The Media Interview

I saw an accomplished scuba diver being interviewed the other day and one of the opening questions was: how many dives have you done over the years? She hesitated for some time and then began saying how she hadn’t kept accurate logs, etc. If you find yourself being asked for numbers or statistics – consider [...]

Here’s a blog reader, commenting on the blog of a writer who is a social media marketer, working in part on Second Life… You did pretty good [on the TV interview], it’s fun to see someone we know being on the News! There’s still something about being on broadcast TV, even in the middle of [...]

Larry King gave a good demonstration last night of what not to do as a guest. He was on Anderson Cooper 360, being interviewed by John King about Dr. Jan Adams walking off the Larry King Live show. Larry King was constantly looking away from his interviewer and at the camera. Breaking eye contact in [...]

The plastic surgeon who operated on Kanye West’s mother the day before she died, walked off CNN’s “Larry King Live” during an interview tonight. Larry King opened the hour by saying that it wasn’t clear if Dr. Jan Adams would appear as promised. King said that West’s family had formally asked Adams not to go [...]

The first few seconds of a media interview, like a job interview, are important for creating the right impression. I was reminded of that while reading this post about body language in a job interview by Erik Folgate: You can show great self-confidence to the interviewer(s) in the first 10 seconds of the interview. Make [...]

Part of a posting by Alex Zuffoletti, a graduate student in journalism, about her class’s trip to the IMG/Bollettieri Academy, which trains high-level athletes: one talk that I did enjoy was with these two former actors. They led the “game on” aspect of the program, which basically teaches sports stars, or wannabe sports stars, to [...]

Found some tips for scientists or other experts who are being interviewed by the media. Here are a couple of the points made in a seminar by Patricia Thomas, Knight Chair in Health & Medical Journalism at the University of Georgia: 4. Visualize explaining your newest publication, or the events you’ve been asked to comment [...]

…I’ll go on forever if the interviewer is well prepared, but I am a bit testy when it’s clear the interviewer hasn’t done any prep. – Tom Peters, blogging about a long week of seminars and media interviews from his website, November 4, 2007

A new Canadian study, commissioned by Apex Public Relations, finds that mainstream media sources in general are still far more trusted than social media such as blogs and social networking sites. According to the APEX PR Influencer Report, conducted by Leger Marketing, TV and radio top the credibility scale. In fact the top five most [...]

Since taking office in 2006 Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has been known for almost complete control of media access to his government. The Hill is the latest to run a story about these practices: When [national] reporters request interviews, the minister’s office passes on the request with its recommendations to the Prime Minister’s Office. [...]