We were delighted to learn that our new platform PA Explore had won the 2020 EANA Award for Excellence in News Agency Quality. Awarded by the European Alliance of News Agencies, the prize recognises editorial innovations which address problems facing the news industry.

We are delighted to announce the launch of our new embargoes feature for PA Mediapoint, making it easier for you to see all embargoed stories at a glance.

A simple way to bring together embargoed content from across PA’s services has been one of the most requested enhancements for Mediapoint, and we’re confident this latest update will enhance your overall user experience and make the process of discovering and using our embargoed content to shape your communications strategy more seamless and streamlined than ever.

We are delighted to announce the launch of our new embargoes feature for PA Create, making it easier for you to see all embargoed copy at a glance.

A simple way to bring together embargoed content from across PA’s services has been one of the most requested enhancements for Create, and we’re confident this latest update will improve your overall user experience and make finding and using our content more streamlined than ever.

The third event in the PA Meets series developed by PA Media and the PRCA to bring news and PR closer together took place on the 20^th April – its focus was “What’s next in media disruption?”

Our sector leading panel included Will Moy, Chief Executive of the UK’s independent fact checking organisation, Full Fact; Sarah Brown, Head of News Partnerships for Northern Europe at social media platform Facebook; and PA Media’s Managing Director, Polly Curtis.

PA Media’s Bridgid Nzekwu hosted the fascinating and thought-provoking discussion about how to make a story cut through the noise and land successfully, as well as a look ahead to how emerging technologies could shape the future of media disruption.

It’s now just over a week since we hosted our first event in the new PA Meets series, “How to build your network of journalists” and we couldn’t be happier with the reaction we’ve received from attendees.

In association with leading PR body, the PRCA, PA Meets is a series of events which gives PR and comms professionals at all career levels the chance to hear from, and engage with, a range of leading figures in news and PR.

Our first event featured excellent speakers from Sky News, TfL and PA Media, and delved deep into the challenges facing PRs when establishing strong connections with the media.  It also covered valuable tips and advice on selling in stories, producing effective press releases and getting stories out amidst the challenging backdrop of what has been one of the biggest newsworthy stories of the last year – the pandemic.