Content Creation
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The Rise of The Machines
Well, after thirty years of publishing, the Independent and the Independent on Sunday have ended their print editions in late March and, although they’ll continue online, it is a sad indictment of the changing face of the media. At its peak in the late 80s, the Independent was selling more than 400,000 copies a day but its final…
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Literature Literally Rocks
Autumn is well and truly here and I’m in a reflective mood. The summer has been a remarkably busy one with the festival season, in particular, dominating my time. In my role as a music journalist I’ve been fortunate enough to cover quite a few events but one of the more unusual of these was one I worked…
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Oh Ambassador, You Are Really Spoiling Us!
A few of us old enough to remember TV advertising in the ’90s may recall this iconic little number for Ferrero Rocher chocolates:
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Mirror Mirror
I heard a horrifying statistic a couple of months ago on Radio 4 – according to research by YouGov, over 70% of children today have not heard the story of ‘Daniel in the lions den’ or, for that matter, many other stories from the Bible. Now you could argue that the reason for this is due…
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Ding Dong! Is free speech dead?
There was a time when the phrase “ding dong” conjured up images of a flirtatious English gentleman spying an attractive member of the opposite sex. This week it has taken on a whole new connotation. Despite raging debates about Margaret Thatcher’s impact as Prime Minister, it is not 1984. But, then again, is it? If George Orwell’s…
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The One About The ‘Journalist’
I despair, I really do. There are people walking amongst us that are not what they seem. They are masquerading as professional people in positions respected in society, like journalists and news reporters. I read a story last month that made me ashamed to be part of the communications business. It was a news story that appeared in a well-respected…
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CAT Gets Wild
I’m starting to feel a bit like Cheryl Cole. No, there may not be much obvious resemblance, but I’m referring to the world of celebrity and finding myself, once again, the subject of an interview rather than playing the role of the interviewer. A couple of weeks ago, DJ Wisecat invited me onto his show on Radio…
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The Shoe Fits
My post Walking A Mile In Another’s Shoes, explained how I was interviewed recently by King’s Lynn Online. Here’s how it went… We ask a local personality a set of probing questions … Local PR Consultant Allison Thomas is another ‘woman of many hats’ – As well as her consultancy work she also teaches, and…
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Walking a mile in another’s shoes…
…can be pretty uncomfortable! As a photo-journalist, I am usually the one that shines the spotlight in the face of various subjects but when I was invited to be interviewed myself for Kings Lynn Online, how could I refuse? Meeting with the editor on a lovely sunny afternoon in March was really pleasurable but as we…
Allison 'Cat' Thomas 