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WHAT CAN THE ESCAPED COW STORY TEACH YOU ABOUT CRISIS COMMS?

WHAT CAN THE ESCAPED COW STORY TEACH YOU ABOUT CRISIS COMMS?

The Media Landscape
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<p>Have you heard about the cow who escaped from a farm, swam across a river and ended up in the streets of a busy town?</p><p>While that may sound like the start of a joke, there is no punchline.</p><p>Instead, this was an incident that captured massive media and social media interest after footage showed the runaway cow being twice rammed by a police car.</p><p>And those actions have put Surrey Police firmly in the crisis media management spotlight.</p><p>To read the original article this audio blog was created from, <a href='https://www.mediafirst.co.uk/blog/what-can-the-escaped-cow-story-teach-you-about-crisis-comms/'>click here</a>.</p><p><a href='http://www.mediafirst.co.uk/'><b>Media First</b></a> are media and communications training specialists with more than 35 years of experience. We have a team of trainers, each with decades of experience working as journalists, presenters, communications coaches and media trainers.</p> <p><br/><br/></p>