Without the Potters the City Would Struggle for Recognition

Sentinel, The; Stoke-on-Trent (UK) › July 16, 2011

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WHAT does Turkey think of Stoke-on-Trent? To take it even wider, what does the world think of the city? This week I've been astonished to find that most of the people I speak to not only have no preconceived views or ideas about us - they don't even know the city of Stoke-on-Trent exists!

As you read this, I'm in Istanbul for an international academic conference on media and communication. Spare me your cynicism! It's not a jolly and it's not at your expense - it's being paid for by the national professional association I chair. Besides keeping up- todate with research, I'm here to argue for a major conference (the World Journalism Education Congress) to be held in the UK in 2013. The Congress meets every three years - the last was in South Africa. The feeling is that it's Europe's turn.

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Without the Potters the City Would Struggle for Recognition

Although I don't have that power, I wish I was here to argue for it to take place in Stoke. But I doubt I'd be successful. Despite our centr...

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