Intelligence
Beware the Dark Side of journalism
[box]The following is an extract from Alec Hogg’s Biznews.com newsletter of last week about the insidious PR industry. It caught my eye as I make a real effort to avoid running press releases on Grubstreet (if I do I’ll tell you so) and I can’t stand those “thought leader” pieces that masquerade as the original … Read more
Sir David Frost: the man who changed careers. Including mine
[box]This piece by Alec Hogg appeared first on his website, Biznew.biz. What Alec learned from Frost’s autobiography as he was crossing over from the print industry to broadcasting concurs so strongly with what I’ve learned over the years about doing interviews: that, as Alec puts it here, the journalist should be “a catalyst rather than … Read more