How likely is legislation on bonuses in banking? Answer: about as likely as legislation on journalists’ expenses. Here’s why.
A remarkable story appears in today’s Financial Times. Apparently law firms “are seeking to jump the queue ahead of pregnant women and other vulnerable groups by mass vaccinating their staff against swine flu.” The source for this slice of evil lawyer PR is a private doctor, who told the FT: “Law firms especially are already [...]
How important is a lawyer’s e-mail address? To what extent can it be a source of good or bad PR? Across the pond Doug Cornelius of Compliance Building kicked off the debate with a tweet (how else?) saying: “If your lawyer’s email address ends in hotmail.com, gmail.com or yahoo.com (or aol.com), find a new lawyer.” [...]
Swordplay’s sometime scribe Alex Wade has an interesting piece in The Times today on the hidden stories behind extradition hearings in the UK. It’s a subject that Swordplay is particularly interested in, so we asked Wade if he would dip into his notebook and reveal more about the individual at the centre of his Times [...]
Commiserations to David Hart, who found himself out of a job as editor of the Haverhill Echo after 32 years of loyal service to the weekly paper. Not only was Hart told to pack his bags – owing to “restructuring” by owners Johnston Press – with, as he colourfully put it, “barely enough food for [...]
Is there a geek inside all of us?
Excellent Nike ad
Memo to would-be hacks: good writing is no longer a tool of your trade
Released almost a year ago, Spada’s groundbreaking research report, British Professions Today, is available for free download
This bank is so well designed that many of its staff never go home (allegedly)
In the latest of our series of white papers, Spada Research examines trends in environmental reporting.
After a raft of phone-hacking admissions and allegations, we are no longer seen as the gruff but dependable watchdog. Neville Thurlbeck, formerly of the News of the World (part of his Damascene conversion; to be continued).