Ian Monk: Time to act on the paparazzi
25 Nov 2009 | by Ian Monk
Recently in the UK an ambulance, its patient and crew were violated by a camera-wielding mob inside the grounds of a hospital.
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Tiger Woods has been at the centre of the biggest PR disaster ever to engulf a sporting hero.
Recently in the UK an ambulance, its patient and crew were violated by a camera-wielding mob inside the grounds of a hospital.
About a year ago, I wrote a piece here highlighting the significance of senior journalists such as Guto Harri (ex-BBC, now Mayor of London's office) and Peter Barron (ex-Newsnight, now Google's head of comms) moving to a career in PR.
You will notice a few changes to this edition of PRWeek.
At the time of writing, a public backlash was building against The Sun over the newspaper's treatment of exchanges between Gordon Brown and bereaved mother Jacqui Janes.
There is an unsubtle and unfunny irony in the Royal Mail dispute in that the protagonist union marches under the banner of the Communication Workers Union.
Recent media attention has turned to the number of PR operatives and lobbyists standing for Parliament.
In sport, as in PR and in life, there are winners and losers. However, sport's innately competitive nature makes it a uniquely ruthless arbiter of success and failure. There can only be one winner.
Twitter co-founder Ev Williams was reverentially interviewed on BBC Two's Newsnight last week, confirming London as the tweeting capital of the world.
As soon as I disembarked from the BA flight at LAX, I immediately bumped into Matt Smith of Sky News. If I needed reminding that this was a world media event, here it was.