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Storytelling, David Pembroke, Transparency, Michelle Dunne Breen

Michelle Dunne Breen

EP#45: High impact storytelling, journalism and communications

. Michelle graduated from Trinity College, University of Dublin, Ireland in 1991 with an honours degree in Sociology and German, before training as a journalist. She then worked for newspapers and magazines (both political and lifestyle) for more than 20 years, in Ireland, Britain and then ...

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Social Media, David Pembroke, Public Affairs, Kerry Mccallum

Kerry Mccallum

EP#44: The evolution of media

. Kerry McCallum is Director of the News & Media Research Centre at the University of Canberra (UC) where she leads a team of researchers to advance public understanding of our changing media environment. Her research in political communication specialises in the relationships between changing ...

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Government Social Media, David Pembroke, Citizen Communication, Digital Communication, Brenda Duran

Brenda Duran

EP#43: Building a digital footprint

Brenda is an established communications professional for the U.S public sector. Prior to her role with the Los Angeles County, she held several positions throughout journalism, media, and communications domains.

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Government Communication, David Pembroke, Internal Communication, Shannon Kenna

Shannon Kenna

EP#42: Communicating federal budgets and managing unexpected challenges

Shannon Kenna is an experienced communications professional, specialising in strategic communications for the public sector. She joined the Treasury in 2015 to manage a major government advertising campaign and has since managed the delivery of five federal budgets.

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David Pembroke, Finance, Olga Stankova, Crisis communication

Olga Stankova

EP#41: Frontiers of policy communications

Olga Stankova is Special Assistant to the Director of the International Monetary Fund’s Communications Department. She currently leads technical assistance and conducts research on economic policy communications, and manages outreach on the Fund’s strategy and policy work.

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Government Communication, David Pembroke, Caroline Fisher, Building Trust

Caroline Fisher

EP#40: A matter of trust: Rebuilding citizen trust

Caroline Fisher is the Assistant Professor in Journalism at the University of Canberra. In 2014, she completed her PhD, which examined the career transition between journalism and parliamentary media advising. Prior to perusing further studies at the university, Caroline was a producer, reporter ...

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Fake News, Government Communication, David Pembroke, Caroline Fisher

Caroline Fisher

EP#39: Giving up on news? The latest trends in digital news consumption

Caroline Fisher is the Assistant Professor in Journalism at the University of Canberra. In 2014, she completed her PhD, which examined her career transition between journalism and parliamentary media advising. Prior to perusing further studies at the university, Caroline was a producer, reporter ...

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David Pembroke, Effective communication, Transparency, Tanya Bowes

Tanya Bowes

EP#38: Communications for complex organisations

Tanya is a communications and brand professional with over 20 years’ experience. Her wide range of skills relate to communications and branding strategy, public relations, issues management, stakeholder communications and government liaison.

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David Pembroke, UK Government, Digital Communication, Conrad Bird

Conrad Bird

EP#37: The year of marketing

Conrad Bird is Director of the GREAT Britain campaign. GREAT is the government’s most ambitious international campaign ever run, uniting the efforts of both public and private sectors to generate jobs and growth for Britain. Conrad also leads the UK Government’s Year of Marketing initiative, which ...

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