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In an ever-changing media landscape, strengthening your organisation’s relationships with journalists can feel increasingly challenging.

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    Jeni Harvey, Director of Communications and Marketing at RBH and BBC Local Democracy Reporter trainer, will lead a discussion exploring how housing communicators can build trust, ensure transparency and secure more balanced, accurate coverage.

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    Jeni Harvey, Director of Marketing and Communications, Rochdale Boroughwide Housing
    Jeni is the Director of Marketing and Communications at Rochdale Boroughwide Housing and Vice Chair of LGComms, the organisation that champions excellence in public sector communications.

    With more than two decades’ experience across communications, marketing and journalism, Jeni started her career with newspapers in Greater Manchester before moving to the Yorkshire Post, where she spent five years as a senior reporter.

    Since making the transition into communications a decade ago, Jeni has worked in strategic leadership roles across the full spectrum of public sector organisations, including councils, policing and regional government.

    She has also led PR and journalism courses at the University of Sheffield and is currently a Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS) trainer with the BBC.

    Sarah Booker-Lewis, Local democracy reporter, Brighton & Hove News
    Sarah has worked as a regional news journalist for 27 years. Originally from Brighton and Hove but has also worked in Buckinghamshire, the Home Counties/outer London Boroughs, and West Sussex.

    Sarah was training journalists at Brighton Journalist Works and University of Sussex when the Local Democracy Reporting Service jobs were advertised eight years ago and has been in her current role since May 2018.

    Housing and planning are two of Sarah’s favourite areas as they’re all about people.
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