Key successes

From Foetal Origins of Adult Diseases to raising the profile of the British Vampire

Murphy Communications knows how to get the timing and news angle just right so that a story can be packaged in a way which appeals to national, broadcast and print media.

The following is a selection of successful stories:

  • We raised the profile of Robert Hooke on the back of a Gresham College/Royal Society Conference and broke the story on the BBC Radio 4 Today Programme and in the Daily Telegraph
  • We raised the profile of the Foetal Origins of Adult Diseases Conference for the University of Southampton
  • We also made headlines from new swarm robots at the University of Southampton ALIFE conference in 2008 - BBC News
  • Hélène Murphy worked with a team at the University of Hertfordshire to position the University as the leading European developer of social robots - The Guardian
  • We also created 'Dr Dance', the Chartered Institute of Public Relations Silver Medal winning campaign on the back of a Health and Human Sciences Research Institute Showcase - BBC News - The Daily Telegraph
  • And worked on putting the British Vampire back on the map - BBC News - The Guardian

Services

We specialise in:

  • Placing stories about science, technology, health and humanities in high profile print and broadcast media.
  • Publicising conferences and events.
  • Working with journalists to deliver media training programmes

How do we do this?

  • We work with clients to develop key messages and news angles and timing structures for media relations' campaigns

  • We write copy and liaise with key journalists so that we can spread stories across a range of media
  • We media train clients so that they are ready when the stories appear in the media.
  • We host journalists at events
  • We deliver workshops on best use of media relations when publicising research and related conferences or events.
  • We deliver a quality service with measurable results