Digital Media Meal Reborn

If a client updated their blog as infrequently as mine I'd have their guts for garters, but let's not get hung up on who should have posted what when okay? It's been a tumultous past few months for journalism and some of us had other things to do ...

Recent events have seen me resign my post as Technology Editor at the Sunday Herald. Given that I've been involved with the newspaper in a variety of roles since its launch in December 1999 the decision was not easy, but I'm convinced it was the right one to make.

I've reached the conclusion that if I'm going to achieve what I want to with my journalism, independence is the only practicable route. So I've actualised my theories about what's wrong with the press and public relations industry by founding Revolver PR, got stuck back into my book, and am using my new found freedom of movement to start pushing forward with a number of journalistic projects that have been on the backburner for far too long.

In this spirit, the long-awaited Digital Media Meal is back on. Supported by such luminaries as Stewart Kirkpatrick, Craig McGill, Ian Hepburn, Shaun Milne, Sarah Hartley and Paul Bradshaw, I'm proposing that the first inagrual meet takes place in Glasgow on Thursday, April 30th.

Are you up for it? If enough people opt-in by commenting I'll book a venue and confirm the date forthwith. Alternatively, if this date is problematic then suggest an alternative and I'll try to work out a compromise that suits all.