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Energy website launched by P&J
A MONTHLY energy supplement in The Press and Journal newspaper has got itself a website offshoot. Energy Voice, has – says its publishers, DC Thomson – “a dedicated team of reporters”, to provide “more industry sector …
My Media: Tony Jervis, commercial director, MediaCom Scotland
TONY Jervis is the commercial director of MediaCom Scotland, where he has worked for the last six years.. MediaCom is the UK’s largest media buying agency group, with 140-plus
My Media Day: Alan Burrows, Press and media manager, Motherwell FC
ALAN Burrows has been Press and media manager for Motherwell Football Club since September 2007. He actually studied hospitality after leaving school in 2000 and worked in that industry
Craig McGill: Cutting to the chase
I DON'T recall Matt Bendoris writing about death by a thousand cuts, in his first novel, Killing With Confidence. But The Scottish Sun feature writer has sparked the detective in
Two nominations for the Herald & Times Group in online media awards
THE publisher of The Herald, Sunday Herald and Evening Times newspapers has earned itself two nominations in a competition celebrating the best of online media. The Herald & Times
Shortlist announced for Scottish Student Journalism Awards
THE cream of Scottish student journalism is to be celebrated next week, and the shortlisted entries, across nine categories, has just been announced. The Scottish Student Journalism Awards are
Bill Heaney: The Churches and the media
ARCHBISHOP Philip Tartaglia appears to be one of the few churchmen in Scotland who realises there is no point in engaging in futile hostilities with the Press. His message
My Media Day: Andrew Southwick, freelance reporter and editor of www.theawayend.net
ANDREW Southwick is a freelance reporter, focusing mainly on sport, and has edited his own website, theawayend.net, for the last four years. It was launched while Andrew was an university
Cardonald College students among the winners at Creative Loop media awards
STUDENTS at Cardonald College, in Glasgow, were among the winners at a media awards ceremony, hosted by Creative Loop - which has just concluded a two-day festival, which
Nick Freer: Using the media to capture attention in the digital age
AS the owner of a small public relations consultancy, I was pleased to read recently that we are in “a golden moment for entrepreneurship in the UK”. That quote
Creative head’s crime novel available for free online until Sunday
THE director of an organisation involved in skills training among Scotland's creative industries has turned his hand to being creative himself - and his self-published novel, in Kindle
The Media in Figures: UK audience attitudes towards the broadcast media
Quality of TV programmes WHEN asked whether TV programmes had improved, stayed the same or worsened in the past 12 months, over half (55 per cent) of UK adults
Training target set by new Scotland chair of advertising body
TRAINING - particularly in-house, among agencies, and of people newly starting in the profession - has been set as a key target during Claire Wood's tenure as Scotland
TV ideas pitching session among highlights of media festival expected to attract 500 students
THE chance to pitch a TV programme idea in front of BBC Scotland's commissioning editor, Ewan Angus, is among the attractions at a two-day media festival in Glasgow,
James Wilson: Teamwork at the heart of broadcasting success
THE Commonwealth Games is a big deal. It’s the third-largest sporting event in the world and the scale of the broadcast infrastructure will be beyond anything Scotland has
Revamping beginning today for NUJ guidelines on the reporting of mental health issues and suicide
GUIDELINES drawn up by the Scotland office of the National Union of Journalists, on the reporting of mental health issues and suicide, are to be revamped, beginning today
Media Book Review: The Social Media Industries, edited by Alan B. Albarran
EILIDH Marshall reviews The Social Media Industries, edited by Alan B. Albarran THINK you know all there is to know about social media? Well, think again, as this book is just
David Eyre: Sharing news? This could be the year Scottish journalism carves a new future
I THINK we'll look back on 2013 as the year when journalism in Scotland began to carve out a new future for itself. And I think The Scottish
Lisa-Nicole Mitchell: Term ending
SO, we are nearing the end of my third-year journey. In a couple of weeks, I will be completely finished. The magazine is totally done and distributed throughout Edinburgh.
New Dundee centre to provide hub for new-start ‘creative media’, digital and technology companies
NEWLY-started 'creative media', digital and technology companies are being offered the opportunity to work in a dedicated hub in Dundee, providing support services such as equipment, mentoring and



























