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PR Tips For Virtual Media Trainings

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Any company can benefit from media training , but it’s particularly important for one that is new to public relations. For B2B PR, media training prepares company execs for press interviews and stresses how to make the most out of them. Pros and cons of virtual media trainings. Updating media interview best practices.

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How To Take Control Of A Media Interview

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Mr. Sackur interviewed Mr. Ali about his country’s vast oil reserves and their impact on both the country and the climate. The full exchange is well worth a look, but the two-minute portion that has gone viral is a must-watch example of how to turn the tables in an adversarial media interview.

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7 PR Tips For Nailing A Media Interview

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Here are a few tips on preparing for a media interview so you can absolutely nail it. Remember your media training . For more on mastering your media training, check out this post. Our clients agree that briefing docs make media interviews a breeze. Study the briefing doc. What’s a briefing doc? Beware lengthy tangents.

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PR Tips For Navigating Interview Roadblocks

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

For PR specialists , few things are more exciting than landing that media interview. Every journalist interview, whether it’s a top business pub or a targeted trade outlet, is a win. But an interview isn’t a story until it’s posted. In that case, it helps to conduct interview over email. Interview is deadly dull .

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Three Tips for Ethical Media Interviews

Deirdre Breakenridge

Interviewing with the media has changed over the years. I remember training executives on how to show up with their messages and talking points. It’s a very noisy landscape, tensions run high on different topics and taking an interview means being present and ready to navigate questions beyond the messages you want to share.

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Not All Media Trainings Are Evidence-Based

Prowly

If you are a senior manager or spokesperson of an organization there is a high probability you will have followed a media training session at one time in your career. These trainings are typically conducted by external consultants and will always involve a mix of theory and mock interviews.

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5 PR Tips For Managing Tricky Media Interviews

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Most PR teams work hard to make sure our client media interviews go off without a hitch. While most qualified media spokespeople are well-versed in what they should discuss in an interview, it is up to the PR exec to manage the conversations with a positive outcome in mind. Confirm specifics ahead of time. Pick the right spokesperson.