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In the interests of balance… PR v journalism

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I don’t generally have much time for the type of blog post that says PR people are idiots because they don’t understand bloggers.  Bloggers, PRs, journalists and editors all do their thing for different reasons and different levels and forms of reward. Sometimes they have to deal with each other and a degree of understanding […]

Phew what a talker

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Newspaper rules. Have you ever wondered why some stories get in the papers and some don’t? Who decides we’re interested in Cheryl Cole, Katie Price and Prince William this week? Well, news folk will say it’s because the public is interested – or even, more pompously, it’s in the public interest which isn’t the same […]

Putting the mouse down

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Later today I’m actually meeting some real-life people to talk about social media. My former colleague and Scottish Social Media Guy Craig McGill has organised it. Now it’s a huge departure for me. One of the reasons I love the ‘new’ media is that I don’t have to go and talk to people. I can […]