The Changing Face of the Media

Mosaic Publicity Director Karen Ainley spoke to Colchester Rotary Club today about the changes that have taken place during her past two decades of working in the media.

During a whistestop tour, she reminisced about her days carrying brick-sized mobile phones and using razor blades and sticky tape to edit tape when she worked for BBC radio.

Karen is an expert on podcasting and new media, and introduced the gathered throng to the finer details of blogging and social networking.

Mosaic Publicity expands

Mosaic's newest recruit, Rachel Harrison, has now joined our ranks as a Junior PR Account Manager. Rachel is in a gap year from her university PR course in Leeds. She brings many skills to Mosaic, including a love of new media, podcasting and all things creative. Mosaic is well known for its podcast training and Rachel will be continuing the tradition.

CiM podcasting talks

Mosaic Publicity Director Karen Ainley will be a guest presenter at two forthcoming events for the Chartered Institute of Marketing.

The Essex branch of the CiM is holding its Summer Marketing Conference on June 18th at Writtle College, whilst CiM Cambridge will be holding its annual Digital Marketing Conference at Robinson College on July 10th.

So if you’d like to find out how and why Mosaic Publicity's podcast BizPodEast is put together, now’s your chance!

Miss Essex FM finalist

Good luck to Mosaic Publicity Junior PR Account Executive Rachael Bilby who has been shortlisted as a finalist in the Miss Essex FM beauty competition.

Rachael, who will shortly be taking up her place on a ‘marketing and innovation’ degree at the University of Essex Business School in Southend, is keen to practise what she preaches and wants to help put Essex on the map.

She's a great believer in making the most of what Essex has to offer and prove that Essex girls really can have brains as well as beauty!
Hard-working Rachael has 4 A levels, 2 AS levels and 10 GCSE’s, all at grades between A* and B, achieved at Sir Charles Lucas School and the town’s Sixth Form College.

The Miss Essex FM competition is aiming to raise thousands of pounds for Essex FM presenters Martin and Su’s Essex Kids charity, which provides opportunities and support for children and young people who experience poverty and disadvantage or who are experiencing abuse, neglect, homelessness, violence or crime.

As part of the judging criteria, Rachael has to raise awareness about the charity and has to hold a fund-raising event during the summer, giving something back to the youth of Essex.

We’d like everyone to back her in this competition by logging on to the Essex FM website and voting for her online or by attending the awards event on August 28th at the Liquid & Envy nightclub in Basildon. Thank you.

CiB Communic8 Awards

Communicators in Business in East Anglia will be hosting its first regional award ceremony for many years on July 3rd 2008 at the Bedford Lodge Hotel in Newmarket.

Mosaic Publicity has been involved in organising the event and we're looking forward to welcoming all those shortlisted to the gala award ceremony.

The awards were judged by Regional CiB Chairman Phillip Brooks, with former National CiB Chairman Ken Runicles and experienced communicator Diana Flower.

If you haven't yet booked tickets, please contact Mosaic Publicity for further information.