Jul 22, 2020 | Communication skills, Media Friendly News
Broadcast interviews from home have become the “new normal”. We have quickly got used seeing a plethora of backgrounds as key spokespeople bob about and squirm under ineffective lighting. We can learn a lot from Channel 4’s News presenter, Jon Snow. He is the champion...Jun 18, 2020 | Communication skills, Media Friendly News
Hindsight is a wonderful thing – so they say – but where was the Coronavirus “Business Plan” for Crisis Communications? Every indication seems to be that the response to Coronavirus in terms of communication has been reactive, not proactive, ie lurching from crisis to...May 14, 2019 | Communication skills, Media Friendly News
Hat Trick Productions, which makes HIGNFY, said it “tried everything” to get the BBC to broadcast the show, but the BBC said it was “inappropriate to feature political party leaders” in an election period as it did not allow for “equal representation of views”. The...Sep 5, 2018 | Communication skills, General, Media Friendly News, Media Training, Public Relations
The BBC are reporting that Google’s Chief Executive, Sundar Pichai, will NOT be appearing in front of the US Senate Intelligence Committee, offering to send one of his top lawyers instead. The offer was promptly shut down by the committee who will be leaving an “Empty...Feb 26, 2018 | Communication skills, General, Media Training, Public Relations, Uncategorized
It is not always the more obvious “scandals” which cause Academies and other types of school a media headache. Expect the unexpected, would seem to be the lesson to be learned from the recent media coverage of a girl who shaved her head for charity being placed in...Aug 24, 2017 | Communication skills, Media Training, Public Relations, Uncategorized
Some basic lessons in Crisis Communications were not followed here. We have three simple rules for Crisis Communications: Act promptly. Interestingly, Kensington and Chelsea Council did act promptly, of sorts, in that a helpline number was there on Breakfast TV a few...