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December 13, 2006
No job for Kelvin
I had an interesting call yesterday from a Granada TV executive producer wondering whether he could parachute (ex-Sun editor) Kelvin MacKenzie into our office as a 'consultant editor' for two months and see what happens.
It's a fascinating idea and I am sure that Kelvin would have some interesting thoughts on the Gazette and how he could boost its circulation - not that it's doing badly. However, I politely declined the offer - I am not sure I could cope with the disruption or vouch for the sanity of my team after the two months.
However, it also seems that the Gazette may not have been Kelvin's first choice for a 'new job' as the previous day he had contacted my colleague at the Reading Chronicle http://www.readingchronicle.co.uk Simon Jones with the same offer. He also politely turned the invitation down.
A large chunk of today will be spent carrying out the highly enjoyable task of judging the shortlisted finalists for our Local Heroes 2006 Awards, run in conjunction with Uxbridge College. It's never an easy task and once again entries have flooded in and there are some truly amazing stories to look at.
I will let you know later in the day how the judging went - although I am sworn to secrecy on revealing the winners before the big night on January 18 when the awards will be made.
Footnote: It appears Kelvin is still searching for a taker as my colleague Ian Carter at the Croydon Advertiser http://www.croydonadvertiser.co.uk has also rubbished the idea of letting him loose in his newsroom.
Posted by aseal at December 13, 2006 7:17 AM