The fifth event of the PA Meets series developed by PA Media and PRCA, talked to award-winning Guardian journalist Amelia Gentleman, of The Windrush Betrayal: Exposing the Hostile Environment – to discover her route into journalism, advice about breaking into the industry and tips for PR professionals.

We were delighted to learn that our new platform PA Explore had won the 2020 EANA Award for Excellence in News Agency Quality. Awarded by the European Alliance of News Agencies, the prize recognises editorial innovations which address problems facing the news industry.

We are delighted to announce the launch of our new embargoes feature for PA Mediapoint, making it easier for you to see all embargoed stories at a glance.

A simple way to bring together embargoed content from across PA’s services has been one of the most requested enhancements for Mediapoint, and we’re confident this latest update will enhance your overall user experience and make the process of discovering and using our embargoed content to shape your communications strategy more seamless and streamlined than ever.

We are delighted to announce the launch of our new embargoes feature for PA Create, making it easier for you to see all embargoed copy at a glance.

A simple way to bring together embargoed content from across PA’s services has been one of the most requested enhancements for Create, and we’re confident this latest update will improve your overall user experience and make finding and using our content more streamlined than ever.

The third event in the PA Meets series developed by PA Media and the PRCA to bring news and PR closer together took place on the 20^th April – its focus was “What’s next in media disruption?”

Our sector leading panel included Will Moy, Chief Executive of the UK’s independent fact checking organisation, Full Fact; Sarah Brown, Head of News Partnerships for Northern Europe at social media platform Facebook; and PA Media’s Managing Director, Polly Curtis.

PA Media’s Bridgid Nzekwu hosted the fascinating and thought-provoking discussion about how to make a story cut through the noise and land successfully, as well as a look ahead to how emerging technologies could shape the future of media disruption.