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MEDIA TRAINING 101. Alison Chang Marina Irick. Agenda. Media brief Video challenge Who is involved? Tips & tricks Do's and don'ts Main things to remember - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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MEDIA TRAINING
101
Alison ChangMarina Irick
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• Media brief
• Video challenge
• Who is involved?
• Tips & tricks
• Do's and don'ts
• Main things to remember
"A media interview is not an intellectual exercise. It is an opportunity to deliver specific messages to specific audiences through the filter of
a journalist."
Agenda
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Radio
Television
Internet
What are some different forms of media?
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Watch 3 short clips of various interviews
What would you do in this situation??
Interview video: A challenge for the class
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Sarah Palin & Katie Couric
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What does Sarah Palin respond with?
a) "The New York Times"
b) "The Chicago Tribune"
c) "All of them, any of them.."
d) "All of the newspapers George Bush reads"
Question 1
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What does Sarah Palin respond with?
a) "The New York Times"
b) "The Chicago Tribune"
c) "All of them, any of them.."
d) "All of the newspapers George Bush reads"
Question 1
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Republican Candidate Jesse Kelly
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Does he...
a) Ramble on?
b) Avoid the question?
c) Yell at the reporter?
d) Repeat his answer?
Question 2
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Does he...
a) Ramble on?
b) Avoid the question?
c) Yell at the reporter?
d) Repeat his answer?
Question 2
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Dr. Duckett - Alberta Health Services
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• How many times does he say “I’m eating my cookie”?
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4+
Question 3
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• How many times does he say “I’m eating my cookie”?
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4+
Question 3
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The outcome of an interview usually reflects
the interests of the THREE parties involved:
• Interviewer
• Spokesperson (You)
• Audience:o Customers, employees, shareholders, business
community, government, industry associations, other partners
Media Relations Training Manual. National Public Relations.
Who is involved?
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"Do you have any questions for my answers?" -Henry Kissinger
• Why three?o Three = basic organizational grouping, helps
audience remember
• Short, simple, colourful, convincing
• Back up by proof
• Repeat, repeat, repeat!Media Relations Training Manual
Developing your 3 key messages
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• Know your 3 key messages
• Know your medium
• Interviewer knows what you are talking about
• Accuracy
• Put your best foot forward
• Rehearse, rehearse, rehearse!
Media Relations Training Manual & Wilson Group Communications, Inc.
Tips
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• Figures
• Quotable language
• Turn negatives into positives
• Avoid professional buzzwords
• Beware of "off the record"
• Treat the media well
Media Relations Training Manual. National Public Relations.
Tricks
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• Know your audience/interviewer
• Talk in sound bites: Use your 3 key messages!
• Use the right words/check language with friends/colleagues first
• For media quotes: Return a reporter's call as quickly as possible after his/her original call, well before their deadline
http://www.mrmediatraining.com/2010/08/25/whats-your-deadline/http://communicatingscience.aaas.org/comm101/right_words.shtml
Do...
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• Be deer in the headlights
• Ramble
• Be a pushover
• Bobble-head
• Be boring
• Speculate when you don't know the answer
• Agree right away to an interview
• Lose control of the interview
http://www.wendyscharfman.com/articles/news-media-interviews.pdf
Don't....
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Prepare, prepare, prepare
Honest, honest, honest
Rehearse, rehearse, rehearse
Remember: 3 key messages!
Main things to remember
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Questions?•
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-Wilson Group Communications. http://www.wilson-group.com/articles/fiveTips.shtml
-Media Training Manual. National Public Relations. Xxx
-Communicating Science: http://communicatingscience.aaas.org
-Interview "Don'ts": http://www.wendyscharfman.com/articles/news-media-interviews.pdf
-Media Training: Journalist Deadlines: http://www.mrmediatraining.com/2010/08/25/whats
your-deadline/
-21 Most Essential Media Training Links: http://www.mrmediatraining.com/2011/02/17
the-21-most-essential-media-training-links/
-http://www.mrmediatraining.com/2010/11/29/im-eating-a-cookie-an-instant-media-classic/
-http://www.mrmediatraining.com/2012/05/29/why-you-shouldnt-repeat-your-message-ad
-nauseam/
• -The PR Coach: www.theprcoach.com/media-training
References/More Resources