Difference between revisions of "Keith McDowall Associates"
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:Keith McDowall of the Daily Mail was media minder for Willie Whitelaw, Michael Foot and a range of other Labour Ministers.<ref>Paul Routledge '[http://www.bjr.org.uk/data/2001/no4_routledge It may pay — but journalism it ain't]' ''British Journalism Review'', Vol. 12, No. 4, 2001, pages 31-35</ref> | :Keith McDowall of the Daily Mail was media minder for Willie Whitelaw, Michael Foot and a range of other Labour Ministers.<ref>Paul Routledge '[http://www.bjr.org.uk/data/2001/no4_routledge It may pay — but journalism it ain't]' ''British Journalism Review'', Vol. 12, No. 4, 2001, pages 31-35</ref> | ||
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| + | :From there, I moved to what was then called the Department of Employment and Productivity, where I cut some more teeth under [[Bernard Ingham]], later Mrs Thatcher's Press Secretary, and then Keith McDowall. Ingham and McDowall were robust in their defence of Government policies, but there remained a strict divide between political figures who worked for the party in power and Civil Service information officers, who were required to remain unbiased, non-political and incorruptible. We were expected to do our job to the best of our ability, for whoever was in power and however the policies might change. But that strict convention was undermined within days of New Labour's arrival in Whitehall.<ref>'[http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/news/article-462464/If-media-feral-Tony-Blair-craven-manipulation-Civil-Service-blame.html If the media is feral, Tony Blair only has his craven manipulation of the Civil Service to blame]' By STEPHEN REARDON, ''Mail on Sunday'', Last updated at 22:38 16 June 2007 </ref> | ||
==Contact== | ==Contact== | ||
26 Southampton Building | 26 Southampton Building | ||
Revision as of 09:17, 10 November 2008
Keith McDowall Associates is a small PR consultancy run by Keith McDowall. it was acquired by Chime Communications in 1998.[1]
- Keith McDowall of the Daily Mail was media minder for Willie Whitelaw, Michael Foot and a range of other Labour Ministers.[2]
According to former government information officer Stephen Reardon:
- From there, I moved to what was then called the Department of Employment and Productivity, where I cut some more teeth under Bernard Ingham, later Mrs Thatcher's Press Secretary, and then Keith McDowall. Ingham and McDowall were robust in their defence of Government policies, but there remained a strict divide between political figures who worked for the party in power and Civil Service information officers, who were required to remain unbiased, non-political and incorruptible. We were expected to do our job to the best of our ability, for whoever was in power and however the policies might change. But that strict convention was undermined within days of New Labour's arrival in Whitehall.[3]
Contact
26 Southampton Building Holbourn Gate London London WC2A 1PQ [4]
Notes
- ↑ http://www.alacrastore.com/deal-snapshot/Chime_Communications_PLC_acquires_Keith_McDowall_Associates-214534
- ↑ Paul Routledge 'It may pay — but journalism it ain't' British Journalism Review, Vol. 12, No. 4, 2001, pages 31-35
- ↑ 'If the media is feral, Tony Blair only has his craven manipulation of the Civil Service to blame' By STEPHEN REARDON, Mail on Sunday, Last updated at 22:38 16 June 2007
- ↑ http://www.businessmagnet.co.uk/company/keithmcdowallassociates-56827.htm
