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Can anything good come from bad press?

Last week the news broke that journalist and author, Grace Dent had apparently become the latest victim of trolling when Mufadal Jiwaji, an employee at Hill & Knowlton (which represents Dent), posted some rather tasteless comments on Twitter regarding her appearance.

Here at Lava we were rather shocked by the tweet. It looked like Jiwaji was heading for the chop after such an audacious remark about one of his clients.

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How to kill a news release in five easy steps

Planning to put out a press release to publicise your organisation’s latest development, promotion or event? Hoping to stand out against the hundreds of news releases each of your target journalists receives every day?

Stop, take a deep breath and read these five steps to killing it stone dead.

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