Bespoke Media Training Courses

Face daunting media interviews with confidence and poise, with bespoke media training from PA Media Academy’s expert trainers.

Media interviews can be intimidating if you are unprepared. Bespoke media training helps you to approach an interview with more confidence and prepare for difficult questions, so you’re always on the front foot.

You’ll learn from experienced broadcast journalists who are used to holding people to account, so you can develop your understanding of how journalists approach media interviews and plan how to best land the points you want to make, so you get your message across with authority.

Take our classic Bespoke Media Training course, or experience Studio Media Training for a realistic simulation of being interviewed in a studio. Crisis Media Training will help you be better prepared for the toughest scrutiny in difficult times.

 

We can train groups and individuals at your own offices or our central London training centres using our pop-up studio set up, or remotely using Zoom.

After learning the theory behind performing well in media interviews, you’ll take part in a series of realistic mock interviews that we’ll design in advance to best suit your needs. Interviews are recorded and then played back so you can work with your trainer on how to improve and build your technique.

Why train with PA Media Academy?

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  • Newsroom connected with national and international reach
  • More than 50 years’ experience training journalists and PRs
  • All courses are expert-led by working media professionals
  • Trainers have a diversity of backgrounds and perspectives
  • Small class sizes allow for practical, interactive exercises
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Media Training - A media training session with Bridgid Nzekwu with client PA Media.

Our Trainers

Our expert trainers are practitioners with a wide range of experience who are ready to help you take your career to the next level.

As the best in the journalism, content and communication industries, they bring first-hand experience combined with excellent training skills. PA Media Academy’s trainers are well-connected and reflect the diversity of thought and practice in our industries, ranging from professionals with decades of experience to practitioners earlier in the careers, at the cutting edge of best practice.

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What our students say

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The training scenarios are as real to life as you could possibly get. They took considerable time to research our current plans and issues and used these to design a series of true to life radio and TV interviews. The team is outstanding, and their expertise and knowledge has been invaluable. Book them – you’ll be glad you did.

NHS Vale of York Clinical Commissioning Group
, Communications Manager

The staff truly go above and beyond, providing detailed feedback, a wealth of knowledge and many career opportunities. I’d recommend the course to any budding journalist. You’ll have fun, too!  

Erin Waks
, Trainee Sub-Editor
, Daily Mail

It’s a great place to make connections – networking with teachers, guest speakers and fellow students can be key to gaining advice or even job opportunities during and after the course. 

James Saunders
, Digital News Reporter
, GB News 

The methods and techniques you learn (and apply) on a daily basis through teaching, coursework and eventually exams crop up again and again in both job applications and jobs themselves – the course content is directly relevant to the realities of the industry. 

James Saunders
, Digital News Reporter
, GB News

The lifelike interview settings and tasks that PA Media Training deal in replicate perfectly the real-world feel of a tough media interview and help the delegates come out of the day feeling much more confident that they can play an active role in representing their organisation.

Transport for London
, Director of Communications & Corporate Affairs

Not only did I develop the necessary toolkit to become a journalist, but I also did so in an environment that fosters a real sense of community and personal career support.

Erin Waks
, Trainee Sub-Editor
, Daily Mail

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