It’s some years now since we used to load up our car in Edinburgh and set off on the road to Morocco, via Hull-Zeebrugge and Algeciras-Tangier, and then on to…
1. Industrial action could be looming over the festive period at Newsquest Scotland after journalists on its five newspapers opted for an industrial action ballot following the threat of compulsory…
1. There’s some heartening news on the media front from the Western Isles. It looks as if what was a very ailing Stornoway Gazette weekly newspaper could be well on…
We have a lion. A real one? I’ll return to him presently. As I write, we’ve been in Fes for exactly four weeks, acclimatising to some exceptional heat. After a…
1. The heart has been peremptorily ripped out of the editorial team at one of Scotland’s leading daily newspapers, The Herald, with the news that nine of its key staff…
1. The BBC dominated proceedings in the Royal Television Society Scotland Awards 2021, winning 17 of the 22 categories at stake. The awards were announced via a virtual ceremony hosted…
Still here in Fes, Morocco. Forty-four degrees today, Sunday. Going outside is like entering an oven. We long for a welcome breeze flowing through our flat, as back in Edinburgh…
1. One of the National Union of Journalist’s leading lights in Scotland, Joyce McMillan, has taken the Scottish media world somewhat by surprise by predicting ‘mass redundancies’ in Scotland this…
1. A new UK Government survey is asking journalists to share their experiences of threats and abuse. The research has been commissioned by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and…
The start of the new year brings the prospect of fresh perspectives but not it seems in the world of mainstream news. Across nearly all news outlets, and in particular…