All posts in In My Opinion

In My Opinion: David Abraham: Sustaining creative risk in UK television for the next generation
August 22, 2014

DAVID Abraham is the chief executive of Channel 4 and the latest guest to deliver...

In My Opinion: Bill Farrar: Taking the case for advertising to Holyrood
August 15, 2014

WHAT would Scotland look like without advertising? Our streets would be less colourful, certainly, but...

In My Opinion: Fiona Davidson: Why the NUJ-backed modern apprenticeship in digital journalism is so relevant
August 8, 2014

RUMOURS of the journalism industry dying are grossly exaggerated; digital times are exciting times for...

In My Opinion: Colin Kelly: The freelancer’s guide to London
August 1, 2014

SO, you’ve got some work in London? Nice one. But before you go charging down...

In My Opinion: Lauren Pennycook: Six lessons for Neighbourhood News
July 25, 2014

FIVE years ago, it was predicted that half of the UK’s 1,300 local and regional...

In My Opinion: Rick Instrell: All pupils have a civic right to media education
July 18, 2014

THE Association for Media Education in Scotland (AMES) believes that all pupils have a civic...

In My Opinion: Ryan Falconer: Why media pros should be multi-skilled
July 11, 2014

THE years since the invention of the internet have been a boom time for the...

In My Opinion: Gavin Mochan: Scotland’s growing job market is good news for journalists
July 4, 2014

THE upcoming referendum on Scottish independence has dominated the news in recent months. Behind the headlines,...

In My Opinion: Sarah McDaid: Should an industry’s highest honour be a male term?
June 27, 2014

WHY does being the best still imply being male? In many industries the highest honour bestowed...

In My Opinion: Richard Lewis: On the future of broadcasting in Scotland
June 20, 2014

RECENTLY, I chaired a debate at the City of Edinburgh Council’s Culture and Sport Committee...

In My Opinion: Alisdair Gunn: The digital opportunities are out there
June 13, 2014

ON a sunny day at the end of last month, more than 400 of Scotland’s...

In My Opinion: Billy Briggs: Investigative journalism in Scotland
June 6, 2014

IN November this year, some of Scotland’s top journalists will gather in Edinburgh for a...

In My Opinion: Paul Hughes: Looking ahead to the launch of STV Glasgow
May 30, 2014

IF social media is anything to go by, then the public’s expectation of the new...

In My Opinion: Neil Braidwood: PPA reinvents itself
May 23, 2014

THE annual conference of the Professional Publishers Association is always a major date in the...

In My Opinion: Robin MacPherson: What might independence do for Scotland’s TV and film sectors?
May 23, 2014

THERE are many reasons why film and television in an independent Scotland could be bigger,...

In My Opinion: Lauren Pennycook: The time is now to support neighbourhood news
May 16, 2014

THE traditional business model for local news is increasingly unviable. Research conducted by the Press...

In My Opinion: Claire Wood: Digital business is booming; how can Scotland benefit?
May 9, 2014

A Summer of sport looms. The Commonwealth Games and the Ryder Cup are just around...

In My Opinion: Bill Heaney: Journalists don’t have crystal balls
May 2, 2014

THERE was a lot of feedback the other day on social media when Beattie Communications...

In My Opinion: David Sawyer: In PR, the world’s a-changing
May 2, 2014

JUST now is an interesting time to launch a PR company. Times have changed in...