Services - Event Host, Emcee and Speaker
Editor / Consultant / Speaker
An engaging event host or speaker
Are you looking for an interesting and engaging guest speaker for your next employee training day? A professional podcast guest, one-on-one mentor or event host?
Laura is an experienced and confident event speaker. She is used to being in front of a camera, a microphone, a room of students or a large live audience. She has been a keynote speaker, most recently at the Gen Collective Level Up conference and as emcee for the She Thrives event at Newcastle City Hall.
An example of topics Laura can speak about:
Resilience and determination
-Living through a natural disaster and losing her home (2025 May flood event)
-Kickstarting her career in media after 40
-Taking a career break
-Dealing with rejection.
Professional guidance and inspiration
-Starting a podcast from scratch
-Working in digital media
-How to pitch to journalists
-The career and family ‘juggle’.
Real life
-Fertility challenges and miscarriage
-22 years of marriage
-Motherhood
-Learning to swim at age 39 before completing a triathlon a year later.
Please contact Laura for a personalised speaker fee and quote.
Pitching your business to the media
Do you want to know how to craft a pitch to a journalist? Do you need advice on how to tell your story or promote your business and services to a wider audience?
After more than 15 years of writing for and working in the digital media industry, Laura is ready to share her learnings and personal insights.
Whilst at Mamamia, she read thousands of pitches and knows what cuts through the noise and gets published. She can give you practical guidance and tips on how to make sure your pitch or story is the best it can be and where to send it.
Contact Laura to discuss packages to suit your budget. From an assessment of your existing pitch to delivery of her signature 'How to Pitch' presentation and other more tailored options to meet you at whatever stage of pitching you are at.
Improving your writing and telling your story
Do you want some general writing for digital media advice? At Mamamia, Laura wrote and edited dozens of stories each month that were published and shared with millions of readers.
She knows what makes a great story that stands out in a journalist's overflowing inbox.
At the University of Newcastle, Laura spent three years tutoring media and communications students on how to write the best media releases and news stories for publication.
Contact Laura for a one-on-one quote to review your existing written work or provide personalised guidance on your writing style and where to pitch.
Laura Jackel