Fiona Scott (media consultant)
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Fiona Joy Scott (born March 1966) is an English media consultant and journalist.[1]
Fiona Scott established her PR and Media Consultancy in 2008, called 'Mums in Media' (as a sole trader). By 2013, Scott set up her limited company, Fiona Scott Media Consultancy Limited.[2] The company currently trades under the banner of Scott Media.[2]
In 2021, she won Enterprise Nation's PR Adviser of the Year.[3][4] In 2024, Fiona was named in Enterprise Nation’s Top 50 Business Advisers.[5]
March 1966 (age 59)
Fiona Scott | |
|---|---|
| Born | Fiona Joy Scott March 1966 (age 59) |
| Occupations | Media consultant, journalist, television director |
Journalism
Fiona Scott studied BA(Hons) Combined Studies in English Literature and History at Bath College of Higher Education (now Bath Spa University). She completed a PGCE in Secondary Education at the University of Bath (1987-1988).
By August 1988, she became a trainee journalist with Westminster Press. She was a trainee reporter for The North Somerset and Avon Weekly Series. She worked on The Keynsham Weekly Chronicle, Somerset Guardian, and Somerset Standard over three years. She qualified with a Westminster Press Diploma in Journalism.
By 1991, Fiona was a general reporter for The Evening Advertiser in Swindon, now the Swindon Advertiser. She was crime reporter and later business editor. She volunteered at Swindon Hospital Radio.
In 1995, she became a television researcher at HTV West in Bristol (now ITV West Country). Notable programmes included West Eye View, The West This Week, Beat the Dealer,[6] and The Bargain Hunters.[7]
Fiona Scott was made redundant from ITV in 2009, when ITV removed regional programming from its remit.
Entrepreneur
From 2008, Scott worked as a freelance television producer and director and started Mums in Media.[8]
Notable programmes include Wales This Week, X-RAY, The One Show, and the antiques programme Flog It, for which she directed 136 episodes. This included the 1000th episode, which was recorded at Bletchley Park.[9][8]
In 2021, Scott won Enterprise Nation’s PR Advisor of the Year and was nominated for the award again 2024.[8][10] Paralympic gold medallist Christopher Hunt Skelley MBE is among her clients, and his wife, Louise Hunt Skelley PLY.[11] She works with Julianne Ponan MBE, CEO of inclusive food brand, Creative Nature.
In 2023 she started a podcast, PR Not BS.[12][13]
In 2025, Scott was shortlisted for Solo Entrepreneur of the Year for the South West Business and Community Awards.[14]