MEDIA SKILLS & ANXIETY REDUCTION TRAINING

Reduce your stress and anxiety with media skills training and coaching services. We will teach you how to handle media inquiries, interview requests and on-camera appearances on any platform. We offer fun and entertaining workshops designed to put you at ease when facing media inquiries, one-on-one interviews and helps you understand in greater depth how the media covers a story. We put you through mock interviews and press conferences so we can provide you with real-time insightful analysis of your performance and offer helpful coaching.

HOW THE MEDIA REALLY WORKS?

As a rule, professional journalists are terrible communicators when it comes to explaining how they do what they do. Too many people don’t know the basics of how professional journalism works. What is the difference between an anonymous source and a regular source? What is the difference between on the record and off the record? Where do journalists get their story ideas from? What are their professional conduct and ethical obligations? How do journalists decide which content they publish and broadcast and which content does not make the cut? We also have the important conversation about news bias and the influence of so-called fake news and alternative facts.  Is there such a thing as truth in the media or only good media hygiene?

This educational unit is designed for high schools, adult education schools, community organizations, faith-based groups, seniors groups, professional groups, hobby interest groups, non-profits, charitable foundations and members of the public who really want to know how the media actually works.