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In My Opinion: Shaun Milne: Journalism isn’t dead, it’s just moving on
February 10, 2016

THERE’S something of a slow handclap thundering through Scottish media at the moment, a ferocious banging-out...

In My Opinion: Jim Chisholm: The BBC Charter review and the regional press; what should we Scots make of it all?
December 3, 2015

TWO big events re the future of news should be concerning Scots at the moment. The...

In My Opinion: Jaye Martin: Collaboration can drive sustainable growth in Scotland’s media industry
November 18, 2015

ON Thursday 12 November, Cabinet Secretary for Culture, Europe and External Affairs, Fiona Hyslop, announced the...

In My Opinion: Claire Enders: Current and future threats to public service broadcasting
November 17, 2015

GOOD evening, my name is Claire Enders and I am the founder and owner of...

In My Opinion: Lauren Pennycook: Harvesting hidden hyperlocals
October 14, 2015

WITH an estimated net loss of more than 180 local newspapers in the UK since...

In My Opinion: Alex Bell: Why I have launched Rattle
October 8, 2015

I LAUNCHED Rattle for two reasons. Scotland badly needs an independent current affairs and culture magazine....

In My Opinion: Jeff Moriarty: The ‘devolution’ of the web and how it might impact on Scotland
September 25, 2015

SCOTLAND is a proud nation. That is widely known, appreciated and seen by us every day...

In My Opinion: Susy MacAulay: Wish me luck, especially with the advertisers
September 7, 2015

WHEN I recently told people I was shutting down the print side of my local news...

In My Opinion: Eamonn O’Neill: BBC Scotland – time to get back into the fight
September 3, 2015

THE recent attention received by BBC Scotland from every conceivable quarter reminds me of the...

In My Opinion: Maurice Smith: Let the BBC be bold in Scotland as it grapples with Charter renewal
August 31, 2015

THE debate over the future of the BBC in Scotland is in danger of being sucked...

In My Opinion: Nicola Sturgeon, Alternative MacTaggart Lecture
August 27, 2015

First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, delivered the Alternative MacTaggart Lecture at the 2015 Edinburgh International Television...

In My Opinion: Armando Iannucci: We’re all in this together
August 26, 2015

The MacTaggart Lecture at the 2015 Edinburgh International Television Festival… STARING nervously out at you all,...

In My Opinion: Neil Braidwood: Scotland’s magazines sector
July 6, 2015

I HAVE been involved with the Scottish branch of the Professional Publishers Association (PPA) for...

In My Opinion: Richard Gill: Wearable technology – an advertiser’s perspective
May 29, 2015

THE growth in internet-connected devices continues to create new advertising opportunities for businesses to reach highly-targeted...

In My Opinion: Bill Heaney: A chance to demonstrate local newspapers are alive and kicking
May 26, 2015

IT cannot be true that weekly newspapers are dying on their feet – or that...

In My Opinion: Bill Heaney: Opportunity knocks, following the General Election
May 18, 2015

OPPORTUNITY knocks for the Scottish media following the political earthquake that saw 56 SNP members of...

In My Opinion: Brian Coane: Creative for Scotland
May 14, 2015

THESE are important times for the advertising industry in Scotland. Truly tectonic forces are altering the...

In My Opinion: Nikki Simpson: AMMO – what do we mean by collaboration?
May 5, 2015

LAST week saw the first event in what we hope will be many for the...

In My Opinion: Paul Holleran: The growing problem of cyberbullying
April 20, 2015

CYBERBULLYING is a growing problem for journalists, worldwide. I have dealt with far too many cases...