Melissa Bell meets Alastair Campbell, former director of Communications for Tony Blair. He speaks about his key role in Labour’s election campaigns and stresses the importance of communication in politics.
Radio not working? Internet on the blink? It could be because radiation from the largest solar flare in four years has reached earth. Solar flares are intense, short-lived bursts of energy, and can cause interference with communication devices.
How strong is brand Russia? In this edition of Beyond Business we’re looking at the Russian government’s attempts to clean up its image. Allegations of corruption and sleaze are weighing it down. Is Russian business paying the price?
A blog created in 2008 in Kenya has become a worldwide sensation: Ushahidi - 'testimony' in Swahili- is a free software that collates information sent in by the public. Any one can text or email about a crisis, catastrophe or during an election. Information is gathered on maps that are accessible online. It made the headlines recently, during the Haiti earthquake, which saw some victims rescued thanks to texts and reports published in real time.
The Washington Post is closing its bureaus in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles, as the newspaper faces falling advertising revenue and readers turn to free online news.
A year has flown by – packed with action, visits, speeches and now a year to the day he was elected, a political set back for Barack Obama. Was the expectation just too big for this first year of Obama’s Administration to be called a success?
A year has flown by – packed with action, visits, speeches and now a year to the day he was elected, a political set back for Barack Obama. Was the expectation just too big for this first year of Obama’s Administration to be called a success?
Barack Obama’s communications team used all their new-media know-how to diffuse his message to as wide an audience as possible. It went even a step beyond the unprecedented use of the internet in his election campaign.
Barely 24 hours after General Motors filed for bankruptcy, the US auto giant launched a new "reinvention" ad campaign to prove it's still up for a fight
Eager to rebuild its reputation in the international community after launching airstrikes at Hamas targets in Gaza, Israel is investing a lot of effort on the Internet to justify its offensive – to the great displeasure of many Gaza citizens.
