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In My Opinion: Stewart Argo: Some thoughts on Edinburgh Council’s new news manager post
January 10, 2014
MY old job has been advertised, although it’s not exactly my old job. The City…
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In My Opinion: Laura Sutherland: So, what might 2014 have in store for Scotland’s PR sector?January 3, 2014
LAST year was a year of gearing up… for this year. It’s going to be...
Douglas White: The future’s bright, the future’s co-operative?December 20, 2013
IT’S an inspiring story, familiar to most of us. An once treasured local asset is...
In My Opinion: John Maclean: The Clutha tragedy and being on the receiving end of a media frenzyDecember 13, 2013
AT 10.30pm two Fridays ago I was doing my ‘Daddy’s Taxi Service’ shuttle, collecting my...
In My Opinion: Mairi Damer: Mind the gap – where’s the burdz?December 6, 2013
I WAS, for a whole decade, one of a three per cent media minority, and...
In My Opinion: Robert Beveridge: Goodbye print, hello digi-news, but how?November 29, 2013
IF you are reading this, it is reasonable to assume that, like me, you are...
In My Opinion: Chris Pitt: Searching for marketing’s soulNovember 22, 2013
MARKETING, as a process and a function, has many definitions. Some of these are not...
In My Opinion: Lauren Pennycook: Journalists and their economic literaryNovember 15, 2013
THE economic recovery has been top of the public agenda since the financial crisis in...
In My Opinion: John Brown: Public sector PR professionals require to put the public interest firstNovember 8, 2013
PUTTING the public interest first is, in my view, the biggest challenge for all PRs ...
In My Opinion: Myra Philp: So, you’re thinking of working abroad?November 1, 2013
I LEFT my Scottish Sun patch in Edinburgh at the end of November two years...
In My Opinion: Simon Walton: Is productivity crushing creativity?October 18, 2013
WE live in an one-strike culture. Not three. It’s less like baseball and more like...
In My Opinion: Hamish Thompson: Why, in this age of social media, do journalists view PR agencies as anti-social?October 11, 2013
SINCE the start of this year I’ve been publishing, online, a range of reports about...
In My Opinion: Andrew Lawton: The journey from student media into the professional industryOctober 4, 2013
FRESHERS’ weeks at universities all over Scotland have been in full swing, ahead of four...
In My Opinion: David Shearer: Outdoor – the advertising medium of the future?September 27, 2013
IN my role, I’m often asked to make some predictions about the future of the...
In My Opinion: Michael Rawlins: Hyperlocal ScotlandSeptember 20, 2013
SCOTLAND is a wonderfully diverse country, with large cities and small, picture-postcard villages. The one...
In My Opinion: Andrew Smillie: There’s never been a better time to show off your DIY media skillsSeptember 13, 2013
IF, like me, you’re aged between 18 and 30, then according to the movie character,...
In My Opinion: Janet Archer: Support for the TV industry an important part of Creative ScotlandSeptember 6, 2013
This is an edited extract from a speech given on Friday August 23, at a...
In My Opinion: David Strachan: To Edinburgh and its festivals (especially its TV one)August 30, 2013
THE weekend before last, the International Festival. Scottish Ballet and Christopher Hampson’s The Rite of...
In My Opinion: Kevin Spacey: The James MacTaggart Memorial Lecture, 2013August 23, 2013
Delivered to The Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival 2013. GOOD evening. I’m delighted to be...
In My Opinion: Graeme Atha: Why we need to shout about marketingAugust 16, 2013
ON Monday, a festival about marketing is taking place in Edinburgh. It’s called Amplify and...