BEGINS The Scottish Farmer newspaper: “Rural PR firm, Scene and Herd, has brought three new faces into its consultancy team.
“Kate Duncan, Jan Barker and Sarah Anderson are joining directors Anna Davies and Ross ‘Monty’ Montague to strengthen the copy writing, media, event and social media management services on offer.”
Read more, here.
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REPORTED Saturday’s edition of The Herald: “The recently-appointed head of digital at Herald & Times Group is among the speakers at a major industry event taking place in Glasgow in early September.
“Gordon Stevenson joins representatives from companies including Buzzfeed, Channel4, IBM, Nickelodeon and FanDuel at the 360D gathering.
“The event, being held at the SECC, looks at trends in digital media, technology and gaming.”
Read more, here.
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THE Sunday Herald’s investigations editor, Paul Hutcheon, yesterday continued his three weeks-long reporting of a claim that a journalist’s sources have been spied on.
And his report – here – was accompanied by an article emphasising the importance of whistleblowing to democracy.
And today, the story is the front page lead in sister title, The Herald, under the heading, ‘Pressure grows over claim police spied on journalist’.
Read more, here.
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ALSO in the Sunday Herald, Vicky Allan considers sex scandals reported in the press, including to what extent they are in the public interest, entertainment and different to what the rest of the general public get up to.
Read her Essay of the Week, here.
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WIDELY reported, including here (The Times) and on page nine of The Herald: the BBC is declining to send staff to Rangers Football Club, following a ban imposed on one its journalists, Chris McLaughlin.
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STARTS the Evening Times newspaper (here): “Scottish charities could be in for a funding boost thanks to the Evening Times.
“The Gannett Foundation, the charitable arm of our parent company, distributes grants across the UK, benefitting good causes in the areas in which it sells newspapers.”
The story also appears in sister title, The Herald (page ten).
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CHECK out some of the winning images in a competition celebrating the best of travel photography… here, on the BBC website.
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