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Managing the England Crisis – Why Speed is of the Essence

By Bridgid Nzekwu 16/02/2017

It’s Game Over for Big Sam” (The i), “Shaming of England Boss” (Daily Mirror), “Humiliation for England” (The Times).  Today’s excruciating newspaper headlines were inevitable after the departure of Sam Allardyce in disgrace last night, in the wake of undercover reporting by the Daily Telegraph.  The paper alleged (with accompanying video footage) that the England manager negotiated a £400,000 business deal, despite his multi-million pound salary, and, most damaging of all, appeared to advise ‘businessmen’ on how to get around Football Association rules banning third party ownership of players.  Like many a media crisis before this one, and endless such crises to come, the personal disgrace of an individual can, if well managed, can mitigate the threat to the reputation of an entire organisation and help to repair and strengthen that reputation.

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Media Training

Meet the Media at the Press Association…

By Bridgid Nzekwu 16/02/2017

We held another fantastic Meet the Media breakfast event at the Press Association HQ in Victoria recently. The event was an enormous success, with PR and communications executives from across London gathering to listen to our expert panel of speakers and to network over breakfast.

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PA Editor-in-Chief helps uncover excellence in online media output

By Christopher Henry-Reeve 16/02/2017
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Media Training

Media Training tip of the month: “How to prepare your spokespeople for media interviews”

By Bridgid Nzekwu 16/02/2017

The majority of the spokespeople we train at TNR come to us directly from their organisation but we also work closely with PR and Comms agencies who sub-contract TNR to provide media training services for their clients.  For these agencies, it’s important to explain to their clients when they should commission media training and we suggest there are three perfect opportunities for any brand to shore up their media competence:

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PA Editorial Awards - Meet this year's winners

By Christopher Henry-Reeve 03/02/2017
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