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Mikaeel Kular’s murder: Let’s not do trial by Twitter

January 20, 2014 By Ellen

Tragic little Mikaeel Kular. It’s an awful tale of a beautiful little boy, a desperate search and, finally, the saddest of endings. Along with the rest of the world, I watched the story unfold adding my hope to the groundswell of wishes to see him again. Safe. Painfully, it was not to be. Now his mother Rosdeep has […]

Filed Under: contempt, Edinburgh, justice, Mikaeel Kular, missing, Rosdeep, Trial, twitter

Why the prospect of Thatcher’s death sickens me

January 10, 2013 By Ellen

Thatcher at Chequers 1993 (BBC Radio 4, via Flickr) Margaret Thatcher is a frail old woman and it seems fairly likely that she’ll die quite soon. I couldn’t really care less whether she does or not, but I’m beginning to dread the day she finally packs her handbag for the last time and shuffles off. Perhaps […]

Filed Under: death, Margaret Thatcher, politics, twitter

How to fail at fashion and social media all at once…

December 21, 2012 By Ellen

A bit of a turkey Earlier this week I had an interview for some work… something interesting that would slot nicely into the portfolio career. I was all organised – I’d read as much background as I could find, printed out CVs as requested, put on makeup and dressed as a grown up. A bit like a […]

Filed Under: cautionary tale, clothes, fail, fashion, fashion fail, journalism, Portfolio career, social media, twitter, work

Royal prank – horrible story but no one committed murder

December 9, 2012 By Ellen

No one dialed for murder And not even nearly… The news that the nurse who was taken in by prank calling Australian DJ’s may have committed suicide is truely awful. Not least because she leaves two teenage children. But there’s a savage noise building. It’s the sound of howls of indignation and outrage as Tweeters […]

Filed Under: ethics, Facebook., Kate Middleton, nurse, Royal, royal baby, royal prank, scandal, suicide, The World, twitter Tagged With: Journalism, news, The World

Twitter for Business

October 2, 2012 By Ellen

  Recently I gave a talk about how to use Twitter in business. Ever one to recycle, I thought the abridged notes might be of interest.    First thing I did though was read part of Dorky Mum’s brilliant Twitter Is like… post.   Why tweet? Twitter can be the easiest kind of networking you’ll […]

Filed Under: advice, business, twitter, twitter profile, twitter training

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