Beyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcast

Noise in Brief – a shorter offshoot of PRWeek’s Beyond the Noise podcast – is released fortnightly and features PRWeek UK journalists discussing major issues from the previous seven days or so. Download the podcast via  Apple ,  Spotify , or listen in the browser above or on your favourite platform. In this week’s episode, PRWeek news editor Siobhan Holt is joined by reporters Evie Barre...

How does PRWeek pick its UK Communicators of the Year list - and what does it tell us about comms in 2023? That's the focus of the first episode in a new PRWeek podcast series: Beyond the Noise Extra. As the title suggests, Beyond the Noise Extra is an offshoot of Beyond the Noise, our regular fortnightly podcast. In this series we'll be looking at a specific project that PRWeek has been working o...

As COP28 draws to a close, the challenge of climate communications is the focus for the latest episode of PRWeek's Beyond the Noise podcast. Our guest this week is renowned environmental campaigner Jonathan Porritt, who joins our regular host Frankie Oliver, the founder of New Society. PRWeek UK’s Beyond the Noise podcast, which is published on alternate weeks, looks at some of the biggest issues...

In this week’s episode, PRWeek editor-in-chief Danny Rogers is joined by news editor Siobhan Holt and reporter Evie Barrett, who discuss the most recent agency mergers and acquisitions. Also in this edition, with the inflation rate slowing after it hit a 40-year high in October 2022, and interest rates unlikely to drop from their current levels any time soon, the journalists debate whether high-in...

Should the industry be doing more to support male PR professionals? That's the focus of PRWeek UK's latest podcast. What about men in PR? PRWeek podcast. In the first episode of Beyond the Noise since International Men's Day on 19 November, we look at whether more should be done to help men in PR across areas such as mental health support and parental leave. PRWeek UK’s Beyond the Noise podcast, w...

Big themes and stories in comms from the past week or so are put under the microscope in the latest edition of Noise in Brief, PRWeek UK’s bite-sized podcast. Noise in Brief – a shorter offshoot of PRWeek’s Beyond the Noise podcast – is released fortnightly and features PRWeek UK journalists discussing major issues from the previous seven days or so. Download the podcast via  Apple ,  Sp...

Our guests this week are Gillian Taylor, head of external communications at John Lewis, and Tori Pourzand, senior director of public relations at Asda. They are joined by regular host Frankie Oliver, the founder of New Society, and PRWeek UK editor John Harrington. PRWeek UK’s Beyond the Noise podcast, which is published on alternate weeks, looks at some of the biggest issues affecting comms and P...

Big themes and stories in comms from the past week or so are put under the microscope in the latest edition of Noise in Brief, PRWeek UK’s bite-sized podcast. Download the podcast via  Apple ,  Spotify , or listen on your favourite platform. This week’s episode features PRWeek UK news editor Siobhan Holt and reporters Evie Barrett and Elizabeth Wiredu. This week, drinks PR agency  D...

How can comms help curb the growing spread of AI-led disinformation? That's the topic of PRWeek UK's latest Beyond the Noise podcast. PRWeek UK’s Beyond the Noise podcast, which is published on alternate weeks, looks at some of the biggest issues affecting comms and PR. Download the podcast via  Apple ,  Spotify , or listen on your favourite platform. Our guest this week is Kerry Sheehan...

Noise in Brief – a shorter offshoot of PRWeek’s Beyond the Noise podcast – is released fortnightly and features PRWeek journalists discussing major issues from the previous seven days or so. Download the podcast via  Apple ,  Spotify , or listen on your favourite platform. This week’s episode features PRWeek UK news editor Siobhan Holt and reporters Evie Barrett and Elizabeth Wiredu. In...

PRWeek takes another look at the barriers stopping gender equality in comms in the latest episode of the Beyond the Noise podcast. This week's episode is a follow-up to the  International Women's Day show from March . Two guests return - Jo Carr, co-founder of Hope&Glory PR and president of Women in PR (WIPR), and Jo-ann Robertson, CEO of global markets at Ketchum - alongside Angela Bala...

Big themes and stories in comms from the past week or so are put under the microscope in the latest edition of Noise in Brief, PRWeek UK’s bite-sized podcast. Noise in Brief – a shorter offshoot of PRWeek’s Beyond the Noise podcast – is released fortnightly and features PRWeek journalists discussing major issues from the previous seven days or so. Download the podcast via  Apple ,  Spoti...

In the latest episode of the Beyond the Noise podcast, Clara Biu, head of PR at Just Eat, gives the client perspective on PR agency diversity following the findings of the latest annual Industry Pay Gaps report from PRWeek. She explains how demanding clients are becoming of the agencies they hire: “I’m asking my agency, ‘What are you doing in terms of truly diverse teams, what are y...

Big themes and stories in comms from the past week or so are put under the microscope in the latest edition of Noise in Brief, PRWeek UK’s bite-sized podcast. Noise in Brief – a shorter offshoot of PRWeek’s Beyond the Noise podcast – is released fortnightly and features PRWeek UK journalists discussing major issues from the previous seven days or so. Download the podcast via  Apple ,  Sp...

What do young comms professionals think of the industry? PRWeek’s latest Beyond the Noise podcast takes a look, in the second of a two-part series. It comes as PRWeek reveals the results of a survey of Gen Z PRs about their views of the sector - which looks at topics from how long they want to stay in their jobs to whether PR has an alcohol problem . Our guests this week are another two nominees i...

Big themes and stories in comms from the past week or so are put under the microscope in the latest edition of Noise in Brief, PRWeek UK’s bite-sized podcast. Noise in Brief – a shorter offshoot of PRWeek’s Beyond the Noise podcast – is released fortnightly and features PRWeek journalists discussing major issues from the previous seven days or so. Download the podcast via  Apple ,  Spoti...

We've heard what clients want from agencies - this week's PRWeek Beyond the Noise podcast takes the agencies' perspective. Throughout August, PRWeek ran interviews with senior in-house comms and corporate affairs directors from BAE, Subway, Royal Mail and Starling Bank. We asked what they like - and don't like - about working with comms agencies . Our guests this week discuss the relationships fro...

Big themes and stories in comms from the past week or so are put under the microscope in the latest edition of Noise in Brief, PRWeek UK’s bite-sized podcast. Noise in Brief – a shorter offshoot of PRWeek’s Beyond the Noise podcast – is released fortnightly and features PRWeek journalists discussing major issues from the previous seven days or so. Download the podcast via  Apple ,  Spoti...

What do young comms professionals think of the industry? PRWeek’s latest Beyond the Noise podcast takes a look. This week’s edition features two finalists in the  PRWeek UK Awards Young Gamechanger of the Year category : Katie Gabriel, account director at Instinctif Partners; and Joshua Vine-Lott, senior account manager at Aurora. They join PRWeek UK editor John Harrington and PRWeek reporter...

Big themes and stories in comms from the past week or so are put under the microscope in the latest edition of Noise in Brief, PRWeek UK’s bite-sized podcast. Noise in Brief – a shorter offshoot of PRWeek’s Beyond the Noise podcast – is released fortnightly and features PRWeek journalists discussing major issues from the previous seven days or so. Download the podcast via  Apple ,  Spoti...

We find out in the latest episode of PRWeek’s Beyond the Noise podcast. Our guest this week is Zoe Cohen, a spokesperson for Just Stop Oil, the organisation that is demanding the UK Government stop licensing all new oil, gas and coal projects. Joining her is regular podcast host Frankie Oliver, the founder of New Society, and John Harrington, the editor of PRWeek UK.  PRWeek UK’s Beyond...

Big themes and stories in comms from the past week or so are put under the microscope in the latest edition of Noise in Brief, PRWeek UK’s bite-sized podcast. Noise in Brief – a shorter offshoot of PRWeek’s Beyond the Noise podcast – is released fortnightly and features PRWeek journalists discussing major issues from the previous seven days or so. Download the podcast via  Apple ,  Spoti...

How are brands evolving their use of social media, and what does the future hold? That's the focus of the latest edition of PRWeek's Beyond the Noise podcast. Our guests this week are social media chiefs at two major companies: Charlotte Tonry, social media lead at Marks & Spencer, and Vicky Longster, social media manager at Virgin. PRWeek UK’s Beyond the Noise podcast, which is published on alter...

Big themes and stories in comms from the past week or so are put under the microscope in the latest edition of Noise in Brief, PRWeek UK’s bite-sized podcast. Noise in Brief – a shorter offshoot of PRWeek’s Beyond the Noise podcast – is released fortnightly and features PRWeek journalists discussing major issues from the previous seven days or so. Download the podcast via  Apple ,  Spoti...

The Beyond the Noise podcast this week features regular host Frankie Oliver alongside PRWeek editor-in-chief Danny Rogers and co-founder of Purpose Disruptors Lisa Merrick-Lawless. PRWeek UK’s Beyond the Noise podcast, which is published on alternate weeks, looks at some of the biggest issues affecting comms and PR. Download the podcast via  Apple ,  Spotify , or listen on your favo...