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On 5th May Gorkana held a successful breakfast briefing with members of the Daily Express team.

The Daily Express was founded in 1900 and has since secured a loyal following of 1,621,000 readers.

We were joined by Dana Gloger, Consumer Affairs Editor and Simon Edge, Senior Features Writer who gave great insights into how to get coverage in their newspaper and how best to communicate with them and their colleagues.

Read a full round-up of the event in more detail at www.gorkanapr.com – the leading source of PR industry news and features.

Watch the Daily Express webcast, filmed by Visual Media

Leading newsweekly Chemist+Druggist, joined Gorkana at a recent breakfast briefing.

Chemist+Druggist is the leading newsweekly for the pharmacy community, providing breaking news, opinion, education and data to help pharmacy professionals and suppliers do their jobs and keep up to date with what’s happening in the industry.

C+D has supported the industry for 150 years and is the only paid-for title in the market.

Editor Gary Paragpuri and Deputy & Features Editor Jennifer Richardson joined us to discuss their historic publication and how they like to work with PRs.

Read a full round-up of the event in more detail at www.gorkanapr.com – the leading source of PR industry news and features.

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On April 8, 2011 we were joined by Lisa Helmanis, Editor, Hannah Rouch, Fashion and Beauty Editor, Tabitha Stapely, Deputy Editor/Lifestyle & Features Editor, Redonline; and Sarah Keady, Living Editor, Red magazine who gave their top tips on how to get coverage on their luxury, lifestyle, fashion and beauty site.

Since its launch in December 2010, Redonline has been a must read for busy women, helping them get the most out of their daily lives through inspiring content, expert advice and exclusive offers.

Read a full round-up of the event in more detail at www.gorkanapr.com – the leading source of PR industry news and features.

Watch the Redonline webcast, filmed by Visual Media

At a recent breakfast briefing Gorkana met with the Editor-in-Chief of Computer Weekly.

Computer Weekly is the leading provider of news, analysis, opinion, information and services for the UK IT community; it is dedicated to providing IT professionals with the best information and the widest range of solutions that will enable them to succeed in the industry.

Editor-in-Chief Bryan Glick discussed the breadth of the magazine and website, the upcoming changes, as well as advising PRs on how to communicate with him and his team.

Read a full round-up of the event in more detail at www.gorkanapr.com – the leading source of PR industry news and features.

Watch the Computer Weekly webcast, filmed by Visual Media

Gorkana recently spoke to the Financial Times Energy team at a breakfast briefing which was kindly hosted by Climate Change Capital and Norton Rose.

They discussed what types of stories they are looking for and how they like to work with PRs.

The speakers were:
David Blair, Energy Correspondent
Sylvia Pfeifer, Energy Editor
Kiran Stacey, Editor of the Energy Source blog

Read a full round-up of the event in more detail at www.gorkanapr.com – the leading source of PR industry news and features.

Watch the Financial Times webcast, fimed by Visual Media

At a recent breakfast briefing we were joined by Simon Kelner, Editor-in-Chief, The Independent & i.

i, who celebrated its 100th issue on 16th March, has gone from strength to strength since its launch last October. The only UK newspaper to be launched in 25 years, i, the concise, quality daily, now has an ABC of more than 175,000.

Simon Kelner, provided a unique insight into his innovative newspaper; as well as giving his thoughts on how he would like to work with PRs.

Read a full round-up of the event in more detail at www.gorkanapr.com – the leading source of PR industry news and features.

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Gorkana held their first London-based breakfast briefing with Les Echos on Thursday 24 March.

We were joined by Nicolas Madelaine, UK Correspondent who gave insights into France’s first financial newspapers and his thoughts on how they would like to work with PRs.

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At a recent Gorkana breakfast briefing, we met with Mihir Bose, the award-winning sports journalist.

Mihir Bose is eminently qualified to discuss how sport, media, business and politics all interact. He is an award-winning journalist and author. He writes for the London Evening Standard and the Sunday Times and broadcasts on radio and television across sport, and social and historical issues. His “Big Interview” appears in the London Evening Standard each Tuesday and he writes a weekly football blog for insideworldfootball.biz. His current book projects include one on the power of modern sport.

Until recently he was the BBC’s first Sports Editor where his job involved investigating and analysing sports stories.

As well some interesting sports discussion, he gave insights into how PRs can exploit the Olympics 2012 and how they can use the immensely powerful UK press to their advantage.

Watch the Mihir Bose webcast, fimed by Visual Media

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On 10th March Gorkana was joined by the Editors of Retail Week at another very successful breakfast briefing.

We heard their insights into the publication, their weekly routines and tips on how PRs can communicate and work with them.

Tim Danaher, Editor
George Macdonald, Deputy Editor
Charlotte Hardie, Features Editor

Read a full round-up of the event in more detail at www.gorkanapr.com – the leading source of PR industry news and features.

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On 2nd March, Gorkana were joined by Editors of The Observer for a breakfast briefing.

Business Editor Andrew Clark and Economics Editor Heather Stewart discussed the publication, and gave insights into how they work with PRs and how best to communicate with them.

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Read a full round-up of the event in more detail at www.gorkanapr.com – the leading source of PR industry news and features.

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