Has Radio made it worse?

30th September 08

City University’s School of Journalism Northampton Suite, Northampton Square, London

It was the hottest topic on the news agenda – what’s happening to our finances, our homes, our pay packets? Were we generating more heat than light when we tried to cover economic stories on the radio?

Did radio’s lack of knowledge of the ins and outs of the market place stir up negative sentiment – and what role did PR play in trying to ‘spin’ the story back to a good news agenda.

Sandy Warr of Smooth Radio was joined at City University’s School of Journalism by BBC Economic Editor Hugh Pym, property expert Nicholas Leeming of Propertyfinder.com and Economist and PR guru John Wriglesworth.

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