Anatomy of a media crisis to be examined at CommsCon
A panel of experts in media relations and issues management will analyse a number of recent high profile media crises at next month’s event for people working in PR and communications, CommsCon.
Gabriel McDowell, Res Publica, Susan Redden Makatoa from SenateSHJ and Jenna Price, one of the team behind social media campaign Destroy the Joint, will discuss the anatomy of a media crisis, pinpoint what went wrong and outline best practice in creating a response to avert disaster.
The panel will analyse a number of high profile media controversies, including Gerry Harvey’s outspoken criticisms of online retail and the internet, the media handling of the Europe’s food supplier controversy around horsemeat, 2GB’s Alan Jones, and also discuss how to create active communities of interest using social media.

‘Keep Calm’ memes grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
What exactly is a social media veteran?
@ AB&GRLC
I have no idea? I woke up one morning and it seemed to fit!
I was tempted to start a blog and link back to it from every post that I make on Mumbrella, pushing my own agenda tactfully, albeit blatantly. However, looking at the other self titled lot, who have zero comments on their blogs, I couldn’t be arsed…
Hopefully I might wake up tomorrow and everything will have changed. I love change me.