Hannah Strange, Managing Editor of VICE News EU, on reporting on the blindspots in traditional media, managing the fastest growing channel on YouTube and how PRs and NGOs can provide essential access. Talk us through your role at VICE News I am the Managing Editor for Europe on the editorial side. My role is about […]
Business Reporter Matthew Goodman, who has worked the private equity beat at The Sunday Times for thirteen years, is to join the senior team at Greenbrook Communications. Matthew, who will join Greenbrook as a Consultant, has worked in journalism for twenty years, and has spent the last thirteen at The Sunday Times writing on a […]
Bernadette McNulty, music editor at The Telegraph, on her diverse readership, reviewer shenanigans and why PRs shouldn’t differentiate between print and online. As well as being music editor at The Telegraph, you also write about film, art, TV and books across the paper’s culture pages. Tell us about your role. I plan, commission and edit […]
Alex Hudson, head of social content at the Daily Mirror, on why everyone will end up being a social content journalist, the importance of exclusivity and the growing opportunities for PRs. Firstly, tell us about the new social content team you’re heading up… It’s a difficult thing to explain because the team’s role is not […]
Weber Shandwick has appointed TVC’s Adam Clyne as head of digital in EMEA. Adam, who will be based in London, will lead digital operations across Weber Shandwick’s 33 office network across EMEA. Adam was global commercial director at TVC and The Economist Group, which bought the agency in 2012. While there, he was responsible for […]
Pitch your way to more and better coverage in 2015 with these tips from Gorkana briefings and interviews over the last six months. Go with the personal touch Cosmopolitan’s digital beauty editor, Bridget March, likes the personal approach when being pitched to. “Blanket emails tend to be put on the back burner, while something personally […]
Frank is handling the personal PR for 2014 Apprentice winner Mark Wright, as well as promoting his new business venture. The final episode of The Apprentice, in December, saw Lord Sugar choose Mark to receive an investment of £250,000 for his business, Climb Online, a digital marketing agency. More than six million viewers tuned in […]
Tabatha Leggett, senior staff writer at BuzzFeed, on the ever-growing news team, the importance of shareability and why PRs should never send pre-written listicles. You joined BuzzFeed a year ago – must be very exciting to be part of the team at a time when it’s growing so quickly? Absolutely. There were only three members […]
Zoe Cripps, beauty writer at Sunday People supplement Love Sunday, on making life easier for readers, why she loves a launch event, and plans for more YouTube content. Love Sunday launched in February this year – how would you describe it in five words? I would say it’s warm, funny, packed, engaging and stimulating. What […]
Elise Holman, sports producer for Al Jazeera English, on starting her broadcast career aged 14, why PRs need to think global when pitching, and dreams of interviewing Sir Alex Ferguson. Firstly tell us about your role at Al Jazeera and how you’re enjoying life in Doha… I’m a senior producer in the sports department at […]