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At the half-way point of the UK general election campaign Press Gazette sat down with Mark Wallace, hief executive of Total Politics Group, to find out how the company makes free political journalism pay.Press Gazette asked how the Politics Home, Conservative Home and The House publisher is faring since incorporating in its new form in 2022, and finds out how the business has found a way to hedge against political cycles by selling services on sites targeting both left and right. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week we're joined by R.J. Snell, Editor-in-Chief of Public Discourse and Director of Academic Programs at the Witherspoon Institute to discuss his recent article, "Lost in the Chaos: The Danger of Total Politics" and his practical tips on how to help end political chaos. In our action item, we're discussing getting involved in local decision-making through your local school board especially as elections are just around the corner.
Catherine Mayer is a bestselling author, journalist, and activist. She is the co-founder and President of the Women's Equality Party. Her books include Amortality: The Pleasures and Perils of Living Agelessly; Charles: The Heart of a King, and Attack of the Fifty Foot Women: How Gender Equality Can Save the World! Her recent memoir, Good Grief: Embracing Life at a Time of Death, contains letters written by her mother after both women were widowed at the start of the pandemic. Catherine has worked at The Economist, held deputy editorships at Business Traveler and International Management magazines and spent 11 years as a foreign correspondent for the German news weekly, FOCUS. In 2004, she joined TIME as a senior editor, later became London Bureau Chief, TIME Europe Editor and, finally, Editor at Large. She was the founding executive director of the think tank Datum Future and also consults on the opportunities and challenges of data technology. She is on the advisory board of Noon, the new media platform for women in midlife and beyond. Catherine was commissioned by the Globe Theatre to write and perform an original piece for its 2020 Voices in the Dark series, Notes to the Forgotten She-Wolves. She performed Hello Boys with Grayson Perry at the Bridge Theatre in 2018. Her one-woman show Catherine Mayer: FFS toured the UK and Ireland in 2019. She was the lead candidate for the Women's Equality Party in London in the 2019 European elections. She served as the elected President of the Foreign Press Association in London from 2003- 2005. She is on the founding committee of WOW—the Women of the World festival. She was a judge for the 2018 Women's Prize for Fiction. The winner of the FPA Story of the Year in 2010 and shortlisted for the Orwell Prize the following year, she has also been named in Total Politics' Top Political Journalists, WIE Women in Excellence 2013, Progress 1000 Evening Standard Equality Champion 2016, Oxford University Suffrage Champion 2018, Gender Equality Top 100: Most Influential People in Global Policy 2018 and, with Sandi Toksvig, NatWest Spirit of Everywoman Award 2018. After the February 2020 death of her husband, the musician Andy Gill, she took on his unfinished projects, releasing two EPs by his band Gang of Four, and acting as executive producer for a tribute album, The Problem of Leisure: A celebration of Andy Gill and Gang of Four featuring globally famous musicians. K. Iver is a nonbinary poet from Mississippi. They have a Ph.D. in Poetry at Florida State University. Their work has appeared or is forthcoming in Boston Review, BOAAT, Gulf Coast, TriQuarterly, Puerto del Sol, Salt Hill, and elsewhere. They are the 2021-2022 Ronald Wallace Poetry Fellow for the University of Wisconsin Creative Writing Institute. Music: “Dance with Me” Nile Rodgers “The Dying Rays” Gang of Four “Chaconne” Johann Sebastian Bach Supported by: Autism Speaks - www.autismspeaks.org Mostly Mutts - https://mostlymutts.org/ Red Phone Booth – www.redphonebooth.com Linden Row Inn- www.lindenrowinn.com Office Evolution of Roswell, Georgia - www.officeevolution.com/locations/roswell To purchase books written by the show's host, Clifford Brooks, please visit www.cliffbrooks.com for more details. His major collections of poetry are available anywhere books are sold. You can contact him directly at: cliffordbrooks@southerncollectieexperience.com
This episode was also a video interview - https://youtu.be/AKkCoM9EWoY Simon Lancaster is one of the world's top speechwriters. He first became a speechwriter in the late 1990s, working for members of Tony Blair's Cabinet. Today, he writes speeches for the CEOs of some of the biggest companies in the world, including Unilever, HSBC and Intercontinental Hotels. Simon is a visiting lecturer at Henley Business School, Cass Business School and Cambridge University. He writes regular columns for Total Politics and The Guardian, as well as providing expert commentary for the BBC and Sky News. His award-winning workshops in the 'Language of Leadership' have been run to great acclaim across the world. Simon's links Web: http://bespokespeeches.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/bespokespeeches And don’t forget to support the podcast by subscribing for free, reviewing, and sharing. New Livestream https://youtube.com/erichunley Web: https://unstructuredpod.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/unstructuredp Facebook: https://facebook.com/unstructuredp Instagram: https://instagram.com/unstructuredp Join the Facebook group: fb.com/groups/unstructured
The Echo Chamber dives into the frenetic world of UK politics with Total Politics editor David Singleton, exploring Corbyn, Brexit, lobbying and more. Then ICCO president Max Behar drops by to discuss the state of the global PR industry.
Iain Dale is a political commentator, writer and publisher; presenter of LBC's drivetime show, and MD of current affairs publisher Biteback. In this in-depth interview, he talks candidly about his career highs and lows; reveals he partly blames himself for David Davis losing the Conservative leadership election; explains how he prepares for his daily LBC show; reminisces about founding Total Politics magazine, and criticises Dods for "running it into the ground"; and discusses in detail the legal issues surrounding his televised 'seaside scuffle' with a nuclear campaigner.
Paul Hamilos, World Features Editor at BuzzFeed, and David Singleton, Editor at Total Politics, join Paul Blanchard to discuss the latest media headlines. This episode: Is the SNP trying to increase its influence over the BBC? Has reporting on immigration, and its use of words like "swarm" and "migrants", contributed to public acrimony against refugees? And have papers given too much space to criticism of Jeremy Corbyn - and has this actually grown his support?
Emma is joined by Lib Dem Charlotte Henry of Total Politics, David Skelton, Director of Reform and justice campaigner Ellie Cumbo to discuss the Lib Lab Love in, Minimum wage and the fall out from the Mark Duggan Inquest
In episode twelve, David discusses phone hacking with former Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott, a suspected victim of phone hacking - and ex tabloid hack and ex phone hacker Paul McMullan. David's debate this week is about social mobility and features Johann Hari, Columnist, The Independent; Shane Greer, Executive Editor, Total Politics and Jo Rice, Co-founder, Spear youth charity.
In episode eight, Andy Burnham, the Shadow Secretary for Education, is interviewed by David Mitchell. David also debates whether we should intervene in Libya? Joining him for the debate are Total Politics magazine's Shane Greer, Stop the War's Tansy Hoskins and Conservative politician Rory Stewart MP.
In episode eight, Andy Burnham, the Shadow Secretary for Education, is interviewed by David Mitchell. David also debates whether we should intervene in Libya? Joining him for the debate are Total Politics magazine's Shane Greer, Stop the War's Tansy Hoskins and Conservative politician Rory Stewart MP.
Editorial Intelligence, Edelman and the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, in association with Total Politics Introduction by John Lloyd, Contributing Editor, Financial Times Chair: Julia Hobsbawm, Chief Executive, Editorial Intelligence Panel: David Aaronovitch, Commentator, The Times Martin Bright, Founder, New Deal of the Mind, and Blogger, www.spectator.co.uk Iain Dale, Political Blogger and Publisher, Total Politics Mick Fealty, Political Blogger, Slugger O’Toole and The Telegraph’s Brassneck Blog Anne Spackman, Comment Editor, The Times This series forms a part of a broader thought leader symposium www.wearenamesnotnumbers.com MEDIA TODAY, MEDIA TOMORROW a new discussion series Monday 22nd June 2009 Edelman Southside 105 Victoria Street London SW1E 6QT