I once had a conversation with @JonoMilne about the need for diversity in opinion columns. He agreed. He now edits the SST. Judith Collins.
> AnkyloSarus@writehandedgirl
@gtiso @JonoMilne The singular reason I was given a column was diversity. Oh, and I can write. But mainly "we need young female voices."
Surely the title for the column to be written by Judith Collins is simply Judith's Column.
If Judith Collins author photo isn't in a WO polo and fedora and the header isn't 'Tipline' I'm not reading it.
HarveySpectre @HarveySpectre_
Judith Collins' new column expected to be a brunch review column with Cameron Slater.
I didn't read the SundayStarTimes before. Now I'm going to not read it even more. #Collins
I didn't read the Sunday Star Times before. Now I'm going to not read it even more. #Collins
Sunday Star-Times @SundayStarTimes
Next week: From the left ... Who can give @JudithCollinsMP a run for her money in the @SundayStarTimes?
Sunday Star-Times @SundayStarTimes
Who's in @JudithCollinsMP's sights in her first @SundayStarTimes column? A clue: two big companies should be worried.
> Dene Mackenzie @mackersline
@SundayStarTimes @MeadowsRichard @JudithCollinsMP Guessing one is Oravida. #companyculture
@SundayStarTimes @secondzeit @JudithCollinsMP an Mp from other parties also getting a column then right?
Sunday Star-Times @SundayStarTimes · 3h3 hours ago
In @SundayStarTimes,we publish the toughest ever interview with @JudithCollinsMP to coincide with - yes it's true - her first weekly column.
Welcome to the Fairfax family, @JudithCollinsMP.
> Judith Collins @JudithCollinsMP
@secondzeit thank you. Very kind of you
Re that Soul Searching about Dirty Politics I believe I mentioned once or twice. I hear Collins is getting a column in the SundayStarTimes.
Giving Collins an SST column seems fairly daft, since every other political party will now demand their own tedious columns as 'balance'.
So the SST can either print acres of self-serving drivel from MPs every week, or look like partisan propagandists for the government
> Russell Brown @publicaddress
@danylmc Yes. After the initial novelty, it will be a boring column begetting more boring columns, from people who already have megaphones.
@publicaddress All written by faceless comms people and signed off by the MPs on their way out the door. Yay journalism.
@danylmc @publicaddress If Judith C is reconciled to never returning to a Key cabinet, it could be juicy. otherwise, I'm not hopeful
So SundayStarTimes has lost Steve Braunias as a columnist and added Judith Collins. Hmn.
Judith Collins is a new columnist for the SST... this is why I don't buy newspapers anymore...
Hey, people who know more about how tories work than me, (not a short list): Would Collins have had to get Key's go ahead for the SST gig?
Introducing the new @SundayStarTimes columnist. pic.twitter.com/dVE5nAynUx
