“When I made a change to the modern-day Hippocratic Oath to include the health and well-being of doctors, it was important that shared the message far and wide. Working with Lorelei was fantastic. Being a specialist in the health space she was able to quickly understand the situation and share it with the right people in the media to get incredible uptake. The coverage we got exceeded my expectations; it seemed like everyone in New Zealand heard the story either on TV, on the radio or in the newspaper, and I am incredibly grateful to Lorelei for making it happen”.
Sam Hazledine
Owner of Medrecruit
“Lorelei has done extensive promotional and media work for the Canterbury Charity Hospital Trust. This has been very successful in securing widespread and positive media exposure for our charity and helped us greatly with our ongoing funding campaigns. We attribute this success to her undoubted understanding of health issues, her personal expertise and long-standing contacts within New Zealand media circles”.
Professor Phil Bagshaw
Co-Founder of the Canterbury Charity Hospital
“We have contracted Lorelei for media training on several occasions for our academics and senior staff. They hang off her every word, and her sessions are always well prepared and thoroughly professional. With 30 years of experience in broadcast journalism, she has a wealth of knowledge and broadcast tips to share. Staff finish this training being able to interview confidently, and realise their own potential as expert communicators.”
Jo Galer
Team Leader Media Engagement, University of Otago
“ Lorelei has the ability to take the limited information we provide, understand what we need, and quickly and concisely create interesting and informative content. With her extensive experience in health we don’t have to spend any time explaining the backstory, she intuitively knows what is important, and what to emphasise to achieve our objectives”
Andrew Panckhurst
Mobile Health
“Lorelei has transformed our media activities since working as media consultant for the Medical Research Institute of New Zealand. As New Zealand’s most experienced health journalist, her knowledge and advice have been invaluable. Lorelei has high professional standards across a wide range of responsibilities, from drafting press releases, liaising with collaborators, and setting up interviews with media through her extensive personal networks. “
Professor Richard Beasley
Director, Medical Research Institute of New Zealand (MRINZ)
“Our team thoroughly enjoyed and benefitted from this media training opportunity. Lorelei’s experience and understanding of the media landscape added immense value to this session. I would highly recommend this training for anyone working with media or engaged in public discourse.”
Tim Loftus
GM, Marketing Brand and Communications, ChristchurchNZ
“I recently attended a media training session hosted by Lorelei and found it to be extremely useful. The insights into the media and how it operates were very informative, as was the interactive interview. Having Lorelei conduct a live interview, with a camera rolling, was discomforting and challenging and as such, most invaluable. I am happy to thoroughly recommend anyone undergo Lorelei’s media training.”
Michael Flatman
CE, Maia Foundation
We contacted Lorelei to help with media communications and coverage for the international Gastrointestinal Hereditary Tumours (InSiGHT) biennial meeting, held for the first time in NZ recently. The meeting was focussed on a very specialist area but Lorelei’s expertise in the area of health was immediately evident. This led, in a short space of time, to a well-formulated media statement and advice on appropriate media contacts. Lorelei then initiated these and negotiated the next steps. I have no hesitation in recommending Lorelei as the media consultant for any health-related meeting or conference . she was amazing!