When I moved to my new role at the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre, I (foolishly?) stated that this was the first time in twenty years that my role hadn’t involved some communication aspect. Well, that didn’t last long. Six months in, I’ve joined the speechwriting pool, honing speeches for the senior management of theContinue reading “Call me Sam”
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My 7 principles for plain writing
Plain writing is important in many areas of life and work. These are 7 principles I use to get a headstart.
Goodbye media, hello communication
As of tomorrow, my role in this office will change. I will no longer be the head of media, dealing with the press, TV, radio, agencies and online journalists that I have dealt with in the last 3 and a bit years. Instead I will be responsible for our publications, websites and digitial media, relationsContinue reading “Goodbye media, hello communication”
Home or away?
I was in Brussels yesterday and the day before, with a group of visitors. They were all people who teach journalism in UK universities, most of them former journalists, and who were interested in finding out more about how the EU really works. The idea of the visit came out of approaches I had hadContinue reading “Home or away?”