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In My Opinion: Jerry Ward: It’s not a shameful act but putting a dollar sign on your press coverage misses the point
September 2, 2010
IT is a question that has challenged the PR industry for the past few decades…
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In My Opinion: Bill Heaney: Our weekly newspapers – time someone shouted ‘stop’August 31, 2010
READ them and weep. The circulation figures for Scotland’s weekly newspapers are so bad I...
In My Opinion: Mark Thompson: MacTaggart LectureAugust 27, 2010
WE all know the ingredients of a classic MacTaggart. First you need anger. If you...
In My Opinion: David Harron: The Big ClimbAugust 26, 2010
OUR decision to commission a live rock climb, on a dauntingly imposing crag, in a...
In My Opinion: Chris Hammond: Pushy PR people put dampener on FreshersAugust 19, 2010
THE lead up to the Freshers’ Edition of Scotcampus magazine is both exciting and exhausting....
In My Opinion: Hamish Mackay: The new-look HeraldAugust 9, 2010
INTERESTING days lie ahead for the editorial teams at The Herald, Sunday Herald and Evening...
In My Opinion: Tristan Stewart-Robertson: Your news, my viewsJuly 26, 2010
THE great revolution yet to come in journalism will parallel the societal civil wars between...
In my opinion: Nick Eardley: Old hacks, new tricksJuly 20, 2010
THE internet, most journalists would freely admit, has changed the profession, and, last month, BBC...
In my opinion: Bill Heaney: Religion could be the saving of Scotland’s newspapersJuly 5, 2010
NEWSPAPERS, which are increasingly threatened with closure through loss of circulation and advertising, could find...
In my opinion: Francis Shennan: becoming an effective freelancerJune 30, 2010
SITCOM writer, John Sullivan, was spot on. When his creation, Del Boy, was asked his...
In my opinion: Bill Heaney: Why journalists need to get out moreJune 25, 2010
NEW tricks – such as surfing the internet – are not the answer to the...
In my opinion: Graham Bryce: Why we don’t Need the Scottish Digital NetworkJune 22, 2010
I AM hesitant about raining on anyone’s parade, but, unlike some well-established figures in the...
In my opinion: David Cairns: Deregulation could save STV and local news bulletinsJune 16, 2010
WHETHER or not STV’s legendary founder, Lord Thompson, actually coined the phrase, “a licence to...
In my opinion: Julie Craik: Go faster, definitely; get local, definitely maybeJune 14, 2010
IT’S been an interesting few days for all of us media watchers, doers and lobbyists...
In my opinion: Chris Hammond: What awaits journalism graduatesJune 11, 2010
LATER this summer, hundreds of journalism students will graduate from universities across the country; many...
In my opinion: Blair Jenkins: Scottish Digital NetworkJune 4, 2010
A former head of news and current affairs at BBC Scotland, Blair Jenkins chaired the...
In my opinion: Alastair McKay: A remembrance of Alan RuddockJune 2, 2010
WHERE to start with Alan Ruddock? Just before the start, perhaps. Hard to explain, without...
In my opinion: Pete Murray: Johnston Press and AtexMay 6, 2010
ONE of the largest single owners of regional newspapers in the UK, Johnston Press, has...
In my opinion: Shaun Milne: Why social media will make a difference this electionMay 3, 2010
THE General Election might not be won online. But every political party whatever their colour...
In my opinion: Tristan Stewart-Robertson: ‘I’m pregnant’ and other truthsApril 23, 2010
THE 1990 film, The Bonfire of the Vanities, has a great exchange between drunk hack...
