Archive for June, 2008

  • A PR company acting ethically?

    A PR company acting ethically?

    ONE of the world’s biggest advertising agencies is trying to sell its stake in a Zimbabwe company masterminding the re-election of President Robert Mugabe. WPP, which owns a huge raft of global Public Relations companies including  Burson-Marsteller, Cohn & Wolfe, GCI, Hill & Knowlton and...

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  • Partnerships: Blair’s post-Iraq advice – and a social enterprise is taken over…

    Partnerships: Blair’s post-Iraq advice – and a social enterprise is taken over…

    TWO interesting developments in the Third Sector – the space between public and private organisations. First, former Prime Minister Tony Blair hands out some advice to other Third Sector organisations as a result of his involvement in charity work. Blair’s out-of-government office has now set...

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  • IT’S OFFICIAL: The age of ‘citizen journalists’ has arrived…

    IT’S OFFICIAL: The age of ‘citizen journalists’ has arrived…

    THE age of the citizen journalist has arrived – and that’s official. YouTube has this week created a special ‘reporter channel’ where anyone can upload film about news and events in their local community, organisation or business. The channel is designed to encourage ‘citizen journalists’...

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  • Life in a care home…

    Life in a care home…

    RADIO 4′s Today programme has been broadcasting a new series of special reports on the care of elderly people. This morning’s report provided a powerful reminder of exactly why the BBC is still the best public service broadcaster in the world. Reporter John Manel told...

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