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Newry Chamber of Commerce and Trade held a very successful evening tonight in The Bank Bar and Bistro where Chamber members and guests listened to members of the local media discuss their organisations and what business people need to do to put their message in front of the general public.
The Meet the Media event was chaired by Mark Mallet, UTV and the panel consisted of Paul Welsh from the Newry Reporter, Rowan Hand from Destination Newry, Shane McBreen from Iúr FM and Columba O'Hare from Newry.ie.
Discussed in detail was the fine line between an item perceived as an advertisement and an item seen as a story, What makes a good press release and increasing your chances of getting it published. Producing a good Advertisement for print and the importance of "picking up the phone" as well as just clicking send in your email outbox.
The importance of a personal relationship with the people you are sending your material to was also stressed.
The event was sponsored by the Bank Bar.
The next Chamber event is the 14th Newry Business Christmas Charity Dinner on Thursday 5th of December at 5.30pm in the Canal Court Hotel with Guest of Honour, Ulster, Ireland and The Lions Rugby star Rory Best who will be interviewed by TV/radio personality Gerry Kelly.
