having twins last year. Like...
In My Opinion: Murray Calder: Why public sector procurement reform can’t come soon enough for Scottish marketing servicesOctober 12, 2012
I’VE lived and worked in Scotland all my life. I feel both privileged and proud...
In My Opinion: Tim Dawson: How journalists can help themselvesOctober 5, 2012
I DOUBT there is a journalist alive today who has not, at some point, wished...
In My Opinion: David Hutchison: Bumpy ride to the referendum?September 28, 2012
AS the Scottish and UK governments edge towards an agreement on the arrangements for the...
In My Opinion: John McLellan: Reflections from the ‘other side of the fence’September 21, 2012
IT wasn’t exactly a baptism of fire, but it was a baptism of sorts and...
In My Opinion: Jackie Kemp: Reading a newspaper is a must to understand Scottish affairsSeptember 14, 2012
READING a quality Scottish daily newspaper remains indispensable for anyone who wants to be well-informed about...
In My Opinion: Stewart Weir: More to beat than a deadlineSeptember 7, 2012
HER opening salvo was thought-provoking. “Perhaps we should make a Paralympic pact before we start....
In My Opinion: Bill Heaney: Time to put the ‘local’ back into local newspapersAugust 31, 2012
WHERE have all the readers gone? Scotland’s hard-pressed local weekly newspapers are in serious bother....
