Daniel Farey-Jones
News Editor
Dan has been with Haymarket since October 2004, most recently as group deputy news editor of Brand Republic, working across Campaign, Marketing and Media Week.
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GCS invites applications for diversity internships
The Government Communications Service is offering a number of paid summer internships, but applications must be received by midnight tonight (28 February).
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Tribunal rules police service's surveillance of journalists' phones 'unlawful'
The Investigatory Powers Tribunal has ruled that Cleveland Police's tracing of two Press Association journalists' phone call records was unlawful.
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LGA lobbies for change of course on children's mental-health funding
The Local Government Association is campaigning to convince central government to address the funding of child and adolescent mental-health services (CAMHS).
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Case study: PSNI's anti-scamming campaign scores thousands of hits on dedicated website
Work led by the Police Service of Northern Ireland to raise people's awareness of scammers has resulted in 40,000 visits to a dedicated website.
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Cumbria police seeks public engagement for pledge against hate crime
Cumbria Constabulary has rolled out a campaign asking residents of the county to pledge not to be a bystander if they see a hate crime taking place.
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Government widens roster of behavioural insights suppliers
The government's procurement service has widened the public sector's choice of behavioural insight experts to call on.
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Electoral Commission uses female suffrage centenary to talk about barriers to women voting
The centenary of women getting the right to vote has sparked a call from the Electoral Commission to break down barriers to voting that still remain for some women.
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Case study: Waltham Forest awareness campaign bodes well for Walthamstow Wetlands
Last October, Europe's largest urban wetland nature reserve opened with a target of attracting more than a quarter of million visitors in its first year - it is already at 100,000.
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Social data reveals most popular Christmas anti-drink drive hashtags
The most-used hashtag sparked by campaigns designed to curb drink-driving at Christmas and New Year was #dontdrinkanddrive, according to research carried out for PRWeek.
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Cabinet Office plans 'fake news' rapid rebuttal teams
The Government's response to the 'fake news' phenomenon is the creation of two teams to combat disinformation by foreign states and speedily call out inaccurate reporting of its activities.
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NICE extends antibiotics campaign with sore-throat message
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), working with Public Health England, is putting out the message that people with sore throats usually don't need antibiotics.
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Public sector comms professionals share their wisdom at Leeds conference
Communicators from central and local government, the emergency services, health and beyond gathered in Leeds last week for the LGcomms Public Sector Communications Academy.
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Watchdog praises GMP's public engagement on modern slavery
Greater Manchester Police and its comms team is "leading the way" in improving the law enforcement response to modern slavery and human trafficking, according to a new report.
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New Balance customers revolt after company welcomes Trump
People have burned or binned their New Balance trainers in protest after the brand was reported to prefer US president-elect Donald Trump to the Obama regime.
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Mystery carrot and fake John Lewis film build Christmas anticipation
This weekend in the Christmas ad guessing game saw a cryptic carrot join Twitter and a student get hundreds of thousands of views for a production he billed as this year's John Lewis festive ad.
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Twitter cries foul over BuzzFeed article on trolling
Twitter has claimed a BuzzFeed article titled "Inside Twitter's 10-Year Failure To Stop Harassment" contains inaccuracies, but the social network is not going to do anything about them.
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May needs to find the chink in Leadsom's patriotic armour - the kids
So, now the Westminster combat is done, Generals Theresa May and Andrea Leadsom move to a new battlefield - the heartlands of the Tory membership.
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Watch: Cristiano Ronaldo's acting skills tested in six-minute Nike film
Football superstar Cristiano Ronaldo wakes up to discover he is trapped in the body of a teenage ballboy - and vice versa - in a six-minute film unleashed by Nike for Euro 2016.
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Coke drops out of world's top 10 brands
For the first time in 10 years, the iconic soft drink didn't make the top tier of BrandZ global ranking.
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The next 'green wash'? Corporate purpose used as window dressing, execs fear
The current trend towards the articulation of corporate purpose could give rise to "purpose wash" in the same way that the reaction of some businesses to calls for environmental responsibility was to commit "green wash", it is feared.