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June 2011

David Quinn — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 18:28:45 +0000

I’m currently working on a load of video projects for media and commercial clients including Estates Gazette, as well as a short documentary about Ancoats, art and cultural regeneration. I’m also writing two features for the August issue of North West Business Insider, on the subjects of social housing and planning. Details can be found here and also, somewhat miraculously, here.

Video: Inside the BBC’s new MediaCity offices in Salford

David Quinn — Thu, 12 May 2011 11:21:34 +0000

I was asked by Estates Gazette to make a video looking at the BBC’s new offices at MediaCity in Salford, featuring an interview with the broadcaster’s portfolio director Alan Bainbridge. This was filmed in May 2011, just a few days before the first of the BBC’s 2,300 staff moved in. You can see it on the estatesgazette.com website or in HD on my Vimeo page here. Or just press play on the video player below.

Inside the BBC’s new Salford offices from David Quinn on Vimeo.

Print: EG Occupiers feature

David Quinn — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 13:00:47 +0000

This Mad Men-inspired piece appeared in Estates Gazette in March.

“To watch an episode of the hit US TV series Mad Men is to get a sense of how offices, as much as the staff who occupy them, have changed since the 1960s. Advertising executive Don Draper and his colleagues, including Joan Holloway, operate in a world where the trappings of promotion involve a huge mahogany desk, a high-backed leather chair and a door with your name on it.”

To read the rest of the feature as a PDF, please click here.

Top 100 journalists on Twitter

David Quinn — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 17:28:44 +0000

I’ve made a list of the top 100 journalists on Twitter, assembled by the PR company 10 Yetis. It appears to be based on submissions from PRs saying which journalists are the least painful to deal with and I’m at 45, which is lovely. As far as I can work out the only North West journalists on the nationwide list are Gordon Burns off of North West Tonight and some bloke called Simon Binns.

February 2011

David Quinn — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 17:23:07 +0000

I’m going to be spending the majority of this month working at the BBC on Inside Out North West. I’m also doing some freelance features for North West Business Insider and Estates Gazette.

January 2011

David Quinn — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 17:23:46 +0000

I’m currently working on a whole series of features for Estates Gazette and Insider, plus I’ve got a travel piece coming up in The Independent this month. I’m also spending time working on some ideas for documentaries and have some video editing stuff to complete.

Print: British Land powers up in Luton

David Quinn — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 17:12:21 +0000

My story about Luton appeared as the main front-page news story in Estates Gazette on 8 January 2010. To read it, click the title above, then click on the image to enlarge.

Video: Hallé Play – Andrew Gourlay

David Quinn — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 16:39:01 +0000

A short corporate documentary for the Hallé’s new Hallé Play website, featuring the orchestra’s new assistant conductor. To watch it, click through from the front page by clicking the title above, then press play on the video player.

Hallé – Andrew Gourlay from David Quinn on Vimeo.

Video: Jaguar Manchester

David Quinn — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 16:33:56 +0000

This is a video I put together as part of the Manchester Celebrates Jaguar event last year. The brief was to link Jaguar with Manchester’s urban landmarks. To watch it, click through from the front page by clicking the title above, then press play on the video player.

Jaguar Manchester from David Quinn on Vimeo.

Print: The Man Who Sold Trafford

David Quinn — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 17:38:55 +0000

My feature on Peel Group’s proposed sale of the Trafford Centre to Capital Shopping Centres appeared in Estates Gazette on 4 December 2010. To read the piece as a PDF, please click the link below:

Estates Gazette: The Man Who Sold Trafford