media & PR archive
Media ownership: what have Liberal Democrats said?
Flicking through old general election manifestos of the Liberal Democrats and our predecessor parties at the weekend, I was surprised to find how recent references to concerns over the pattern of media ownership in the UK are. It really is only with the 1997 general election manifesto that explicit policies about protecting or improving the [...]
Media reform in the UK
Anthony Barnett (Our Kingdom), Sunny Hundal (Liberal Conspiracy), Mark Pack (Lib Dem Voice) & Will Straw (IPPR) write… July 2011 will be remembered as one of those rare moments where the nation came together in shared outrage and disgust. The hacking of Milly Dowler shocked the country and led to a series of unprecedented events [...]
I am still in awe at this amazing story
Top notch news values from the British local press. Makes you want to stand up and sing the national anthem, doesn’t it?
Coming soon: victory over obesity, acne and being male
Good news is about to hit the UK (or perhaps England and Wales; or maybe just England). Soon we will have photographic proof from the media that the nation’s young people have banished the scourge of obesity. What’s more, acne has gone too. There’s a lot of smiling around however, perhaps as a result. Jumping [...]
Could you edit The Guardian? Take a simple test
Here’s a simple test to see if you too have what it takes to edit The Guardian. a. You have an interview lined up with a Treasury minister. b. You have a journalist who happily admits they don’t understand the difference between a cyclical and structural deficit. Do you say: 1. “Pah, so what? It’s [...]
Want an injunction? Don't think all you need is a lawyer
When the convictions came through in the court trial over the death of Baby Peter in 2009 I had my own small experience of trying to hold the line on a legal order of anonymity against the social media tide. The courts initially ruled that the names of those convicted should be kept secret but there was [...]
How social media is changing Public Affairs
That’s the topic at the CIPR’s Social Summer event on 25 August, at which I’ll be speaking along with one of the good folk from Tweetminster. You can book your place here. Now all I need to do is to work out what to say…
Mark Cavendish has achieved more in four years than English football team in last forty
But he’s a cyclist. So even now on a quick flick through mainstream news outlets, his victory today has got some coverage but nowhere near the level that his dominance deserves. In the last four Tour De Frances he has won 20 stages, putting him well up the all-time list for record number of stage [...]
Newspaper headlines, the Evening Standard way
Story:
Lord Judge said … “The problem therefore is not the internet”
Headline:
Judge: Internet threatens justice
(From Thursday’s Evening Standard, page 7)
You shall tweet 100 times…
A court in Malaysia has taken an unusual approach to twitter and defamation – by requiring someone to tweet an apology 100 times over three days. Fahmi Fadzil had claimed in a tweet a pregnant friend of his had been badly treated by managers at work. The company involved responded by taking out legal action. [...]
