(Laura Hird Website 9/9/2008)
A woman faces illness and some challenging questions.
(Laura Hird's Website 1/12/2002)
A woman returns to the North East of Scotland and all is not what she expects
(Word Riot 3/10/2003)
Short story about old lovers reconnecting.
(LiteraryPotPourri/InkPot 5/7/2002)
A tale of unrequited love in NYC
(Random Acts of Writing 12/3/2008)
Two innocents in the North East of Scotland
(Pensinsulamagazine 1/15/2003)
Schoolgirls in the NE of Scotland face some facts of life
(The Cheyenne Group 3/8/2008)
Newsletter for executive search firm, The Cheyenne group
(Access Intelligence 11/2/2006)
Editor in chief of min (Media Industry Newsletter) magazine, targeted towards the publishing industry.
(The Cheyenne Group 6/9/2007)
Wrote and edited a newsletter for executive search firm The Cheyenne Group.
(Campaign 11/6/2009)
With even giants such as Conde Nast forced to close titles, the glossies market needs to change radically
(One, a magazine 12/1/2009)
How technology has turned digital out-of-home into a hot market.
(Campaign 10/30/2009)
An investigation of the spate of recent litigation in the US against false advertising claims made by major marketers.
(Campaign 9/18/2009)
A profile of ESPN at 30
(Campaign magazine 11/21/2008)
With stalwarts such as General Motors opting out of Super Bowl, Ann Cooper reveals a new attitude to advertising in the US.
(One Magazine 2/20/2009)
A look at how the Brit band Oasis and ad agency Bartle Bogle Hegarty hooked up to promote the band's latest album in an innovative and completely new way.
(One Magazine 4/20/2011)
Profile of Sid Lee, Montreal-based ad agency.
(Campaign 6/22/2007)
Profile of Esther Lee, Coke executive who moved to an ad agency
(The One Club 5/15/2008)
Commercials are the new radio. An examination of the growing importance commercials are playing in the marketing of new songs and bands.
(Other Advertising 7/20/2007)
Analysis of cinema advertising
(The One Club 3/5/2008)
A look at some groundbreaking viral advertising spots and how they got produced.
(Campaign 4/15/2008)
Profile of ad agency Goodby Silverstein & Partners
(Advertising Age 4/5/2010)
An analysis of the art of criticism
(One magazine 4/1/2009)
A look at humor in US advertising.
(One magazine 4/1/2009)
A look at the vagaries of British humor as seen through its advertising.
(Campaign magazine 4/10/2009)
Feature about globe-trotting executives
(One Magazine 11/20/2008)
With this year's heated presidential election, brands have been jumping on the election bandwagon.
(One Magazine 12/1/2007)
Profile of one of the original "Mad Women" of Madison Avenue, Phyllis Robinson. "On the real Madison Avenue in the '50s, Phyllis Robinson was a pioneer."
(Campaign magazine 5/1/2009)
Story of a much hyped start-up agency that failed to live up to expectations.
(The One Club 3/30/2007)
A feature about General Electric going green.
(Campaign 9/7/2007)
Analysis of restrictions on US junk food advertising to children
(Campaign 8/15/2008)
Analysis of the US's political campaigns
(The Spirits Business 3/19/2010)
Ann Cooper looks at the state of play in the all important US vodka market. Thanks to the prevailing economic climate, trading down is rife and there’s a shift to take-home sales, but at the same time the thirst for new flavours remains unabated
(Campaign 9/4/2009)
Controversial healthcare reform plans in the US have sparked wave after wave of pro and anti campaigns.
(Generation Monthly 8/1/2012)
The story of how a tragedy that befell a teenager, led to a grandmother's triumph and a cookbook and movie created and produced by her grandchildren.
(One magazine 6/10/2012)
Profile of legendary commercials director Joe Pytka. At 73, Pytka recently finished shooting his seventy-second? seventy-third? (even he's not sure) Super Bowl commercial.
(Campaign magazine 6/19/2009)
(Campaign magazine 6/12/2009)
The measures Madison Avenue is taking to survive the recession.
