Mediapro is 21!

Mediapro at 21

It’s that time of the year again It’s Mediapro’s 21st birthday. We’ve met so many interesting people on our business journey and helped hundreds feel more confident when dealing with the media. Some clients have become good friends. Thank you all for your support over the decades. Mediapro founder and trainer Maria Veronese will soon […]

Community Support

Future Radio

Future Radio came into its own during the pandemic, helping people stay connected. It was great to meet the dedicated team, behind and in front of the microphones, who’ve successfully been awarded grant funding from the East of England Co-op. It was also the beginning of the pandemic when the Co-op’s Community Cares Fund was […]

How to attract positive media attention

Crane Landing Pad

So your team’s achieved something amazing or unusual that you’d like everyone to know about. How do you attract positive media coverage? A lot depends on whether your story has a genuine news peg… and of course… what else is happening in the world. You’ll also have to be proactive about contacting reporters and understand […]

Merry Christmas

The Mediapro team wishes you all a very Merry Christmas and a safe and prosperous New Year. Our opening times remain as normal until 20 December and we’ll be back from 5 January. We’ve got some exciting projects in the pipeline for 2025 but first let the festivities begin!

Best to be prepared

Prod shot

Technology is playing an ever changing role in the way news is gathered and produced. Maximising output, across all outlets, is part of the news evolution. Gone are the days of defined newspaper, radio and TV journalist roles. Everyone now is effectively an eyewitness/newsgatherer with good quality cameras and microphones in their pockets. Today’s […]

Olympic win for Mediapro client

Volocopter’s ‘flying taxis’ are on track to win the right to conduct test flights throughout the Olympics. It will be fabulous exposure for the company’s futuristic drones. Although capable of transporting passengers, the drones will be flown on an experimental basis in Paris. The german manufacturer’s successfully partnered with French airport, metro, bus operators and […]

Nice day for…

Sat truck

The weather’s finally improving making reporting and training outdoors all the more pleasant. An ideal time to cover news and of course do our bespoke Master Classes – with the option of having interviews held outside, weather permitting. And of course you can make the most of Mediapro’s 20th Birthday discount by booking now for […]

Mediapro is almost two decades old!

Small Cake

Next month marks 20 years of Mediapro Media Training being in business. To celebrate we are offering 20% off our coveted Master Classes for the next three months. As the weather warms it’s a great time to do interactive training like Mediapro’s. You can practice being interviewed by our experienced journalists in and outdoors… using bespoke scenarios […]

Do you really need media training?

Well perhaps the question is – do you need to prepare for anything in business? Even when most of us are adept at the fundamentals of speech, dealing with the media can be different, daunting and difficult. The way we communicate in everyday life doesn’t automatically translate when doing two-minute live interviews. Ensuring key messages […]

Media pressure forces political action

Post Office

It’s one of the country’s biggest scandals. Lives have been ruined. Decades of inaction – until now. Our journalist trainers have covered TV, radio and online stories highlighting the plight of Horizon post office computer system victims during the past few years. But in reality it’s a story that began 20 years ago. Maria […]