A media which is free to say what it wants is one of the cornerstones of democracy. But with it comes responsibility. The free media can only be trusted so long as it is truthful, and working within the law, whilst respecting the rights of society and its private individuals. Just as it expects society to respect its rights to work unfettered. In Britain, we now find, that has broken down....
Recent Clients
Our recent clients include many well known private and public sector organisations, and services, both UK and international.
We have provided media simulation, training and consultancy to the following recent clients:
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What our clients say
I want you to know that we were again immensely please with the hugely professional competence shown by (individual names redacted) during the recent Mission Rehearsal Exercise at Catterick. It is not just a matter of turning up and doing a job but it is also about enhancing the training by bringing experience and instructing skills to bear on those under training who therefore benefit doubly.
Major Philip Crook
Theatre Troops - Support to Operations
The role played was invaluable. The professionalism and commitment you all showed towards providing a realistic and challenging exercise for the two divisions was remarkable.
Brigadier General Joerg Vollmer
Chief of Staff. 1 (German/Netherlands) Corps. NATO.
The members of the team were engaging and professional throughout and provided some fantastic, timely media product on completion of the serial which has been of huge training benefit to the ships in terms of the debriefing process.
Lt Cdr Lindsey Ashwood, RN
Staff Media Operations Officer to Flag Officer Sea Training
Everyone who took part was impressed by how realistic the Crown Media simulated news room was, and how informed and engaged the team at Crown Media was about the specialised nature of the team's expertise. Crown Media turned a daunting prospect for most into an opportunity to communicate passion through preparation and focus on delivering often key messages clearly.
A worthwhile investment - highly recommended.
Judith House, Marketing Manager
HarperCollins Publishers
It was noticeable that the Crown Media team all had recent exposure to activities in specific theatres of operations. This enabled them to add realism and up-to-date role play into the scenarios.
Colonel Neil Hutton
British Army Training Unit, Kenya
Thank you for your presentation - the feedback from delegates was very positive.
Association of Port Health Authorities
It gave me great pleasure to join you for the Hampshire Business Awards 2008. I sincerely congratulate you on winning an Award.
Lord Montagu of Beaulieu
The training your team provided during this exercise was invaluable as ever... the quality of your output was second to none.
Commodore Keith Winstanley. MBE MA
Your expertise in media operations added tremendous value… and provided substantial training and instruction to all the participants involved.
Rear Admiral Philip Jones RN
Commander UK Maritime Battlestaff
Everybody is still talking about the training you ran for us, it was a really useful day.
Nick Long
Welwyn and Hatfield Council
Your guys were great, thanks for setting that up.
Liz Morgan-Lewis, Head of Strategic Communications Planning
Centre for Emergency Preparedness and Response, Health Protection Agency
The Burberry exercise went very well and your contribution was a key feature of that success - so well done!
Peter Power
Visor Associates
Crown Media has gone from strength to strength. I was very impressed. The quality of your output was second to none.
Wg Cdr John Broadbent
Joint Services Command and Staff College.
A superb effort by your team. Much was learned from the exercise, not least the influence aspects of getting the media message correct.
Major General James Bucknall CBE
Allied Rapid Reaction Corps
Media News
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Free Speech or Truth -
A private call?Should the media ever be allowed to break the law in pursuit of a story? Their defence would be that it is in the public interest. But the public interest is less clearly defined than the law – and allowing this defence would lead to confusion.
It’s highlighted because of allegations that newspapers in Britain routinely hacked the voicemail of mobile phone users. They...
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The Partial CameramanMuch is made of the role of the media in creating and supporting democracy. A key part of this is the ability of anyone to turn to the media, and on merit, have their story or point of view reported. Sometimes ordinary people create the content itself – ‘citizen journalism’ is a modern and powerful phenomenon. Recent protests sweeping North Africa and the Middle East prove...
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An engaging characterFew subjects divide opinion more than the actions of Wikileaks and its publication of ‘confidential’ material. But its founder knows that if he’s to have a chance to win hearts and minds to his cause, the media is the battleground. So, within minutes of being released from prison on bail, Julian Assange was talking to reporters.
In any successful communication...
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Wikileaks and the mediaThe media is driven by deadlines and competition. And both cause the sort of excitement which lead to reporters' mistakes. When the BBC published breaking news that thousands of confidential documents had been released on Wikileaks, it sent out a text to subscribers of its mobile news service. But the first story contained one vital error – the reporter had got their 'Wikileaks...
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Never had it so good ...Peer Of The Year and two days later he'd resigned as a Government adviser. Lord Young, in The Daily Telegraph, said that most Britons had "never had it so good" despite the "so-called recession".
The Prime Minister's enterprise adviser surely never expected his remarks could have such consequences.
While the views expressed in his...
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The media we deserve?Complaining about the media is a pastime in many places - they're too powerful, dishonest, biased or sensational. All probably true.
But it's a reality that we get the media we deserve. For example, each day millions of people, millions of 'us', buy newspapers. This earns them revenue both through sales and advertising. And that endorses the product. If we're really unhappy, why do we...
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Berlin Wall Collapses1989 the East German government struggles to resist reform. The politburo decided on a complex and restricting new policy for limited travel to the West.
The man given the job of announcing the new policy was politburo member Guenter Schabowski. When his fellow Communist leaders decided on the new regulations he was out of the room. He skimmed the policy and headed off...
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Inland Revenue Problems2.4 million people in the UK underpaid tax due to errors in the PAYE tax system. The cause; computer software problems and failures by tax officials. The news that 1.4 million of those people owed an average of £1,428 became an instant story.
At 9am the civil servant in charge of tax, Dave Hartnett told BBC radio: "I'm not sure I see a need to apologise...
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