Ellen Manning / empr - freelance journalist & PR consultant

Ellen Manning / empr - freelance journalist & PR consultant Freelance journalist and PR consultant. Midlands born and raised, now living in Cornwall.

I write for national newspapers and magazines, and help businesses and organisations tell their stories. A motivated, ambitious, self-starter with more than a decade's experience in national, regional and online journalism. During my career, including a stint as PA's chief reporter, I've covered breaking news, interviewed politicians, industry heads and royalty, and travelled across the world covering stories. When I'm not writing the news, I'm writing about food and other fun stuff, both on my own blog and elsewhere. I've also given pr advice, helped with media training, appeared as an expert on various media panels, and appeared regularly on BBC radio. After years at the sharp end of news reporting, I'm now going it alone as a pen for hire. From news stories to in-depth features, from copywriting to blogs, if you need something writing, I can probably help.

A busy couple of weeks (months maybe) for the The Lord Leycester in Warwick - a fundraiser to mark the 900th anniversary...
09/08/2026

A busy couple of weeks (months maybe) for the The Lord Leycester in Warwick - a fundraiser to mark the 900th anniversary of the completion of its historic chapel, a robing ceremony to welcome Brother Stephen to the ranks of its Brethren, and now a new cafe thanks to a partnership with The Fourpenny Pub. Forever more to do to spread the word, so on we go.

A fond farewell to Liz Healey - who’s been manager at Warwick Visitor Centre for 24 years! She penned a bit of a love le...
24/07/2026

A fond farewell to Liz Healey - who’s been manager at Warwick Visitor Centre for 24 years! She penned a bit of a love letter to Warwick ahead of her departure today. Some wonderful memories in there.

Community stories galore across my Urban&Civic sites. Fun days, barbecues, summer activities and more. Community news | ...
23/07/2026

Community stories galore across my Urban&Civic sites. Fun days, barbecues, summer activities and more.

Community news | Local PR | Community impact

Some lovely BBC coverage for The Teenage Market’s arrival in Warwick - the result of a collaboration between Warwick Tow...
23/07/2026

Some lovely BBC coverage for The Teenage Market’s arrival in Warwick - the result of a collaboration between Warwick Town Council Warwick District Council and Warwickshire County Council. What a fab opportunity for young people to explore their ideas, get out there and be creative entrepreneurs. 👏

For the full piece on BBC CWR listen at https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002ympg?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile at about 2:50.

What an awesome weekend it was in Warwick with such an amazing effort from everyone - .town.council, local businesses, a...
14/07/2026

What an awesome weekend it was in Warwick with such an amazing effort from everyone - .town.council, local businesses, and the local community - to celebrate the Wimbledon finals. From a giant fan zone to business offers, themed food and drink and more, it really was a proper community event.

Would love to say this was all down to me but in reality I played a tiny part in a big team effort. A reminder that coll...
07/07/2026

Would love to say this was all down to me but in reality I played a tiny part in a big team effort. A reminder that collaboration is the key a lot of the time. Everyone pulling together with the same aim, that very much isn’t about themselves but the client. That’s what gets results. I’ll happily be a small cog in a big team effort if it works 🙌

Lovely to be working with Chocofay - seems their huge chocolate fountain and glorious desserts (which I can confirm are ...
05/07/2026

Lovely to be working with Chocofay - seems their huge chocolate fountain and glorious desserts (which I can confirm are epic!) are proving a hit with the locals near Lakeside shopping centre. More to come in this - exciting times ahead:-)

Lovely to work with local journalists on follow-ups to big stories in their area - like this on Newark’s Southern Link R...
28/06/2026

Lovely to work with local journalists on follow-ups to big stories in their area - like this on Newark’s Southern Link Road following its opening in April. A hugely positive reception from local residents and great to see that reflected.

Newark’s new Southern Link Road represents “£100m has been well spent”, residents have said two months after it opened to the public.

Nice little jaunt to the other side of the country to see a client. Love this little mad life and business of mine 🤗
26/06/2026

Nice little jaunt to the other side of the country to see a client. Love this little mad life and business of mine 🤗

And down in Cornwall, we’re all excited for the arrival of labyrinthchallenge on its 10 year tour. Hurrah. 🥳 Nice to see...
16/06/2026

And down in Cornwall, we’re all excited for the arrival of labyrinthchallenge on its 10 year tour. Hurrah. 🥳 Nice to see the exciting news shared in Cornwall Live and Plymouth Live 🙌

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