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Category Archives: public relations
Legal drugs
In this case, ibuprofen. Nurofen. Ibuprofen is an NSAID, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug. In other words a painkiller, and one of the weaker NSAIDs, so, at low doses, it carries the risk of fewer side effects. So we have so-called specific … Continue reading
Posted in animal rights, animals, consumerism, drugs, health, money, public relations
30 Comments
The golden rule (a top tip)
Or, the golden PR (public relations) rule. It is very simple. Do not reply to something that doesn’t merit a reply. It is beneath you. It takes a lot of resolve, but do not get drawn into arguments about something … Continue reading
Hey! I can do that!
Writing, writing, writing I’m sure there is a song out there, that goes ‘riding, riding, riding’ but could I find it? However to move away from the previous posts about language, I thought I would write about, um, writing. Over … Continue reading
Posted in blogging, journalism, life, musings, public relations, thoughts, wordpress, work, WPlongform, writing
37 Comments
Having a laugh
A little light relief is called for in the form of my job interview. Little being the operative word, as in a very little time was spent on it. Some of you may remember my previous post on roughseas where … Continue reading
Posted in gibraltar, journalism, life, media, music, musings, public relations, thoughts, work, writing
Tagged health and safety executive, jlo, print journalism
25 Comments
Journalism (7) – public relations
But the lure of the newsroom and reporting called again. Or perhaps the politics of the government circuit in the 80s wasn’t for me. Or maybe we just wanted to escape from the south-east with our property boom money before … Continue reading
Posted in blogging, health, journalism, life, media, money, musings, public relations, work, writing
14 Comments
Journalism (5) – career moves
One day, a colleague took me aside and confided that she was applying for a new job. In PR. ‘In PR!’ I said, horrified. ‘Whatever for? Don’t you like being a journalist?’I asked, thinking that was all anyone would ever … Continue reading
Posted in journalism, life, media, public relations, thoughts, travel, work, writing
Tagged careers, journalism, pr, travel
10 Comments
Compromises?
What do you do when faced with a dilemma involving your principles? Choose one principle above another? Or try and find that compromise in the middle, that isn’t one or the other? Life is made up of compromises of so … Continue reading
Posted in animal rights, animals, consumerism, death, environment, environmentalism, europe, feminism, gibraltar, health, life, media, musings, nature, news, public relations, shopping, social media, spain, vegan, vegetarian, vegetarianism, writing
Tagged animal testing, campaign, environment, ethical shopping, HSI, lush
28 Comments
Consumerism (4) – all I need is a pound a day
THOUGHT OF GIVING IT ALL AWAY TO A REGISTERED CHARITY, ALL I NEED IS A PINT POUND A DAY. (thanks paul for that one – ETA Band On The Run, suddenly realised people may not know that) Apparently that is … Continue reading
Posted in animal rights, blogging, consumerism, environment, environmentalism, health, internet, life, musings, politics, poverty, public relations, shopping, vegan, vegetarian, vegetarianism
Tagged global poverty project, paul mccartney, vegetarian
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Do you want another one?
Yes, please, I do. I was always taught to do the please thing unlike my partner who just totally misses it out and still gets what he wants. Without the P word. In this case, we had gone to stock … Continue reading
Note to all bloggers
I suppose I should have called this ten top tips to successful blog posts or recommended crap like that. Or maybe ten top tips to pissing people off. That’s more like it. Anyway, back to note to all bloggers. 1) … Continue reading
Posted in blogging, internet, journalism, life, media, public relations, social media, vegetarian, writing
Tagged bloggers, blogging, freshly pressed, wordpress
20 Comments
What not to post on your blog….
Being a nice sort of person, I would never dream of telling any of my cherished readers what I don’t like about their blogs. In fact, I did find the constructive comments on my roughseas poll very helpful. And I … Continue reading →