Media interviews conducted remotely – by phone, Zoom, Skype and other technology are on the increase. Many print journalists are under too much pressure now to leave the office to conduct interviews and so a phone conversation as become the norm, as we explain in our print media training courses. But new technology such as [...]
Essentially what we do as a company is to help lawyers to communicate more effectively with the people they need to talk to. This communication is often with journalists in our media training courses and crisis communications courses but it could also be communication with internal audiences within the firm, clients, regulators and others through [...]
Marcus Rashford has won his campaign. Yesterday the government performed a U-turn and agreed to allow 1.3million children in England to claim free school meal vouchers during the holidays. Why has the 22-year-old Manchester United forward been successful in his campaign? How did one young man end up changing government policy in a matter of [...]
Here’s a funny thing. Given that they’ve suffered particularly badly from the economic damage wrought by coronavirus over the last few months you would think that health clubs, restaurants and fashion retailers would be doing less media training than usual. But, as experienced media trainers for these sectors, we’ve seen a significant increase in the [...]
It’s a terrible story that has gripped the world’s media over the last few days. Really, the fact that it is a terrible story is why it’s gripped the world’s media, both conventional and social. A quick Google search for “George Floyd” turns up some 260 million results. From the perspective of journalism, media training [...]
Was Dominic Cummings right to make his 260-mile trek to Durham a few weeks ago? You probably have your own view. I’m not going to get into the rights or wrongs of his decision but as someone who provides media training courses and advises organisations on how to manage difficult issues, I’m interested in how [...]
Just when the emissions testing controversy seemed to have died down Volkswagen has been bit with a new scandal – and a PR disaster. Their crisis communications capability has once again been put to the test. We’re getting more requests for crisis media training courses and our short, sharp, results-orientated virtual crisis communications courses have [...]
If you happen to be Sir Elton John, Barbra Streisand or Andrew Lloyd Webber you’re probably feeling rather nervous this week. That’s because the business details of these celebrities and many others were reported to have been the subject of a ransomware attack. New York based Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks is the latest law [...]
Donald Trump’s press conferences are always entertaining and newsworthy if not necessarily enlightening. Not only is Mr Trump one of the most powerful people in the world but he doesn’t appear to care what he says. What more could the media ask for? There is, however, another, less obvious reason why journalists enjoy these events. [...]
ITV’s This Morning programme managed a royal coup today as Philip Schofield and Holly Willoughby interviewed the Duchess of Cambridge about a community project that she is promoting called Hold Still. The idea is that members of the public submit photographs that capture the mood of the nation during the current crisis. Kate is a [...]
