By Chris Green and Chris Lepkowski Since the Dominic Cummings story broke it has become open season on so-called ‘media scum’. Everyone is seemingly a media expert these days and part of some people’s ‘new norm’ is to use the hashtag #mediascum, retweet/share posts declaring the world’s...
In life in general, and in public affairs in particular, honesty is the best policy. You can argue morally that it is always the right thing to do but tactically it is also wise. Judged by any standards, the Dominic Cummings/ Durham story has been badly managed...
So how did Prime Minister Boris Johnson do in trying to provide the nation with a clear steer on how to work its way out of the Covid-19 crisis? Wearing my media training hat rather than offering any personal political opinion, the answer I have to...
It’s fair to say that these are unprecedented times with the Coronavirus outbreak affecting our lives and businesses. It is not business as usual. That means how we choose to communicate with one another (and it is choice) is vital not just for maintaining contact and concern for our fellow...
Hey, it's football transfer deadline day don’t you know. Not that Sky Sports will let you forget, mind. In fact, if you watch Sky Sports News today, you’d be hard pressed to believe there’s any other action worthy of mention in the wonderful world of sport. Forget...
Truth be told I’m less troubled by Donald Trump’s war on the media and obsession with ‘fake news’ than the fact a 72-year-old tycoon can’t seem to appear in public without painting himself orange first. It is too reminiscent of deluded Golden Age Hollywood actors living...
What’s the point of PR? It’s a fair question to pose in these dizzy days of digital marketing. Does media coverage amount to much when you can communicate direct to your audience in real time online? Of course it does. People still read newspapers – okay, maybe more...
How to manage a media crisis is the theme of July's Business Media Club meetings. As Chris Green explains, it is an important annual set-in-stone theme addressed by the club. Most businesses believe they are Teflon-coated. Disaster doesn't and couldn't happen here. We're immune to a...
One of Britain’s greatest comediennes Victoria Wood was laid to rest last week. There is much to learn from her life and times. Wood’s amazing canon of work is truly inspirational - not least because while we often expect celebrities to be exuberant, larger than life characters...
By Chris Green Did you see Squeeze's appearance on The Andrew Marr Show yesterday morning? There was PM David Cameron talking about council estates and welfare cuts when right next to him - armed with their own weapons of mass construction (guitars and microphones) - stood Squeeze,...