Media Skills

Objectives:

  • To improve confidence and control when dealing with the media
  • To improve preparation and practice to deliver your key messages
  • To help support people assist media spokespeople prepare for media interviews

Content:

  • Understanding the media and what they want
  • Planning an interview
  • Deciding when to speak and when to say nothing
  • Interviewing skills
  • Getting your message across
  • Delivery skills (Including dress, your voice and how to look on camera)
  • Journalists' tips and tricks they might try
  • Handling and running a press conference
  • Speaking to more than one journalist at a time
  • Video examples of media situations
  • Different media strategies
  • Role plays and specific media exercises
  • Practice
  • (specific skills practices with interview questions tailored to their industry and issues)

Outcomes:

Through our media skills training your people will:

  • Understand how the media works
  • Understand the demands of different media – print, radio, and television
  • Learn how to be "good media talent" that the media will turn to time and time again
  • Be more proactive in spreading your message through the media
  • Take greater control of media interviews
  • Prepare for handling more difficult media situations
  • Practise and improve their skills in realistic interview exercises – print radio and television

We customise and tailor to your specific requirements. For more information please contact us