Journalists are constantly looking for experts for their stories. They can add an authoritative voice and provide background and analysis on any given topic. It’s not as difficult as you may think to become a go-to person for print journalists and broadcasters. You will see the same people being invited onto the breakfast shows and
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
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
