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The customer is always right. So, do I want to be on first name terms with everyone I meet as I go about my mundane and humdrum business? No, I [...]
March 14, 2012
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It is that time of year I always looked forward to when working on a newspaper. As colleagues with families headed off on their summer breaks, I [...]
July 12, 2010
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“What we know is that David Cameron’s car turned up here an hour ago and he’s still inside. We also know that some pizza boxes [...]
May 14, 2010
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At the start of the month I wrote about my attempts to get my new employer – and some of my new colleagues – Twittering. The [...]
February 20, 2009
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Trainee journalists lack core skills such as news gathering and writing when entering the workplace. That is the headline grabbing conclusion of [...]
November 11, 2008
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Tomorrow is Blog Action Day and the theme this year is poverty. Bloggers around the world will be writing posts and taking part in events to [...]
October 14, 2008
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It has been an interesting week or so since I blogged about the possible creation of a new network of freelancing media types. The idea was [...]
October 6, 2008
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Over the last few weeks I’ve been focusing on various issues relating to journalism and the way I hunt and gather news these days. It [...]
September 26, 2008
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So after four days of sun, male bonding, San Miguel and seafood, I’ve had a couple of days of catching up. Quite a lot happened regarding [...]
September 21, 2008
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I didn’t really miss too much on my 10-day break – apart from war in the Caucuses, the fastest jogger on Earth and the tale of two [...]
August 19, 2008