The Government’s Digital Britain White Paper published on 16 June 2009 set out ‘the importance of the Digital Economy to the nation’s economic future, and how it will drive future industrial capability and competitiveness’.

Despite my love of all things new and gadgety, I must confess I have never been drawn to Twitter as an everyday communications tool.  Facebook – yes.  It is the natural successor to Friends Reunited.  It also has a much larger worldwide following than Twitter in terms of the sheer numbers of users. So do [...]

I remember my first days at Prison Service News (PSN) well.  I had just joined as assistant editor of the staff newspaper for 33,000 prison officers in England and Wales. I was part of a new team of three.  Our brief – to modernise the paper, make it more user friendly and focus on issues [...]