Episode 121

THE MEDIA: FRIEND OR FOE? with Andrew Harvey (former BBC TV/ITN news presenter)

What is the media today?  It used to be newspapers or magazines - or broadcast media, television and radio.  Today, anyone can be a ‘journalist’ spreading news, views, comment and opinion through social media – that is largely unrestricted and unregulated.

To help me answer that question, I’m delighted to be joined by Andrew Harvey for 30 years a main presenter for BBC Television News, and latterly for ITN. 

After leaving the television arena, Andrew set up and now runs Harvey Leach, a media training company.

During this episode we cover the value of establishing good press contacts, and also advice on how to react when a crisis situation attracts the interest of the media.

Andrew also provides a fascinating insight into his days presenting television prime time news bulletins.

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Harvey Leach Media Training

 

 

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Chris Biddle

Chris is an experienced journalist specialising in the farm and grass machinery market. He has worked for a major tractor manufacturer and been a managing director of a farm and grass machinery dealership in the West Country.
In 1988, he launched trade magazine, Service Dealer followed by TurfPro in 1998, selling both titles to Land Power Publications in 2015.
He was editor of Landwards, the professional journal of the Institution of Agricultural Engineers (IAgrE) from 2008 until 2019 and is the recipient of the 2020 IAgrE Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Land-Based industry.
Chris lives in Salisbury with his wife Trish, and is an avid cricket fan and member of the MCC for over 55 years.