Category Archives: Politics

Fatima joins the Capitals – because hockey is for everyone

Posted on February 23, 2017 by weltchmedia

Top-level sport has huge potential to influence attitudes and behaviour. That’s why we despair when a pro soccer player takes a dive and rejoice when a tennis player concedes a disputed point. Athletes’ actions will be imitated and their attitudes … Continue reading →

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Social media has made us all publishers, but not fact-checkers

Posted on February 16, 2016 by weltchmedia

Social media has succeeded in making us all publishers, but sadly too few of us are fact-checkers – the rise of the phoney meme is evidence of that.

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Jeremy Corbyn and the value of authenticity in PR

Posted on August 13, 2015 by weltchmedia

This post was written by a (non-Labour supporting) member of the Weltch Media team in August 2015, during the campaign for the leadership of the party. Jeremy Corbyn, pictured, is currently [Aug 2015] providing the biggest shakeup to the Labour … Continue reading →

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An invasion, but no sense of adventure: The media and the Brits in France

Posted on February 24, 2014 by weltchmedia

Guest post by Michelle Lawson, who is undertaking doctoral research at Lancaster University and is a member of the Lifestyle Migration Hub research network.

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Paperless office? Not yet, thanks. Why your organisation (probably) still needs print

Posted on December 8, 2010 by weltchmedia

When did you first hear the idea of the “paperless office”? Apparently, it dates back to the 1970s, but in 2010 how many offices do you know which don’t use paper?

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Sporting heroes? Yes, they do exist

Posted on November 18, 2010 by andrewweltch

The word “hero” is used all too freely by sports journalists – usually wrongly. But there are real heroes in sport, and one candidate for that description was in Cardiff last night – former Zimbabwe cricketer Henry Olonga, who publicly … Continue reading →

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Newport and a Cardiff councillor feel the power of social media

Posted on July 25, 2010 by weltchmedia

South Wales found itself at the centre of two unrelated social media phenomena last week.

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