The University of East Anglia broke the law but nothing can be done as the complaint was made outwith the six month limit. According to The Times today ‘The ICO is now seeking to change the law to allow prosecutions if a complaint is made more than six months after a breach.’
Archive for January, 2010
FOI….again
Posted in Freedom of Information, tagged FOI, The Times, University of East Anglia on January 28 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Edinburgh Reporter
Posted in Edinburgh, journalism, News, Scotland, tagged advertising, Edinburgh, local newspapers, Newspapers, Planning legislation on January 24 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In Edinburgh we have wonderful buildings and monuments. The city is a World Heritage Site due to the high quality of architecture and the detailed planning used in developing the New Town area. One of the ways that the city retains this status is the rigorous planning process. This is a function of the City [...]
Heartening news of improved FOI in Illinois
Posted in Freedom of Information, tagged Freedom of Information, Illinois, legislation, US on January 24 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The US State of Illinois has just beefed up its Freedom of Information legislation. Since January 1st 2010 the government and a variety of other public bodies is subject to improved regulations all aimed at increasing the transparency in government, including the way public funds are spent. The Plainfield News tested out the response by [...]
Testing Times in Dundalk
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged driving tests, Dundalk, Ireland, Tweetdeck on January 21 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I have just realised that I am sitting outside the Driving Test Centre in Dundalk. I didn’t mean to. I am here because of other reasons entirely. I can drive. In fact I drove here today. But, upon finding that they have free wifi in the hotel (yes I am in a hotel) I sat [...]
How to add filmstar to my CV
Posted in journalism, Napier University, Uncategorized, tagged Edinburgh Napier University, film, filmstars, graduation, internet, Masters in Journalism on January 21 2010 | 2 Comments »
With all the technology that is around us it is easy to forget that when I started at school aged five we did still use little black slates for some of the work, we did have coloured sticks to help us learn to count and I have more than glanced in the direction of an [...]
Counting on public accountability
Posted in Edinburgh, News, Scotland, tagged Holyrood, RBS, RMJM, Scotland, Scottish Parliament, Sir Fred Goodwin on January 18 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Sir Fred Goodwin, erstwhile head of Royal Bank of Scotland and now public enemy number 1, has got a new job, The Scotsman reports today. The trouble is, that since he already has a sizeable pension fund from his days with RBS, there are those who think he should not really do anything except go [...]
FOI in Scotland
Posted in Freedom of Information, Scotland, tagged Freedom of Information, National Archives of Scotland, Scotland on January 17 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Once again Scotland leads the way in Freedom of Information spheres. The Information Commissioner has reduced the period of closure for government papers from 30 to 15 years. Some of the documents were released on International Right to Know Day in September 2009 and more have now been released. The National Archives of Scotland have [...]
Women’s Views on News
Posted in journalism, News, tagged Bias, Blog, journalism, News Service, Women's Views on News on January 16 2010 | Leave a Comment »
One of the other outlets which I contribute to is Women’s Views on News. Here is the press release which we put out recently. Add the site to your favourites or sign up for an email update. Fed up with the bias towards men in the news? So are we. Which is why we (a [...]
The World’s Media Hasten to Haiti
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Geo Eye, Haiti, Media, The New York Times, Twitter on January 15 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Following the devastation caused by the earthquake earlier this week in Haiti, the world’s media are hitching lifts on aid planes to reach the island. Once there they are using whatever means they can to get the story out to the world. The New York Times has an article on this and in particular highlights [...]
Sleepy?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Huffington POst, Power Nap, Sleep on January 14 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The goddess of the online world in the US, Arianna Huffington, famously described as the most upwardly mobile Greek since Icarus, has gone to sleep. Actually she is trying out an experiment to sleep for a minimum of 8 hours each night – and she has just ‘fallen off the wagon’ as she describes in [...]
Notes on a conference….
Posted in journalism, tagged BBC college of Journalism, journalism, Kevin Marsh on January 14 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I have just noticed a Tweet from Kevin Marsh that he put his conference notes up on his blog. Here is the link! And he is just sitting across the room there……
Blogging and the BBC
Posted in journalism, tagged Gilligan, Kevin Marsh, Press Gazette on January 14 2010 | Leave a Comment »
See today’s Press Gazette for a report on what Kevin Marsh, editor of the Today programme at the time of Gilligan said this morning at the news:rewired conference.
Blogging and Jogging
Posted in Lifestyle, tagged Gym, Ipods, new year, New Year Resolutions, Trainers on January 11 2010 | 1 Comment »
Yes I have broken some of my New Year Resolutions already, but they are still worth making aren’t they? At least it makes you think a little about your life and take stock. The usual ones about losing weight and getting fit are already on my agenda, have been there since about ten years ago, [...]
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