Media Training

Leading the way in media training for spokespeople, PR and comms teams

Helping to prepare individuals and organisations get their message across in all kinds of media opportunities, ensuring they are well prepared for media coverage.

 

Our specialist media trainers are senior journalists from the UK’s top newsrooms who have hundreds (or even thousands) of hours of experience in coaching spokespeople and helping organisations with their messaging and media and communications strategy.

 

An established media training company, our courses have an excellent reputation for instilling confidence, sharpening messaging and transforming performance.

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Who do we media train?

Spokespeople

High-quality media training is the best way to ensure spokespeople can make the most of their opportunity to engage audiences.

 

Our courses are designed to help spokespeople promote their brands and protect reputation during times of crisis.

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PR & comms teams

Adept media handling is a critical function of every press office and communications team.

 

 

Our workshops and consultancy services equip teams on how to use the media effectively to promote their business’ core messages.

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Types of media training


Bespoke media training

Delegates are trained through a highly immersive and realistic media experience either at our professional, central London studio, PA Media’s headquarters or at your preferred work premises.

Open courses

Delegates attend alongside individuals from other organisations. Class sizes are capped at a maximum of six delegates per course to ensure a great learning environment.

Crisis media training

We train all kinds of organisations to manage the intense media scrutiny that accompanies major crises. The focus is on equipping comms teams and spokespeople with the essential techniques and strategies to limit reputational damage.


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Meet our journalist media trainers

The media training team is led by award-winning trainer Bridgid Nzekwu (BBC News presenter and former reporter and anchor at Channel 4 News and ITV News).

 

Our media trainers are well-known and respected journalists who work, or have worked, for national broadcasters including the BBC, ITN and many national and regional newspapers.

 

As superb communicators, their expertise ensures delegates are equipped with the confidence, skills and techniques to give effective media interviews, control hostile encounters with journalists and deliver memorable soundbites.

MEET OUR TRAINERS

What clients say about our media training:

“The training scenarios are as real to life as you could possibly get. They took considerable time to research our current plans and issues and used these to design a series of true to life radio and TV interviews. The team is outstanding, and their expertise and knowledge has been invaluable. Book them – you’ll be glad you did.”


Communications Manager, NHS Vale of York Clinical Commissioning Group

“The team is flexible, slick, well-resourced and overall simply first class. Their expertise and knowledge have been invaluable. I was delighted with our choice, so I’d have no hesitation in recommending them.”


Head of External Relations, Prostate Cancer UK
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Why clients choose our courses

They are led by real experts
Leading institutions choose Media Training for our exceptionally high-quality courses and expertise of our specialist journalist media trainers. We work with FTSE 100 companies, banks, law firms, government, charities and many other sectors. Put simply, our bespoke courses have a reputation for instilling confidence, sharpening messaging and transforming performance.
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We’re at the heart of the media
PA Media are the national news agency for the UK and Ireland, with a client list which includes all major newspaper, TV and radio groups. This means we know what works and what doesn’t in interviews, so we are best placed to help clients better communicate their core message.
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Contact us 

For more information about our media training in London and Online,

simply fill out the form below and a member of our team will be in touch.