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In my opinion: Dave Miller: Ofcom ‘must act’ as local radio stations collapse
April 19, 2010
WITH a number of local commercial radio stations having gone into administration recently, it’s vital…
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In my opinion: Murray Cox: Will the 2010 UK General Election be the first social media election in the UK?April 12, 2010
WILL the 2010 UK General Election be the first social media election in the UK?...
In my opinion: Bill Heaney: More on the IFNCsMarch 31, 2010
HELLO, good evening and welcome to the least-watched television news programme in Scotland. This will...
In my opinion: Bill Heaney: Public notices in newspapersMarch 22, 2010
THE decision by the Scottish Government to ‘put to bed’ their proposed legislation freeing local...
In my opinion: Liz Hodgkinson: Time for freelancers to down toolsMarch 10, 2010
WHATEVER is happening to freelance fees? When I worked as woman’s editor at The Times in...
In my opinion: Francis Shennan: The Steven Purcell caseMarch 4, 2010
JUST before 8.30 this morning, my colleagues – Andy Collier and Professor Brian McNair –...
In my opinion: Martin Boyle: The media lessons to be learned from the Vancouver OlympicsMarch 1, 2010
“WE have never known it so tough.” That was perhaps the strongest message from journalists...
In my opinion: Mary Harper: Take care rushing to adopt social mediaFebruary 23, 2010
THE digital media is no stranger to misplaced myths and hothead hype. Since its inception,...
In my Opinion: Neil Blain: Scottish broadcasting needs structures and strategiesFebruary 16, 2010
I WILL begin with the planned dispersal of the BBC to Salford Quays next year....
In my opinion: Blair Jenkins: Where now for Scottish broadcasting?February 8, 2010
This is a speech given by Blair Jenkins, the chair of the Scottish Broadcasting Commission,...
In my opinion: Bill Heaney: Compromise needed to avert newspaper industry crisisFebruary 2, 2010
MOST politicians are scared stiff of newspapers. That is one of the reasons why so...
In my opinion: Jim Raeburn: Why public notices should remain in newspapers, for the Sake of DemocracyJanuary 28, 2010
THE Scottish Government is presently consulting on its plans for changing the law to allow...
In my opinion: David Hutchison: What future for local newspapers in Scotland?January 24, 2010
WHAT future for local newspapers in Scotland? Well, despite the encircling gloom, all is far...
In my opinion: Peter Jones: FOI requests – A mixed blessingJanuary 16, 2010
LET us get one thing straight and out in the open first. I like Freedom...
In My opinion: Charles McGhee: Newspapers in NigeriaJanuary 8, 2010
AS gloom continues to pervade the newspaper industry at home, it was gratifying to discover...
In my opinion: Michael Romilly: The Guardian iPhone app ‘raises the bar’ for newspaper bossesJanuary 3, 2010
WITH the recent release of their iPhone application, The Guardian newspaper has ‘raised the bar’...
In my opinion: Bob Cuddihy: If a Scottish Six, then why not a Scottish Ten?December 22, 2009
WHEN you live part of the year in the mountains of Andalusia, near the town...
In my opinion: Bill Heaney: Why public notices need to stay in newspapers, not migrate to the internetDecember 19, 2009
WHEN I worked for First Minister, Henry McLeish, it was my job to get weekly...
In my opinion: Martin Boyle: It’s good the NCTJ chose Scotland for its annual conferenceDecember 11, 2009
THE opportunity to bring the NCTJ’s annual Journalism Skills Conference to Scotland was a timely...
In my opinion: Julian Calvert: Yes, there should be a Scottish Media CommissionDecember 4, 2009
IT’S hard to argue with the newly-elected president of the National Union of Journalists, Peter...
