TJ Walker

So how do you answer questions in a media interview? You do not want to sound like a phony baloney politician dodging questions. On the other hand, you cannot just answer them in a straightforward, logical, and linear way either, they way you have always talked to your friends and family. That simply does not…

Live interviews are, indeed, better than recorded interviews. This may be counterintuitive: most people, especially novices, erroneously believe that they would be too nervous doing a live interview and a recorded one would be much better. Here is the problem with that: with a recorded interview, you can be great for an hour and say

Here is the tricky part where it becomes somewhat counterintuitive: even when you are talking about a serious and depressing subject such as a crisis or a massive flood, should you be smiling? Wouldn’t you look like a massive, uncaring idiot? Here is the thing about television: if you have just a little bit of

Do not look at the camera when you are being interviewed. Some of the worst advice out there in media training is, “ Look at the camera and ignore the reporter”. Now, there are exceptions and I will go over them but in general, you want to look at the reporter who is talking to