naomi shivaraman

Naomi Shivaraman – Principal at Strategic Media Solutions.

There is nothing that can affect your share price or reputation as quickly as a good or bad media interview.

To be prepared you need:

  • Realistic preparation for the best and worst kind of interviews

  • Development of messages that resonate with your audience

  • Coaching from someone with deep experience at the highest levels of the media.

Naomi has been an award-winning journalist and producer for 25 years.

Prior to establishing Strategic Media Solutions, Naomi spent 6 years as a producer and journalist on 60 Minutes – the Nine Network’s flagship current affairs program. During those 6 years, Naomi was involved in stories ranging from corporate scandals such as Theranos, criminal and legal proceedings, consumer, human interest and celebrity. She has worked with respected, award-winning journalists Adele Ferguson, Tara Brown, Liz Hayes and the late Mike Willesee.

In 2023, Naomi and reporter Tara Brown won the Kennedy Award for Excellence in Journalism for their 60 Minutes story ‘Falsely Accused’.

Naomi brings that experience to enable clients to navigate traditional and social media with confidence.

She focuses on 3 key elements:

  • Media strategy

  • Media training; and

  • Crisis management

Naomi was chief of staff at Channel 7 Sydney news, and a producer on current affairs programmes Today Tonight and Sunday Night.

She also produced features and the Mundine Means Business show on Sky News Australia, and the ABC Book Club’s final episode special.

Naomi’s career started in the 90’s on work experience in high school at Perth’s talkback radio station 6PR 882. Three years later, she was promoted to producing news programmes at the station. A move to Sydney followed where she worked on the Ray Hadley Morning Show and Drive programme with Philip Clark. She then produced Vega Radio 95.3FM’s breakfast show.

Naomi is studying Bachelor of Laws (LLB) at Macquarie University where she is currently fifth year. She is also the Legal Affairs Strategist for BlackBay Lawyers - a leading litigation firm in Australia.