Quotes are an integral part of journalist’s copy. Not only do they make it more entertaining to read, but they offer third party views and therefore give the report integrity. Quotes can come from case-studies, ‘experts’ offering opinion or insight, or even from statements. If you are seeking press coverage to raise your profile, or
With recent revelations of BBC TV presenters big buck salaries, it would be natural to assume that all TV guests on news programmes and in documentaries are paid at least a token appearance fee. Especially since interviews can take the best part of half a day. If it’s a live studio interview for a news
When I’m not being a journalist or media training, I’m training for triathlons. Like many journalists, my passion and hobby have influenced what I write about. So health and fitness articles has fast become one of my focus areas. I regularly write for the Fitness Trends section at Metro (recent assignments include night swimming in
Outside Finsbury Mosque, close to the scene where a 51-year old man was brutally and indiscriminately mowed down by an alleged terrorist in a van last week, scores of journalists, photographers, cameramen, producers and presenters gathered. Many were approaching locals, commuters or worshipers at the mosque requesting a comment. There were far more TV reporters
As journalists and media training experts here at Nine Media, we are often asked to go on news programmes to comment on a topic we have written about. The first time I did this I couldn’t believe how little hand-holding there was considering it was national television. I was shovelled into make-up and before I
