Our Hackney heroine receives award from London mayor Boris Johnson
Pauline Pearce shot to fame after standing up to looters during the London rioters. We stepped in to help her manage press attention, and secured her an exclusive deal with the Sunday Mirror followed by numerous TV and radio appearances. This week, London Mayor Boris Johnson presented the Hackney Heroine with a Peace award for her Contribution […]
Don’t miss our story in this month’s Glamour magazine
Often, we are asked to find people to take part in features for newspapers and magazines, and this month you can see five pregnant ladies who jumped at the chance to appear in the glossy magazine Glamour. The question of when to have a baby is one that plagues most women at some point in […]
Our clients featuring in a Channel 4 documentary, Friday night at 7.35pm
Six months ago three brave women made headlines after masterminding a plan which saw conman Simon Reid jailed for 30 months. They asked us to help them manage press attention, and we secured them a series of newspaper and magazine deals along with radio and tv appearances. Now their story has now been made into […]
From tabloids, TV and radio to the Guardian and the Spectator – the coverage we secured for riots heroine Pauline Pearce
Last month Pauline Pearce shot to fame as the so-called ‘Heroine of Hackney’ after an impromptu speech to looters during the London riots in which she condemned their actions. A video recording of her brave outburst quickly circulated on across the globe and Pauline soon found herself hounded by the media. That’s where Talk to the […]
Guest blog post by @lsmedialtd: when and why it’s worth paying for a PR agent
From time to time, we’ll be featuring guest blog post from media experts in complimentary fields. This week, we’re hearing from Lesley Singleton, who runs her own PR firm LS Media. She says: TalkToThePress.co.uk specialises in selling your real life story, in order to generate national newspaper and/or magazine coverage. You might be raising awareness […]
Talk to the Press secures ‘SamCat’ a deal with the Mail on Sunday
This weekend also saw one of our stories published in the Mail on Sunday, with a light-hearted behind-the-scenes look at what goes on the hit TV show Take Me Out. We were contacted by the show’s most famous contestants, identical twins Cat and Sam Wilkinson – otherwise known as ‘SamCat’ – as they wanted to […]
Our love story mirrors ‘One Day’ – this week’s Now magazine
We were stunned with how much Jane Thornber’s love story mirrored the novel One Day and with the upcoming release of the film adaptation we knew a magazine would be interested in featuring the moving tale. Jane met Dave at in 1999 when they started university; they were both instantly attracted to each other but […]
Mum’s story of her three unusual births appears in Daily Mirror
This weekend, Helen Carrol’s remarkable story about her three dramatic births featured in the Mirror newspaper. Helen, 36, almost died giving birth to her first child, Jessica, her husband Paxton delivered their second daughter, Erin, in their bedroom and Helen delivered the third by herself in the bathtub at home. Her third labour began drama-free […]
That’s Life magazine – ‘Stabbed in my bump at 7 months pregnant’
When Natasha Cliff got in touch with us, we knew the newspapers and magazines would love to feature her incredible story. Natasha, 18, is the teenager who was stabbed in the womb by her boyfriend when she was six months pregnant bur miraculously survived – along with her unborn baby. You may remember Natasha’s story […]
In defence of tabloid journalists
Tabloid journalists have long had a certain reputation. Most of my colleagues have faced a situation in which they announce they work for a tabloid, over say the white tablecloth and sugared almonds of a friend’s wedding reception, only then to find themselves facing a barrage of abuse along the lines of “you journalists just […]
