Running was supposed to be the perfect pandemic pursuit, but not for this blind B.C. runner
Running was supposed to be the perfect pandemic pursuit where keeping outdoors and away from others was required to avoid infection, but that was not the case for a blind runner in Vancouver when infections began to mount last spring.
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Vancouver’s Peter Field struggled to find guides willing to run alongside him with less than a 2 metre buffer
Posted: May 22, 2021 4:30 PM PT | Last Updated: May 22
Peter Field, right, who is blind, runs with his guide Sam O Shea using a tether in Vancouver this week. On Saturday, Field put his training to use, completing the Vancouver Marathon in four hours and 23 minutes.(Ben Nelms/CBC)
After many years in advertising and 17 years at W+K, I just felt like it was time for a change, Christie tells Ad Age. I was thinking about life post-Covid and what I wanted to do. I love Wieden, I feel like my time here has been very successful, and I had no interest in working at another agency. I ve always loved literature but never had the opportunity to study it. Now seems like a good time to swap studying Byron Sharp and Peter Field for studying Chaucer and Shakespeare.
“Neil Christie is the original Wieden+Kennedy optimist, said W+K President Colleen DeCourcy in a statement. Seventeen years ago, when we needed help in the London market, he took us on and built a world-renowned agency. Neil was the smart one who made it possible for everyone else to walk in stupid every day, and our dependence on him has been deep and genuine. Thank you, Neil. You’ll be missed by us all.”
The Power of News Brands Takes Centre Stage at Engage Conference
May 7, 2021
The event was presented by Adrian Weckler from INM and Roisin Ingle, the Irish Times.
Attendees heard about the findings of new research from marketing effectiveness expert Peter Field which demonstrated how multi-platform news brands are delivering long terms business effects for brands. Together with NewsWorks Insight Director Denise Turner, Field presented the findings from the IPA Databank study which found that news brands are having a significant impact on key business drivers such as market share, pricing and profit.
In a separate session, a discussion on what does the demise of cookies means for publishers and advertisers featured Ciaran O’ Kane, CEO Wire Corp, Helen Beecher, Head of Digital, OMD, and David Fogarty, Digital Investment Director, Core.
Final Agenda and Speaker Line-up Confirmed for NewsBrands Engage Conference
April 30, 2021
Pictured: Colm O’Reilly, chairman of NewsBrands Ireland and panellist at the NewsBrands Engage conference.
NewsBrands Ireland has finalised details of its NewsBrands Engage conference and its Media Planning Competition, both of which take place next Wednesday, May 5.
The event, which will be co-hosted by Roisin Ingle and Adrian Weckler, kicks off at 9.30am and conclude at 1pm.
First on the agenda will be a session called The Future of News: What’s Next and will feature Colm O’ Reilly, Chairman, NewsBrands Ireland and CEO of the Business Post; Georgia-Kate Schubert, Head of Policy and Government Affairs at News Corp Australia and Wout Van Wijk, Director, News Media