We learn from the Guardian that rugby legend Jonny Wilkinson is to guest-edit a special edition of free weekly magazine Sport for the start of the Six Nations rugby union tournament next week. He follows in the footsteps of England cricketer Andrew Flintoff, who similarly edited a one-off Ashes edition of Sport. We take nothing [...]
Left-field, but it is Friday – have a look at www.surfnation.co.uk for an amusing piece by Alex Wade about his battle to write for the Sunday Telegraph. In the interests of objectivity and editorial balance, we should mention that Wade writes on this blog from time to time – and that he tipped us off [...]
How will CAN Associates spin itself out of the disastrous PR flowing from the company’s recent handling of a Peter Andre interview? CAN has been in the business of celebrity PR for some time, but the company finds itself on the wrong end of the Mirror’s 3.00am team after foisting a series of ludicrous demands [...]
Talk to any London literary agent and two claims will soon be made. One, the non-fiction market is in a dire state, thanks mainly to the recession, and two, the ‘Misery Memoir’ has run its course. The reasons for the decline of the latter are many and varied, depending on which agent is doing the [...]
In the wake of Nicole Mamo’s experience of the dread contemporary phenomenon known to news editors as Political Correctness Gone Mad, the following ad now appears at all job centres in East Anglia: Domestic cleaner required but only at your convenience. A variety of different shifts will be available, but only if you are desperate. [...]
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).