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In My Opinion: Francis Shennan: Is WikiLeaks journalism?
August 24, 2012
SO, now we have a Scottish angle to the Julian Assange case. To London, it…
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In My Opinion: Kevin McKenna: Rangers, the mainstream media and blogsAugust 17, 2012
FEW spheres of Scottish society have been left untouched by events surrounding the demise of...
In My Opinion: Ellen Arnison: Citizen journalism and journalism ethicsAugust 10, 2012
EVERYONE has got an opinion about journalists, it seems. Particularly those of the tabloid persuasion....
In My Opinion: Chris Holme: Digital history manAugust 3, 2012
AMID all the gloom that hangs over traditional news media, there’s one bright spot from an...
In My Opinion: Jim Chisholm: My first challenges at the Scottish Newspaper SocietyJuly 27, 2012
NOTHING brought home to me more the variety, potential and opportunity of the Scottish newspaper...
In My Opinion: Atholl Duncan: Why the BBC should not be privatisedJuly 20, 2012
AS the glorious floods of summer begin to subside, there are signs that Scottish journalism...
In My Opinion: Dorothy-Grace Elder: Please, no more secretive PRJuly 20, 2012
SCOTLAND remains a country of knee jerk secrecy, despite Freedom of Information and good Scottish...
In My Opinion: Scott Douglas: A spring in the step of the media?July 20, 2012
IT strikes me that there’s something of a spring back in the step of news...
In My Opinion: Craig McGill: Are sub-editors the secret to winning the digital war?July 20, 2012
THEY are the unseen heroes of many an article and the oft-ignored part of a...
In My Opinion: Paul Holleran: The mental state of the mediaJuly 20, 2012
NOWHERE in my job description as the Scottish Organiser of the National Union of Journalists...
In My Opinion: John Collins: A bright six months ahead for radio?July 20, 2012
THE next six months are going to be very interesting, if you are a keen...
In My Opinion: Graham Bryce: Why a Scottish Media AcademyJuly 20, 2012
THIS year, 2012, will, I hope, be remembered as a landmark year for media in...
In my opinion: Blair Jenkins: New regulatory code needed for the PressFebruary 6, 2012
JOURNALISM is a profession based on trust. The quality of our national debate and discourse...
In my opinion: John Collins: The listening figures slide in Bauer’s AM portfolioFebruary 2, 2012
THE story that leaps out of from the lastest set of listening figures revealed today...
In my opinion: Matthew Ball: Why I bought Marie ClaireFebruary 1, 2012
THE February issue of Marie Claire is easy to spot on the shelf. It’s caught...
In my opinion: Martin Kielty: Reflections on day one at the Daily RecordJanuary 23, 2012
FOR various reasons, I’m reminded of my very first day in newspapers – a long...
In My Opinion: John Collins: The RAJARsOctober 28, 2011
THIS has been one of the most fascinating RAJAR surveys in a long time. It...
In My Opinion: Blair Jenkins: Broadcasting in ScotlandOctober 25, 2011
At the start of a Scottish Parliament committee examination of broadcasting within the UK Government-proposed...
In My Opinion: Fiona Hyslop: Scotland has been short-changed on broadcastingOctober 8, 2011
SCOTLAND has been short-changed by the UK Government on broadcasting. On Thursday, the BBC announced...
In My Opinion: Robert Beveridge: Can BBC and STV survive independence?October 7, 2011
THE announcement of cuts to BBC Scotland – especially to news and current affairs – throws...
