At the age of 37 Kerry Marcus has already had a varied journalism career, doing everything from covering courts and council meetings as a cub reporter to being part of the launch team for a new national newspaper. She now works for leading UK news supplier ITN as a senior home news editor for the
Evan Davis is the 37-year-old economics editor of Newsnight, the BBC television current affairs programme. We asked him about the challenge of presenting mainstream economics on television
Sally Muggeridge is management development director for media giant Pearson plc, which own well-known brands, including Penguin books and the Financial Times. She is based at Pearson’s London headquarters, but makes regular visits to the US where the majority of the group’s 22,000 employees work
Graham Stuart first brought the hit Channel 4 TV show So Graham Norton to our screens while controller of entertainment at United News & Media. In September 2000 he and Norton set up their own independent television company, So Television, to continue making the award-winning show and develop new comedy. He offers his advice on
Ben Backhouse has recently joined London-based Talk Radio as a production assistant. Backhouse graduated from Bristol University in 1999 with a degree in English. Like many graduates he was keen on a career in the media, but unlike the majority, he has managed to achieve this. We asked him about the new job and whether
James Davis, 22, is an assistant portfolio manager at Dresdner Kleinwort Benson. He assists in the management of private money in the private investment bank What is your role within the organisation? I help a manager and team with the investment process within the company as a whole and help deal with clients. How did
Summary In the introduction, the authors admit that this book was turned down by countless publishing houses with the objection: ‘Who cares? Who wants to read about techies pissed off at their jobs?’ Co-author Bill Lessard says he is a ‘living testament to the fact that most Internet careers are nasty, brutish and short’. So,
If you fancy riding the waves of power, but do not want to be at the helm, one of the most high profile jobs you can do is that of a spin doctor. We assess the opportunities and risks of being a modern day king maker
