Aspiring PR Pro

Diversity in the workplace is being taken far more seriously these days, especially within the PR industry due to it’s misrepresentation of the ‘actual world’ in terms of female/male ratio and ethnicity.  It is a ‘hot topic’ at the moment and quite rightly so. In the past few months the CIPR have announced plans to go … Continue reading »

One minute I was tweeting from a concert – the next day I was part of Global news, here is what happened… The contribution (or hindrance depending on how you feel about it) that social media has had on journalism is momentous. Thanks to Twitter many breaking stories have been found from tweets or photos on the … Continue reading »

1) Scandal Scandal is now hugely popular in the U.S, a shame that it hasn’t got as many fans in the UK, but believe me when i say – it is awesome. Kerry Washington, known for her most recent role in the huge “Django Unchained”, plays Olivia Pope. Set in Washington D.C, her crisis management … Continue reading »

1) Jerry Maguire Tom cruise gained an oscar nomination for his role a playing sports agent that has a nervous breakdown from stress and guilty conscience of his job. He ends up fighting to keep his sports personality clients, and is very funny whilst trying. (the memorable ‘show me the money’ scene) He works extremely … Continue reading »

David Gallagher is  Senior Partner and CEO of Ketchum Europe and is based in London. Ketchum is a global communications consultancy specialising in marketing and corporate communications, issues and crisis management, corporate and social responsibility and public affairs.  In 2011, it was named as ‘International Consultancy of the year’ at the PRWeek Awards, PR News … Continue reading »

 I was lucky enough to spend two weeks with the BBC in the TV publicity department, working primarily with the ‘Drama’ team. To say I was excited to get back to London for a few weeks was an understatement! I stayed at a friends in Hammersmith as it’s only a few stops away from Wood … Continue reading »

Reading about and even following the tweets (all will be explained later) about how magazines are being forced to think of new ways to keep interest and readership alive is both saddening and amazing at the same time. As we are all aware the ‘digital age’ has fully taken over, meaning people just don’t go … Continue reading »

I have stumbled upon some  excellent publicity and marketing campaigns for films using social media or PR stunts/collaborations and wanted to share a few of my findings. My inspiration for this post was Steven Fry’s riddles in order to promote the new ‘Sherlock Holmes: Game of shadows’ sequel, in which he plays Sherlock’s brother. Here’s … Continue reading »