Archive for the 'Press' Category

Radio One show on political communication

Thursday, May 1st, 2008

I was at Radio One this morning and was Finlay Salesse’s guest on a show about the political communication of local parties, especially in the context of Labour Day meetings.
We talked about the techniques and strategies used by our politicians to communicate with their audiences, their posters, their communication advisers, their websites, their willingness (or [...]

The Mediacom Studio is alive

Saturday, April 26th, 2008

I am pleased to announce that the Communication Studies Unit is now equipped with a multimedia studio which I have set up with (a lot of) help from Avinash. The studio has been baptised Mediacom Studio and even has a website which we have launched yesterday at www.mediacomstudio.com
The facility has been created thanks to funding [...]

New name!

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

A kid opening a window, a man opening his door. Everybody seems to be opening their doors and windows. What is happening? Then we are told to be ready on the 17th April 2008. What the heck is going on?
Orange… No it’s not the color of the traffic lights. On this day, the national telecommunication [...]

40 years ago!

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008

Today while reading yesterday’s paper, i came across an article on the success of a familial company. This company came into existence 40 years back when the founder tried to introduce he first locally made toothpaste. Blendax was then made known to the public. 4o years later, the brand is still going strong. When i [...]

Interview - L’express-Samedi

Monday, November 26th, 2007

I was interviewed by Pauline Etienne in L’express-Samedi following the arrest of three journalists (two from Radio Plus and the chief ed of Week-End).

You can read the interview on my blog here or on the site of L’express here.

Local media on the web

Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007

There have been a few developments lately in the local mediascape related to the web (at last!) that are worthy of attention. Starting with the Défi Media Group which has launched its website for the first time at the following address: http://www.defimedia.info
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This was long overdue as oddly enough, none of the print media titles [...]

Week-End Scope Joke Corner

Thursday, August 31st, 2006

In WES: “Friendship: Shakeel sends an SMS to Shawn : Breakin news : Police found a dead body with a monkey’s face. SMS me back if you are ok. I’m worried!”
I never get their jokes. It is very often lame. Is it me or their jokes suck?