Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Spotty

At Telegraph Towers, the March winners of Jason Seiken "spot bonuses" are out (not, sadly, spot prizes - though the mega-newsroom owes something to the Strictly Come Dancing set, and there's plenty of tripping over).

Scoops ? Exclusive photos ? Gripping interviews ? Trend-setting op-ed ?  No, first out of the hat is Steve Huntingford, onlie begetter of the new Telegraph Cars - Car Buying Made Easy - mini-site, who has "overseen all of the content and written many of the reviews".  The site offers advice in big friendly print "Lots of car buyers struggle with this simple decision - petrol or diesel ? The truth is that there's no one right answer, but it depends on your priorities". Other pages explain "How hire purchase works", and there's a pledge: "Every car we write about has been driven and tested on British roads."

Next comes Andrew Oxlade of Telegraph Money (How to save £240 a year with LED lightbulbs, etc) who claims that their campaign for savers to be allowed to make their own balance between cash and shares within the total ISA allowance swayed George Osborne.

But wait, there's also a prize for Wonder Woman reporter (and author of forthcoming Mills & Boon novel "Virgin") Radhika Sanghani, who wrote about the "No make-up selfie" campaign.  Apparently the piece had 1m views in the UK alone over a day - which, I think rather embarassingly for Oxlade and the boys, "far outstripped our entire budget coverage the previous day".

No prize next month, however, for Jason's team: the email of award winners went out with "Draft" still in the header - you can never find a good old-fashioned sub when you need one, eh ?

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