David ShawThe Outside Problem of the BBCWe need to talk about the BBC. BBC News has a problem we can no longer ignore.Jul 21, 2017Jul 21, 2017
David ShawMurdoch, Murder & the Mare Street ConnectionRupert Murdoch was seen attending a film premiere at the Hackney Picturehouse, Mare Street, last month as part of the EEFF and one can only…Jul 21, 2017Jul 21, 2017
David ShawChannel 4: Is London the Problem?The government is pushing C4 to move out of London to better reflect regional voices. The intention is right but is the question wrong?Jun 30, 2017Jun 30, 2017
David ShawPR — Press Releases & Poor ReputationsWhen an international agency with an expensive reputation drafts an incomprehensible press release, many of the concerns voiced about the…Jun 29, 2017Jun 29, 2017
David ShawThe Rise of StupidApologies, this will not be very eloquent. It’s more a scream of frustration into the large emptiness of the internet, which seems a…Jun 29, 2017Jun 29, 2017
David Shaw10 Songs About EnglandA little liberty in the title when some of the included songs deal with Great Britain or United Kingdom. But in the wake of the referendum…Jul 18, 2016Jul 18, 2016
David ShawTen key publicity tips: pitching a storyMaybe this is stating the blindingly obvious and can be ignored as you know what you’re doing. Maybe it doesn’t apply because your sector…Jul 12, 20161Jul 12, 20161
David ShawThe lure of the apocalypseIn films, books and television creatives are drawn to a world stripped of the comforts and certainties, where landscapes are laid waste and…Jul 9, 2016Jul 9, 2016
David ShawWill newspapers be prosecuted?Should the media be entitled to run fabricated stories that some see as akin to an incitement to racial hatred without sanction? Or is that…Jul 8, 2016Jul 8, 2016
David ShawA fact free media?When the media care less about facts and more about agendas, the very notion of the values that underpin a free press are called into…Jul 7, 2016Jul 7, 2016