Of all the places to look if we want to see examples of how not to handle publicity, the food sector has to be one of the richest hunting grounds. It would take most of us but a second to conjure an example of a media-fuelled scandal involving what we eat. Yes, there’s the current
In an age of Leveson, hacking and sensationalist journalism, it is all too easy to forget why any of us got into this job in the first place. Journalists, the good ones, are in this game to tell the story. And that includes the pictures which will always say more than words ever could. Imagine
Going back to my days in journalism, one of the combined joys and trials of my life as an editor was my column. It went in the Monday paper, each week without fail, and it was called (possibly unimaginatively) On the Internet. It was a joy to be able to write about this fascinating topic