Who’s in charge: PRs or journalists?
The News Letter’s Ben Lowry was written an interesting opinion piece highlighting the jarring interface between reporters, PRs and in particular the government press machine. It sits well alongside Mick’s earlier post about the Hearts and Minds’ discussion around Stormont ‘nationalising’ its own images. [Ed – Is that new media talking about mainstream media talking about really old media?] Quality journalism costs money, and without readers who dip into their pockets to pull out some coins, most newspapers would disappear. …