Here’s a round-up of the week’s top PR news, featuring Women in PR’s Abbie Sampson on its female speaker list and senior hires at the Department for Work and Pensions and Milk & Honey. Opinion Abbie Sampson, director of external affairs at Energy UK and Women in PR committee member, outlines why the group has created a female speaker directory […]
Cision hosted 14 students from the University of West London’s Advertising and Public Relations course on Wednesday as part of the company’s partnership with the university. The cohort of students attended Cision’s offices as part of a partnership between the company and the university. As part of the programme, Advertising and Public Relations students are […]
David Tossell, NFL director of public affairs (UK and Europe), talks about how the sport has grown in the UK and his ever-changing role ahead of the the NFL’s London fixtures. You’ve been working with the NFL for over 20 years, what made you move from journalism into what was a PR role for a […]
Jemimah Steinfeld, deputy editor at Index on Censorship magazine, talks about the magazine’s recent award win, freedom of speech and how the title likes to work with PRs. Congratulations on your recent APEX award! How important is it for you to be recognised by awards judges for the work you produce? It’s really important for […]
Here’s a round-up of the week’s top PR news, featuring crisis comms analysis from Cision’s Megan Taylor and account wins for Ready10, Milk & Honey and AprilSix Proof. The four steps to building a foolproof crisis comms response Megan Taylor, senior client insights manager at Cision, provides examples from the Insights team illustrating the need for speed […]
Ian Hood, CEO and co-founder of Babel PR, explains why he started the agency, talks about working internationally and being on the end of a rant from Kelvin MacKenzie. What made you found Babel PR? Sheer arrogance. No, seriously, I’d worked a number of years in-house with a large public company and it was all becoming […]
Here’s a round-up of the week’s top PR news, featuring PRWeek‘s influencer breakfast, Mark Weiner’s lifetime achievement award and wins for AprilSix Proof and TMG. PRWeek ‘Making influencers work for you’ breakfast Influencer marketing in the UK is still transient and has not yet matured to the point where influencers and brands have long-term relationships, Radio One podcasters Niki […]
Mark Weiner, Cision’s chief insights officer, has been honoured as the 2018 winner of the prestigious Jack Felton Medal for Lifetime Achievement by The Institute for Public Relations (IPR). The medal was awarded to recognise Weiner’s contribution to the advancement of research, measurement and evaluation in public relations and corporate comms. Weiner will receive the […]
Influencer marketing in the UK is still transient and has not yet matured to the point where influencers and brands have long-term relationships, Radio One podcasters Niki and Sammy revealed at a Cision-sponsored PRWeek breakfast briefing. In a panel discussion hosted by Cision’s head of sales and relation management – agency, Alex Hunter, the pair […]
Chris Martin, Ketchum’s recently appointed director of public affairs, discusses his new role, the public affairs landscape and advice to those entering the industry. Congratulations on the new role! What attracted you to Ketchum? The opportunity to join Ketchum as one of the leading global agencies was of course appealing in itself, but the growth […]