Archive - Off the Record

How to Get Your Story on Radio

LBC’s Charlotte Lynch shares the one phrase that makes her delete or open a pitch.

Oct 12 • Steph Spyro

How Labour’s Tax Hikes Helped Close the Paper Where My Hero Began His Career

Famous local paper closes because high street advertisers are hit by rising national insurance, rates and minimum wage, claims publisher - ANALYSIS

Oct 8 • Dan Townend

The Ultimate Guide to Getting Journalists to Attend Press Trips and Site Visits

Here’s eight tips to make your site visit an offer journalists want to accept.

Oct 5 • Steph Spyro

Old media Isn’t Dead Yet: Why Millionaires Are Still Betting on the Struggling News Industry

It’s been a grim week of lay offs and picture agency Getty potentially going bust - but big players will always want the power, influence and money of…

Oct 1 • Dan Townend

September 2026

How Comms Pros Can Get Into Politics’ Must-Read Newsletter

Noah Keate is the author of Politico’s Sunday Crunch newsletter

Sep 28 • Steph Spyro

Media Law Explained: When Can Journalists Name Someone

For PRs, pressure bodies and many charities, there are legal issues with case studies, news releases and requests for information to be removed from…

Sep 24 • Dan Townend

10 Tips for Pitching and Writing Op-eds

How to write and pitch op-eds to journalists

Sep 21 • Steph Spyro

9 Ways Comms Pros Can Help Journalists Reach Younger Audiences

New statistics show publishers are struggling to engage with under-35s but good comms can help lead the way

Sep 17 • Dan Townend

How Journalists Investigate AI: What Comms Pros Need to Know

Effie Webb is an AI reporter on The Bureau of Investigative Journalism’s Big Tech team

Sep 14 • Steph Spyro

Why Donald Trump Is Slamming UK Government’s Good Intentions to Boost MSM

As a Green Paper on boosting mainstream media on social media is debated in the Commons, the plans come under fire from the US government and publishers

Sep 10 • Dan Townend

The Ultimate Guide to Pitching Sunday for Monday Stories

Tips for pitching journalists stories for Monday’s paper.

Sep 7 • Steph Spyro

7 Key Dates For the Media That PRs Should Put in Their Diary

Good forward planning can be easier said than done - so here are the big events coming up in the rest of the year you need to know about

Sep 3 • Dan Townend

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