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When a reporter wants a comment, or you're invited into the media what do you need to remember? These are the basic rules of any media interaction.
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Media Training;
The Rules
By John Rockley
www.jdoubler.co.uk
07905428905
@johnrockley
Media Training
Rule #1
YOU CAN SAY “NO!” If it’s the wrong story, if you’re the wrong person, you’re not quite ready, you’re not
briefed, the media outlet is opposed to your world view, if you’ve said it before, if you don’t like the journalist, if you’re hung-over, if you’re objectionable, or you just don’t
want t be in the media today… you can say “no”. Unless you’re in a crisis story then look at rule #2.
www.jdoubler.co.uk 07905428905 @johnrockley
Media Training
Rule #2 A ‘good story’ won’t go
away if you ignore it. If a journalist has found a ‘good story’ they won’t stop working on it because
you haven’t responded; they’ll make your silence, your inaction, you pig headedness the story.
www.jdoubler.co.uk 07905428905 @johnrockley
Media Training
Rule #3
Focus on your audience
Don’t think about what you WANT to say; think about what they NEED to understand
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Media Training
Rule #4 The reporter is
NOT your friend They may be friendly, they may be unguarded, they may be personable, but
they’re there to get a story. Anything you say may be reported; ‘off the record’ doesn’t exist.
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