The Media Interview

I’m always saying you can’t let things distract you during an interview. Here’s a story from the BBC about police Superintendent Bryan Lawson, who was being interviewed on location about drug raids: As I was talking, I could see a guy in the corner of my eye walking past carrying something the size of a [...]

Caught a bit of VH-1′s I Know My Kid’s A Star the other night and apart from learning how NOT to speak to or deal with your children (some of these parents are committing verbal abuse in my books), there’s a common thread coming from the judges and host Danny Bonaduce: It’s all about being [...]

Heard a great story the other day while waiting in the green room at a TV station. Author Sue Johnson (Hold Me Tight) was saying how she once had a 5 minute TV appearance reduced to only 3 minutes because they couldn’t get a tiger off the set from the previous interview.

Hopefully after winning a contest worth $15,000 you wouldn’t have anything bad to say about your Sponsor in media interviews, but just to be safe… Winner must comply with all Contest rules as published. Winner agrees to conduct any and all media interviews related to the Contest, if requested, and not to disparage Sponsor during [...]

I’ve never been a huge fan of talk shows (or any show) that has a street-level window for a backdrop. Inevitably, something distracting is happening on the street… like the other morning in Ottawa, Canada: Morning Show Mooning Revisited – Watch more free videos Thanks – I think – to Keith Olbermann on Countdown for [...]

Wrestler Chris Jericho was on Fight Network Radio recently to talk about his new autobiography, A Lion’s Tale. I loved his response when asked if he was “sick of media interviews yet”: I’m happy to talk to anybody. I just did an interview with a fourteen-year-old kid that has his own website. And yesterday I [...]

Perhaps for halloween I’ll go dressed as a “famous interviewer,” as the costume companies carefully describe him.

From JazzFanz.com: Utah Jazz rookie center Kyrylo Fesenko had to cut his post-game media interviews short on Wednesday night after the Jazz’s 101-93 preseason win over the Philadelphia 76ers. Fesenko’s ride was leaving and didn’t want to wait. No, the youngster hasn’t hired a limo driver with his new NBA riches. He just can’t drive… [...]

Entertainment Wise says celebrity interviewer Martin Bashir is trying to set up an interview with Britney Spears and Kevin Federline: A source tells The People, “As far as Martin is concerned it would be all of his Christmases come at once if he could secure a deal with both of them. “He is really keen [...]

Found this on the WNDU sports blog, from South Bend, Indiana: It was already past 8pm when Evan Sharpley [Notre Dame quarterback] walked into the media room on Tuesday evening. Practice ran about 25 minutes longer than usual. Sharpley was jokingly asked, “Is this the best part of your day—when practice is finished?” Sharpley answered [...]