Category: Journalism

  • Is there any surprise trust is so low?

    You could see the headline on the front page of today’s Daily Telegraph on the newsstand from 50 feet away: The ministers and the money. Whatever your political stance, it must surely be apparent to anyone that something in Westminster…

  • No hoverboards in San Francisco?

    I love a journalist who genuinely has a way with words. Who’s actually a good writer. Who might have an agenda and doesn’t pretend he or she doesn’t. Who touches on things that make you nod in recognition as well…

  • A (one-off) future for print

    What an interesting experiment. This morning, a four-page printed newspaper called The Manual was distributed to London commuters at a number of locations in the city. Just 150 copies were printed with each one numbered so making the complete print…

  • PR spam is mostly the result of being careless

    Like many in the PR and journalism blogosphere, I get PR pitches by email every day. Like many, too, I welcome pitches if they are relevant to my interests. If they are, the chances are good that I will talk…

  • The opportunity again for PR

    The twin crafts of PR and journalism have an uneasy alliance, it seems to me. Both need each other yet it’s too often an uncomfortable relationship with the pot calling the kettle black too much of the time. Back in…