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Leading journalists join MHP Communications' head of Strategic Media Unit Ian Kirby to discuss the news agenda in 2019. BBC Business Editor Simon Jack, Times columnist Iain Martin, Daily Mirror Political Editor Pippa Crerar and freelance feature writer Tanith Carey were on the panel for this special edition of the On Message podcast. They were asked whether there is news to look forward to in 2019 beyond the dominant issue of Brexit.

MHP Communications have collaborated with Dr Tali Sharot of University College London's Affective Brain Lab to draw up New Rules for The Networked Age. In this edition of On Message, the MHP Podcast, Head of Health Communications Kate Pogson explains the new rules and discusses their implications for business and politics with a panel including MHP Deputy CEO Nick Baron, Dr Tali Sharot of UCL, Tom Baldwin, author and journalist, Prof Matthew Goodwin, University of Kent and Kasha Cacy, Global CEO of Engine.

MHP supported the RAF to celebrate its centenary with a memorable campaign to help #RAF100 reach a wider UK audience. The work culminated in the spectacular fly past across London - prompting massive media coverage of one of the most remarkable events of 2018. Andy Bloxham, Lesley Sandford, Andy Johnson-Creek and Lee Findell reflect on a PR campaign which really made a difference.

In this edition BBC News education correspondent Sean Coughlan and Zena Elmahrouki, Head of Communications at the Russell Group join Nicole Martin and Adam Batstone from MHP to discuss why higher education is the target of so much negative media coverage and what can be done to change the narrative around universities.