MediaHQ Podcast Episode 9: Starting your own podcast – we share what we’ve learned

30.04.15

Episode nine of Mediaflash is all about how to start your own podcast. We share what we’ve learned so far. We discuss the success and bumps we’ve faced along the way, while giving you essential tips and advice so that you, too, can easily create your own show.

4 podcasts that will inspire you

28.04.15

As you can probably tell, we like podcasts. Since starting our own, we’ve become more interested in what others are talking about in theirs. These are currently our favourite podcasts: 1. Serial Serial has become the most downloaded podcast on iTunes, making it one of the most popular podcasts ever produced. And when you start […]

MediaHQ Podcast Episode 8: Women in the Media

14.04.15

Mediahq.com has just released the eighth episode of the ‘Mediaflash’ podcast series. Hosted by Alison O’Connor, this week’s podcast episode takes a look at women in the media.

MediaHQ Podcast Episode 7: Motoring Journalism

30.03.15

Mediahq.com has just released the seventh episode of the ‘Mediaflash’ podcast series. This week we’re focusing on the Irish motoring industry and motoring journalism.

Mediahq.com podcast episode 6 – Political Spin

12.03.15

Mediahq.com has just released the sixth episode of its ‘Mediaflash’ podcast series. This week we’re focusing on what communicators can learn from the dark arts of political spin. We take a detailed look into the world of the spin doctor and ask what can communicators learn from the world of political communications. We also talk […]

Mediahq.com Podcast Episode 5- Ireland’s Feature Journalism

26.02.15

Mediahq.com has just released the fifth episode of it’s ‘Mediaflash’ podcast series. In this show Alison O’ Connor looks at the art of features journalism. We visit the Newstalk studios to talk to reporter Henry McKean about the secret to successfully pitching a feature story.

Featured Journalist – Úna-Minh Kavanagh

25.02.15

Our featured journalist this week is Úna-Minh Kavanagh, freelance journalist and blogger. Úna-Minh grew up in Tralee Co. Kerry before moving to Dublin to study Irish and Journalism in Dublin City University. While in college she was both deputy editor and editor for the Irish section of DCU’s newspaper ‘The College View’, as well as presenting […]

Past RTÉ journalists: Where are they now?

19.02.15

Cathriona Edwards Cathriona joined RTÉ in 1999 as a press and publicity officer. In 2003 she was promoted to Communications Manager for RTÉ Television, and maintained this position for nine years. During this time she set up, and managed, RTÉ Television’s press office, as well as managing relationships with Ireland’s biggest television and radio personalities. […]

Mediahq.com Podcast Episode 4 – Ireland’s online sports media

12.02.15

Mediahq.com has just released the fourth episode of its ‘Mediaflash’ podcast series. The topic of this show is Ireland’s online sports media. This week, MediaHQ’s James Phelan takes a look into the explosion of online sports media and asks why has it been so successful.