David Jones, the Head of Communications at the Serious Fraud Office in the United Kingdom, provides some commentary on the relationship between government officials and international media. (PDF)

“I don’t know if there is a stereotypical profile in [Eastern] Europe of media practice and habit between a journalist and a government press officer. No doubt it would be a mistake for me to assume that my experience with journalists in Bosnia on a corruption case there involving the electricity power industry would be a safe model or dealing with a Polish journalist on a similar case in Warsaw. “

This is one presentation at Transparency and Media Relations as a Means of Fighting Fraud, a training seminar put on by the OLAF Anti-Fraud Communicators’ Network.

A Summary of the Seminar has also been prepared, and a quick search reveals many of the prepared speeches that were presented.

A more light hearted aspect of Mr. Jones’ work for the SFO is presented in this letter to the Editor of the Observer.

by Colin McKay

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