Leicester Mercury political correspondent
Welcoming Fergus
Almost forgot to tell you about the recent arrival of Fergus Sheppard, the county council’s media relations czar.
He seems like a pretty straight guy and he’s also web savvy, so get hold onto your hats for council 2.0.
He’s certainly got the credentials. He was ITN’s first new media correspondent in 2000. That’s way back when the most interesting thing on the internet was Hamster Dance.
Now – via BBC London, The Scotsman and Harrow Council – he’s arrived in Leicestershire.
I just hope the council’s media makeover is better than his effort at cultivating a Twitter presence.
It has two updates, one asks whether Stephen Fry cut out white wine to lose weight, and the other assures members of the public that Harrow Council hasn’t banned ice cream vans. That was almost a year ago.
C’mon. Use it or lose it, Fergus!
about 1 year ago
David is quite right to admonish me over my less than prolific use of twitter. I have subsequently discovered that re one tweet – white wine – it is indeed a health food and and virtually calorie free, so have felt no further need to tweet on the matter!