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Microphones, but no Megaphones — where now for small business podcasters?

Apple, Amazon and iHeart beef-up their podcasting investments. Hillary Clinton and Michelle Obama launch their shows with huge fanfare and…

Sep 30, 2020

Microphones, but no Megaphones — where now for small business podcasters?

Sep 30, 2020

Mark McDonald

Podcasts are winning “active” listeners

It’s a quiet Wednesday evening in a Washington DC apartment, and Jackie Gabela’s friends have gathered for their weekly recording of “New…

Nov 11, 2017

Podcasts are winning “active” listeners

Nov 11, 2017

Mark McDonald

John McEnroe enlists NPR to redefine fake news

So John McEnroe, who must, by now, have patented the phrase “you cannot be serious” fulfills his own mantra by telling NPR that Serena…

Jun 28, 2017

John McEnroe enlists NPR to redefine fake news

Jun 28, 2017

Mark McDonald

The “War on Email” — Restoring Real Voices in the Workplace

Email is consuming our time, confusing both our personal and professional relationships, commandeering our attention at work, and…

May 30, 2017

The “War on Email” — Restoring Real Voices in the Workplace

May 30, 2017

Mark McDonald

THE U.S. MEDIA’S TRUMP-INSPIRED IDENTITY CRISIS

As the large swath of the USA formerly known by the city elites as “the flyover zone” continues to gloat at Donald Trump’s ascendancy to…

Feb 20, 2017

THE U.S. MEDIA’S TRUMP-INSPIRED IDENTITY CRISIS

Feb 20, 2017

Mark McDonald

THEY BLEW THE ELECTION — WHAT NOW FOR THE POLLSTER INDUSTRY?

After months of hedging for Hillary, dutifully trusted by a compliant mass media, the pollsters are scrambling to explain how Donald Trump…

Nov 10, 2016

THEY BLEW THE ELECTION — WHAT NOW FOR THE POLLSTER INDUSTRY?

Nov 10, 2016

Mark McDonald

Life’s ‘Wear and Tear’ and who measures it

Josie wouldn’t have approved of me signing the lease.

Aug 8, 2016

Life’s ‘Wear and Tear’ and who measures it

Aug 8, 2016

Mark McDonald

3 ways to Succeed at Speaking in your Own Words

Whatever your politics, no one could blame Melania Trump for being reticent to make a speech again. Despite her strong presence and poise…

Jul 21, 2016

3 ways to Succeed at Speaking in your Own Words

Jul 21, 2016

Mark McDonald

For meaningful answers, ask careful questions

In Journalism, as in life, curiosity is a valuable and endearing asset, and the number of questions and the type of questions you ask of…

Nov 5, 2015

For meaningful answers, ask careful questions

Nov 5, 2015

Mark McDonald

What Social Media and Witchcraft might have in common

Trawling aimlessly through my Twitter feed it dawned on me that it sometimes has a lot in common with the Lancashire Witches — a group of…

Nov 2, 2015

What Social Media and Witchcraft might have in common

Nov 2, 2015

Mark McDonald

Mark McDonald

International Communications Consultant and Coach, former BBC TV and Radio news producer, journalist, broadcaster and organizational leader

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