Media-Insert Communications

Media-Insert Communications

The blog of Media-Insert Communications – featuring freelance P.R. and journalism links to the work of Graham A. Jarvis.

Editing, Journalism, Copywriting, and Public Relations

Category: Current Affairs

  • “Speaking from the point of view of someone in the technology industry, David Trossell, CEO of Bridge Works, a data acceleration company, says Brexit will bring about “a complete change to the current modus operandi with new UK laws replacing EU regulations, or there will be a compromise”. Like many others, Trossell acknowledges the uncertainty…

  • Having spent a month out in the open after making public its desire to buy the British drugmaker, Pfizer was unable to clear enough hurdles to push the deal through. Concern that the transaction was merely a tax mitigation exercise certainly didn’t help matters, while AstraZeneca’s board was stubborn in its call for a higher…

  • State to consult public, staff and students over disputed university reforms. Graham Jarvis writes. In November, 600,000 Colombian students walked out of lectures in protest at what they saw as the increasing privatisation of higher education in the country…read more here. Published by Times Higher Education on 12th April 2012.

  • China’s growing economic prowess has been long and widely reported. Already the world’s third-largest economy, many expect it to overtake Japan for second place by the end of this year…

  • Interested in cultural integration? Then you'll enjoy listening to Graham's Radio Orla FM radio interview about Polish integration into UK society. Click on Show 1 to play it. N.B. You will need Flash installed on your device, laptop or PC to listen to it. Click here: http://www.orla.fm/index.php/re-play/3985

  • The World Health Organisation (WHO) celebrated World Health Day on 7 April 2010. This year the event, which marked the organisation’s 62nd anniversary, kicked off a year-long campaign to highlight health threats arising from the worldwide trend toward urbanisation. Read more here. Client: Diplomat magazine; published on 4th May 2010.

  • Read page 13 of the March-April edition of World Finance here. Also, 'Do stock exchange rallies enhance international relations?". Find out if they do on pages 44-46. Client:WN Media; World Finance magazine.

  • Some financial commentators are advising that investors forget about China this year and put their money into India. But while it is true that both countries demonstrate some considerable similarities in the way their economies are being (successfully) run, there remain a number of key differences that set them apart; and indeed further research suggests…

  • Graham Jarvis looks to Poland and the Czech Republic for lessons on how the West might better have avoided the present financial and economic crisis. Read more.

  • "The London Summit, it was hoped, would provide the groundwork for a coherent global strategy to deal with the current financial crisis. Amidst reports of the scale of IMF investment we ask whether this was the day the world came together; or did they?" Read more on Worldfinance.com.