The Media Landscape

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The Media Landscape is a Media First podcast.Produced by journalists for media and comms team professionals - and spokespeople - it is an audio version of our popular written blogs. We’ll cover topical media interviews, issues, trends, challenges and communication techniques. 

  1. SEP 5

    HOW AN EMAIL BLUNDER SPARKED A PR DISASTER

    Imagine if employees in your organisation found out they were losing their jobs through an automated email telling them to hand back their laptops.   That bleak scenario just happened to one large bank.    And it was plunged into crisis mode.  Click here to read the original article this audio blog was created from. Media First are media and communications training specialists with more than 35 years of experience. We have a team of trainers, each with decades of experience working as journalists, presenters, communications coaches and media trainers.

    7 min

  2. SEP 2

    HOW NOT TO RESPOND TO MEDIA COVERAGE YOU DON’T LIKE

    Your organisation is getting media coverage it doesn’t like, or feels is unfair.   Bad coverage can be bad for the brand.   How do you react?   Would you blacklist the media outlet, refuse to let its journalists speak to your spokespeople, and vow not to send them any press releases? Click here to read the original article this audio blog was created from. Media First are media and communications training specialists with more than 35 years of experience. We have a team of trainers, each with decades of experience working as journalists, presenters, communications coaches and media trainers.

    9 min

  3. AUG 26

    11 phrases you can immediately use to improve your media interviews

    There's a lot of advice about the things to avoid saying.    But not so much about the language that can make interviews more impactful, signal to the audience that they need to pay attention, and help steer spokespeople away from dangerous ground.   Until now. Click here to read the original article this audio blog was created from. Media First are media and communications training specialists with more than 35 years of experience. We have a team of trainers, each with decades of experience working as journalists, presenters, communications coaches and media trainers.

    8 min

  4. JUL 18

    Vague interview adds to confusion

    Talking in generalities is a mistake many media spokespeople make.   And it is an error that saw one high-profile journalist become increasingly frustrated with his interviewee this week.   “Why don’t you put some definition on these terms?” he asked. Click here to read the original article this audio blog was created from. Media First are media and communications training specialists with more than 35 years of experience. We have a team of trainers, each with decades of experience working as journalists, presenters, communications coaches and media trainers.

    8 min

  5. JUL 14

    Is this the end of the crisis that became Formula 1’s main event?

    Christian Horner described his sacking as the principal of Red Bull Racing as “a shock”.   But was it that much of a surprise for anyone else?   Or was it inevitable he would go after a turbulent time in the hotseat of the Formula 1 powerhouse?  Click here to read the original article this audio blog was created from. Media First are media and communications training specialists with more than 35 years of experience. We have a team of trainers, each with decades of experience working as journalists, presenters, communications coaches and media trainers.

    6 min

  6. JUL 9

    Stinging headlines and reputation damage - counting the real cost of this big fine

    So, your organisation has just been slapped with a £21m fine by a regulator. How would you respond? Would you apologise? Or would you attempt to draw a line under the issues and show they are in the past? Click here to read the original article this audio blog was created from. Media First are media and communications training specialists with more than 35 years of experience. We have a team of trainers, each with decades of experience working as journalists, presenters, communications coaches and media trainers.

    4 min

  7. JUL 7

    Anyone for a strawberries and cream sandwich?

    Yes, you read that right.  Not only is the strawberries and cream sandwich real, but it has also gone viral. And it has generated some much-needed positive coverage and PR for a brand that has been in crisis media management mode for a long time. Click here to read the original article this audio blog was created from. Media First are media and communications training specialists with more than 35 years of experience. We have a team of trainers, each with decades of experience working as journalists, presenters, communications coaches and media trainers.

    5 min

  8. JUL 3

    'You don’t have a clue’: Surely not another media interview disaster?

    It’s been a little over a week since we gave you our analysis of a high-profile media interview disaster. And yet there has already been another one with almost identical failings. The interview even featured the same exasperated journalist. Ready to find out who grabbed our attention for all the wrong reasons this week? Click here to read the original article this audio blog was created from. Media First are media and communications training specialists with more than 35 years of experience. We have a team of trainers, each with decades of experience working as journalists, presenters, communications coaches and media trainers.

    6 min
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The Media Landscape is a Media First podcast.Produced by journalists for media and comms team professionals - and spokespeople - it is an audio version of our popular written blogs. We’ll cover topical media interviews, issues, trends, challenges and communication techniques. 

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  • Creator
    Media First
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2025
  • Episodes
    135
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2025 Media First Limited
  • Show Website
    The Media Landscape