There is little doubt that journalism, as a career, is undergoing more than a little disruption at the hands of technology. The recent news that Press Association are about to start employing robot reporters will do ...

Despite very little discussion during the referendum of how a pro Brexit vote would actually be translated into Britain leaving the EU, since the outcome of the vote this controversial topic has built considerable momentum, ...

A new report from Demos, released yesterday, has continued the conversation surrounding the role that social media plays in political engagement. Twitter and Facebook are now a platform for groups who largely reject the political ...

Newspaper publishers may finally have a real reason to fear Google. The internet search engine recently announced that it is to launch a fact-checking service on its news pages. Google is partnering with a number of ...

OK, let’s assume for just one moment that former London Mayor, current Foreign Secretary and let’s not forget, until recently one of the best-paid newspaper journalists in the country, did just pen an article about ...

What do mobile phone maker Samsung have in common with British car manufacturer Vauxhall and the kitchen appliance company Whirlpool? You might say that some of their products are so hot – they could literally ...

In part one of our conversation with the Co-Founder of Threepipe, Jim Hawker commented that PR people have a huge impact on positive SEO but that this is more by accident than by design. In a new interview, ...

This week’s Media Updates covers moves and changes at news titles including Scottish Sun, Irish Sun, Mirror Online, BBC Newsnight, Motor Sport, Women’s Health, Tatler, Music Week, Legal Business and Official Xbox Magazine   News ...

New York Times chief executive Mark Thompson blames 24/7 news channels and the Internet for the decline in news quality at many news organisations. But the former BBC man isn’t joining the baying mob of ...

There is a lot of excitement amongst journalists and publishers about the opportunity of hyper-local newspapers and websites but is this sudden lurch to small news sustainable? The publishing trade press, desperate for a good ...

The government is considering plans for Channel 4 which could shake up the UK’s creative economy outside of the nation’s capital. Nothing is off the table and ideas currently being discussed include privatisation and a ...

The Independent and Huffington Post both fell foul and reported on spoof tweet which they believed had been posted by the French right-wing politician Marine Le Pen. The tweet heaped praise on Theresa May’s recent speech ...

Kirsty Marrins is a travel, food and lifestyle blogger and the author of What Kirsty Did Next. In this Take 5 Kirsty chats about why she decided to start blogging, what inspires her, and how ...

PR Week recently published an article suggesting that PR professionals attempting to recruit new social media influencers should emulate A&R departments in the music industry. The job of an A&R person is to discover, refine and ...

Classified advertising used to be the financial engine behind many newspaper businesses. Recruitment, property and motors advertising, alongside birth, marriage and death notices (BMDs) might have been small in stature – but before the Internet ...

Politicians using Twitter to talk, debate and sometimes argue with the public may seem normal now, but this type of interaction is something which would have been hard to imagine fifteen years ago. Twitter is ...

  This week’s Media Updates covers moves and changes at news titles including The Guardian, The Times, Huffington Post UK, Marie Claire, We Love Pop, Great British Food, Mobile News, Office Products International and Nursing ...

With over twenty-three thousand followers under his belt, Kevin McAulay is a bonafide Instagram Influencer. Although he doesn’t see himself as being ‘instafamous’ he does admit to being recognised in the street on a regular basis. His rise to ...

Working in PR has been a life long dream for Valentina Kristensen, who is head of comms at OakNorth, a bank for entrepreneurs. Valentina cemented her place within the industry after winning the CIPR outstanding young communicator award ...

Blogger and vlogger Carl Thompson created his blog to document his personal style. As the founder of menswear label Hawkins & Shepherd, Carl offers style advice on both tailored and casual fashion. Blending menswear fashion ...