Issue 64 - February
New issue
A frank exchange
Author: Helen Dunne | Topic: Media relations
Victoria Brough, director of communications at the London Stock Exchange, works for one of the world's most high profile brands
That sinking feeling
Author: Helen Dunne | Topic:
Key lessons to be learned from the Costa Concordia disaster
Plastic surgeons boob
Author: Anonymous | Topic:
Our experts offer advice on handling a recall
Communicating success
Author: Carl Welham | Topic:
Carl Welham, interim assistant chief executive communications & consultation at the London Borough of Hackney, explains how London's host boroughs will maximise the communications impact of the 2012 Games
Financial sector goes social
Author: Emily Nicholls | Topic: Social media
A review of the findings of a new report into financial service companies and their use of social media
Energising the news
Author: Clare Harrison | Topic: Media relations
Centrica's online news resource is a novel approach to expanding on the headlines
Nursing the NHS back to health
Author: Clare Harrison | Topic: Public affairs
How the Royal College of Nursing is using a digital strategy to gather front line intelligence and build a broader activist membership
Saving energy
Author: Rachel Humphris | Topic: CSR
How EDF Energy has capitalised on its London 2012 sponsorship to promote its sustainable commitments
The role of the communicator
Author: Helen Dunne | Topic:
A review of the findings of a new annual survey of communicators designed to find out their main functions and challenges
Evaluation starts here
Author: Alex Aiken | Topic: Media Evaluation
Alex Aiken, director of communications and strategy at Westminster City Council, and chairman of the European Association of Communications Directors' evaluation group, offers his tips on successful evaluation
Opening the flood gates
Author: Nigel Hawkes | Topic:
Nigel Hawkes, director at Straight Statistics, is scathing about reports on a flood-related baby boom in Gloucestershire
Preparing for Government 2.0
Author: John Shewell | Topic: Social media
John Shewell, head of communications at Brighton & Hove City Council, examines the use of social media by the public sector
Hearing opens on lobbying reform
Author: Clare Harrison | Topic: Public affairs
The current debate about lobbying reform and the latest Government proposals
Time for Wiki-editing?
Author: Clare Harrison | Topic:
Options for dealing with inaccurate Wikipedia entries without breaching the site's guidelines
Precise Exchange
Author: Helen Dunne | Topic:
Can the media ever be regulated?
Both sides of the coin
Author: Helen Dunne | Topic: Public relations
Four in ten in-house communicators dissatisfied with agencies
