WeAct Marketing Masterclass Series: Media Training 101
WeAct Marketing Masterclass Series: Media Training 101
From crafting punchy press releases and perfecting your pitch, to going on the radio to talk about your work with confidence, this session will help you navigate media relations in Ireland.
Leading communications strategist, Eavan Gannon, and former Sunday Times' Political Editor, Stephen O'Brien, will guide us through the essentials of media relations in Ireland.
We will cover:
- Writing press releases
- Finding news angles in your work
- Pitching to press
- Doing interviews and providing quotes
- Building contacts.
The Marketing Masterclass Series is curated by We Act in association with the National Lottery.
Visit WeAct.ie/Training to watch previous sessions.
- You can register your place by using the link below.
- This event will take place on Zoom.
- Closed Captions can be enabled by participants.
- Please email matthew@wheel.ie if you have any special requirements.
Meet Your Speakers:
Eavan Gannon, Managing Director and Head of Sodali & Co Ireland.
Eavan heads Sodali & Co’s Ireland office and is a Managing Director, having joined the firm in 2018. She leads the Dublin team, working across sector and remit to provide Financial and Strategic communications and Media Relations advice to some of Ireland’s most well-known names.
She has an expert knowledge of the corporate landscape and has an established professional network of contacts in the media and capital markets across Ireland and the UK.
Stephen O'Brien, Director of Public Affairs, Ireland
Stephen leads Sodali & Co’s public affairs offering in Dublin. He brings to the role more than 20 years’ experience as a political editor in Leinster House where he covered government, parliamentary and budgetary affairs, and elections in Ireland, and established good working relationships across the political spectrum and the senior civil service.
He has a deep understanding of the Irish media landscape and has strong professional connections with the editors, business editors and news editors of the principal print and broadcast platforms in Ireland.
