Work experience: Radio Hartlepool

For anyone who has done some radio, or would like to, Radio Hartlepool are looking for students for work placements, particularly in being a part of their news team. Here’s the blurb:
Radio Hartlepool launched on October 14th from our studio’s based at York Road in the centre of town. The station is a community station [...]

Paid work experience

Hackett Property is looking for a PR/Promotion person for Serviced Apartments it runs in Sunderland City Centre, Hawksley House and Mowbray Apartments.
Haley Sloan says: “This would be a temporary role with a view of possible future employment either part time or full time.  It would include creating and managing press releases for the apartments that operate as [...]

Have you seen..?

An instant backlash by ‘Bloggers Moms’ has forced a US drugs company into an embarrassing climbdown, writes Neville Hobson

The Motrin Storm: Breathtaking speed and scale
Motrin: Where’s the authenticity?
Commentary by Heather Yaxley and Robert French

People in all the countries surveyed in  an Ofcom report are spending much more time online. The US leads the way at [...]

Hot stuff: Changing attitudes and behaviours….

I am not sure how many people regularly visit EU Tube but this is rather good. Changing attitiudes and behaviours is one of the most interesting areas of PR – worthy of rigorous practical and academic study.

Chris slams ‘woeful’ Trinity Mirror

Head of Journalism/PR Chris Rushton made a spirited intervention at the Society of Editor’s conference yesterday. Here’s how the Guardian reported his robust attack on Trinity Mirror’s job cuts and ‘woeful’ local news websites  - no Christmas card from TM boss Sly Bailey for Chris this year.
“I have some sympathy with local newspaper editors but if you [...]

BBC writersroom Future Talent Award

The BBC has announced another development opportunity for talented drama and comedy writers. This is their blurb:
We would like to invite students from the BBC MediaCityUK partner organisations [Sunderland is one member] to submit up to three 30-90 minute drama or comedy scripts written by their students, to be read and considered by our team [...]

Mail editor Dacre on privacy, Mosley and the BBC

Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre gave a powerful speech to the Society of Editor’s conference last night, lambasting an ‘arrogant and amoral’ judge for his sympathy for Max Mosley, warning of privacy laws creeping in through the backdoor, and hitting out at the BBC’s encroachment on local press territory.
Strong stuff that deals with some of the [...]

Splashing on a huge story…

A blogger calling himself i-Boy has put tgether a montage of front pages marking the election of Barack Obama.  Note the Daily Mail’s take on this historic event (bottom right)…..

So print is dead….?

A lot has been written about the demise of newspapers (mea culpa), and a lot has been written about Barack Obama’s use of social media in his election campaign.
But when something momentous happened in the US, people knew where to turn… and formed long queues to buy the New York Times.
Meanwhile, here are some more [...]

Football website looking for writers

The organisers of a football previews site are looking for new, talented writers.
Check out the site at:
www.football-previews.co.uk
It could be a good chance to practice your skills and get stuff published.  If you’re interested contact:
contact@football-previews.co.uk