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In My Opinion: Iain Macwhirter: How do we preserve diversity of opinion in our Press?
April 25, 2014
PERHAPS it’s the end of the recession, perhaps it’s just Spring, but there’s a perceptible…
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In My Opinion: Bill Heaney: Time to drop the MrApril 23, 2014
WHY do newspapers feel it necessary to call an accused person Mr when he first...
In My Opinion: Gordon Robertson: Why did we let the cameras in, for a fly-on-the-wall documentary?April 18, 2014
WHEN I talk to fellow communications people about our BBC ‘fly-on-the-wall’ documentary, I get similar...
In My Opinion: John McLellan: The upcoming Scottish Newspaper Society conferenceApril 11, 2014
EVERY April, Scotland’s leading journalists gather to celebrate the best work from the previous year...
In My Opinion: Neil Braidwood: Impulse magazine – out now!April 4, 2014
IF you live in Edinburgh, look out for Edinburgh Napier’s journalism students’ new publication –...
In My Opinion: Greg Russell: Is it time to TALK about radio in Scotland?April 4, 2014
I KNOW that many of us who’ve been involved in the media in Scotland over...
In My Opinion: Gordon Fyfe: Young journalists should consider modelling themselves on Clive DennierMarch 28, 2014
CLIVE Dennier – who died, tragically, last year – was the sort of journalist with...
In My Opinion: Tim Dawson: A bright future for the NUJ?March 21, 2014
RUMMAGING in a junk shop the other day, I came upon a yellowing copy of...
In My Opinion: Courtnay McLeod: The CEO doesn’t tweet #notthepointMarch 14, 2014
‘ALL businesses increasingly need to function like a media company’ – it’s a mantra that...
In My Opinion: Julian Calvert: Which way will Scotland’s tabloids go on independence?March 14, 2014
FEW issues have led to more discussion among journalism academics than The Sun’s headlines at...
In My Opinion: Bob Dow: Reflections on the Highlands and Islands Media AwardsMarch 7, 2014
ONCE again, this year’s Highlands and Islands Press Ball and Media Awards underlined its reputation...
In My Opinion: Stewart Weir: The Record’s streaming of Poland versus ScotlandMarch 6, 2014
“DID you see the game last night?” is the age-old retort among individuals arguing a...
In My Opinion: Atholl Duncan: BBC needs to radically rethink the way it serves its Scots audienceFebruary 28, 2014
A RADICAL rethink is the only way to meet the broadcasting challenges faced regardless of...
In My Opinion: Austin Lafferty: Cameras in court should be broadly welcomedFebruary 21, 2014
THE Judicial Office consultation on televising courts has created the usual flurry of media activity....
In My Opinion: John McGurk: Why editors must avoid the ‘Bill Heaney lunch’February 14, 2014
I WAS surprised to read – here on allmediascotland.com – that Bill Heaney seldom got...
In My Opinion: Neil Braidwood: Student magazine, ImpulseFebruary 10, 2014
SO, it’s week four on the third-year journalism course at Edinburgh Napier University, and, so...
In My Opinion: Frank Gilfeather: Football clubs and their media relationsFebruary 7, 2014
GRAEME Croser’s article in last weekend’s Scottish Mail on Sunday highlights the difficulties many sportswriters...
In My Opinion: Bill Heaney: Editors are needed as never beforeFebruary 2, 2014
EDITORS, who needs them? And what are they for anyway? Has the digital age finally...
In My Opinion: Tim Dawson: Can eBooks save journalism?January 24, 2014
FIVE years ago, Rupert Colley was a librarian in Enfield with a long-standing dream of...
In My Opinion: Sally Stanley: Let’s celebrate Scottish marketing talentJanuary 17, 2014
THE party’s over, the rain is incessant, the credit card bills are lying unopened in...
