Staff journalists often have their own personal blogs, where they cover similar beats as they do for their publication. These reporters use their blog to expand on issues raised in the publication, provide additional information,…

The FT has an interesting piece about clients poaching agency staff to fill in-house positions. It claims that "current levels of client poaching pose a major challenge for the industry." This makes little sense. Agency…

Nice piece from Jo Twist at the BBC Online about the legal ramifications of reporting corporate issues on personal blogs. Crossing the line can result in being ‘dooced’ or losing your job for something you…

It seems animals may have a sixth sense which alerts them to natural disasters. Great story from Reuters.

Being in communications and interested in the written word, I usually get a good crop of language books for Christmas. Last year it was the truly excellent “Eats, Shoots & Leaves” by Lynne Truss, which…

We’re on a big recruitment drive at the moment, so I’m interviewing lots of candidates. In general, PR consultants are good at being interviewed – they’re articulate, organized, current and polished. They are natural presenters…

I had the good fortune yesterday of being upgraded on my transatlantic flight to Virgin’s Upper Class (and very comfortable it is too). I was struck however that each person is given a letter from…

While in the UK recently, I had the pleasure of meeting Paul Charles, director of communications at Eurostar. Paul is a man on the move. He was awarded PRWEEK’s Communicator of the Year for 2004…

The last two weeks have been momentous in terms of consolidation: Oracle has bought Peoplesoft – for twice its original offerSymantec is making a bid for Veritas – for a mere $13bnSprint is merging with…

December is always a busy time in agencyworld. Clients want plans for 2005, and prospects want to get their new agency on board ready for the New Year. Even on Thursday this week I had…