Marie Yossava, founder and owner of Grapevine Communications, embarked on a PR/ communications career more than a decade ago. In the past eight years she has built a solid media relations consultancy, which focuses exclusively on media relations. Marie's strength lies in her well-established relationships with editors and journalists across all mediums. Another of her strengths is keeping abreast of current affairs and trends, and identifying news opportunities for clients. Her values centre around professionalism and ethical conduct and she is passionate about upskilling and educating the PR/communications industry, Government, and the business sector about the value of a well-implemented communications strategy. She can be contacted on .