Kate is a highly experienced communications consultant, with her advice backed up by 20 years as a journalist, including with the BBC.She now offers support and guidance in how to deal with the media in good and bad times, and has trained literally hundreds of spokespeople to deal with media interviews. What sets Kate apart as a media trainer is that, as a poacher turned gamekeeper, she knows how journalists think. Add to that, after she put down her notebook and microphone, she spent five years at university teaching the reporters of the future the tricks of interviewing.Kate is a trainer for the Chartered Institute of PR and for GovPD, and was an associate at the Cabinet Office Emergency Planning College.Through her company, Capital B Media, she has trained and counselled blue-chip organisations, public sector bodies and third sector leaders.She specialises in crisis communications and has advised behind the scenes on numerous high-profile cases.She has written, reviewed and tested crisis communications plans for national bodies through to local companies. From manufacturers facing negative publicity over pollution or a fatality, or organisations embroiled in a national news story, she has been the go-to adviser.As the director of the award-winning agency, she has overseen the work of staff and ensured quality, results and client satisfaction. Capital B Media was recognised by its peers as the best small PR agency in the region in the CIPR PRide awards in 2019.Kate has also worked hands-on creating content from videos, podcasts and blogs to thought-leader pieces, press releases, case studies and tweets. She is committed to CPD. As well as delivering training, Kate ensures she undertakes her own regular training to ensure she is continually developing her skills.