Doing business in St. Petersburg

Interview with Michael Randall
Guru to a host of Petersburg journalists that have gone on from Pulse to become editors-in-chief and television hosts in the city and in Moscow, Michael Randall began the Russian phase of his journalistic career as editor of The St. Petersburg Times. Now working for the BBC developing new media and training journalists around the globe, he spoke to us about the early days at Pulse, the current condition of the Russian mass media, and the trials and tribulations of working with Finns…