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Sarah's Soapbox: Valuable Skills.
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Thursday, 4 February 2010. Having just completed a four week work placement with a PR agency, and with another week to go until my lectures begin at university, and the fact that I sprained my ankle on Saturday night and have been laid up in bed ever since, now is the perfect time for me to reflect on my time working in a PR environment. Well I was pleased to learn that, yes, it was. I have learnt the importance of tailoring your writing to the specific needs of your target audience. In terms of writing,...
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Sarah's Soapbox: 2010-02-07
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Friday, 12 February 2010. I am pleased to be writing a follow up post to my previous one regarding US computer hacker, Gary Mckinnon back in November. Only this time it's on a much happier note. Gary McKinnon may stay in. After a High Court judge agreed to review a decision by Alan Johnson to extradite him to. To face computer hacking charges. I was appalled back then in November that our home secretary, Alan Johnson was to allow this breach of human rights, ignoring medical advice that. The New Adventur...
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Sarah's Soapbox: 2010-01-17
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Thursday, 21 January 2010. The End is Nigh! Well it’s nearing the end of my third week of work experience here at Publicasity, and what a week it has been! They were contestants on the X Factor, for those of you less educated.). Publicasity is such a fantastic place for anyone who is looking to gain the practical skills that are essential in the PR industry. It is a lively, vibrant, energetic company, with a mix of equally vibrant and energetic people, who have been most welcoming. We’re on the move.
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Sarah's Soapbox: 2009-11-22
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Saturday, 28 November 2009. It has been reported in the papers this week that Gary McKinnon. A computer whiz kid, who hacked into US military and NASA computers, is on the verge of suicide if extradited to the US to face trial. McKinnon, 43, from North London, was accused and charged in 2002 of hacking into 97 American military and NASA computers, causing the US government hundreds of thousands of dollars, and was said to be the "Biggest military hack of all time.". Gary McKinnon has Asperger's syndrome.
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Sarah's Soapbox: 2009-10-11
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Friday, 16 October 2009. To blog or not to blog? New member to the society of 'blogging' I am still yet to form any real definite. Opinions on the subject. Is social networking taking over as a form of communication? As a society will we become less able to communicate or feel less confident of going out into the 'real' world and form relationships with people, or is it just a very efficient way of keeping in touch with friends and having a sphere to share thoughts and opinions with? There was an error i...
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Sarah's Soapbox: 2010-01-10
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Monday, 11 January 2010. And so I begin my four week work placement with London based PR agency, Publicasity. I have been looking forward to this for quite some time and hope it brings exciting new adventures. Publicasity is a fairly large agency that deals with a range of different clients including; corporate, consumer, trade and B2B. I've been working on some digital jobs with Aaron, trying to build up a client’s digital side of things. Looking for forums on the internet relating to the prod...When we...
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Sarah's Soapbox: Crime & Punishment.
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Saturday, 28 November 2009. It has been reported in the papers this week that Gary McKinnon. A computer whiz kid, who hacked into US military and NASA computers, is on the verge of suicide if extradited to the US to face trial. McKinnon, 43, from North London, was accused and charged in 2002 of hacking into 97 American military and NASA computers, causing the US government hundreds of thousands of dollars, and was said to be the "Biggest military hack of all time.". Gary McKinnon has Asperger's syndrome.
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Sarah's Soapbox: First week? Done!
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Monday, 11 January 2010. And so I begin my four week work placement with London based PR agency, Publicasity. I have been looking forward to this for quite some time and hope it brings exciting new adventures. Publicasity is a fairly large agency that deals with a range of different clients including; corporate, consumer, trade and B2B. I've been working on some digital jobs with Aaron, trying to build up a client’s digital side of things. Looking for forums on the internet relating to the prod...When we...
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Sarah's Soapbox: The End is Nigh!
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Thursday, 21 January 2010. The End is Nigh! Well it’s nearing the end of my third week of work experience here at Publicasity, and what a week it has been! They were contestants on the X Factor, for those of you less educated.). Publicasity is such a fantastic place for anyone who is looking to gain the practical skills that are essential in the PR industry. It is a lively, vibrant, energetic company, with a mix of equally vibrant and energetic people, who have been most welcoming. We’re on the move.
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Sarah's Soapbox: Re-instate Professor David Nutt
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Monday, 2 November 2009. Re-instate Professor David Nutt. At the weekend I came across an article. That grabbed my attention in the Guardian. I learned that Alan Johnson, the home secutary, had sacked Professor David Nutt, chief drug advisor to the government, due to his stance on cannabis reclassification. Based on scientific research, which Gordon Brown chose to ignore, Nutt argues that cannabis should remain a Class C drug and not be reclassified to Class B. And now the issue has become yet another 'm...
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