Top 10 mistakes people make with the news media
A list of the top 10 mistakes people make when dealing with journalists
There are any number of mistakes people make when they’re faced with dealing with the news media but, in my opinion as both a journalist and media trainer of long standing experience, here are the top 10 mistakes.
1. Not believing that it’s your interview as well. Thinking that it’s purely the journalist’s interview and worrying, therefore, about what you might get asked. Remember the Henry Kissinger line as he strode into media conferences ? “anyone here got any questions to go with my answers??
Do not Stop! Stay Motivated!
A lot of people suffer from the “can’t
follow through” problem. That’s when you have no problem being
able to start something, but for one reason or another, finishing it
is a problem.
The lack of a follow through can really
set you back further and cause others around you to perceive that you
don’t care enough or don’t have the drive to get things done. Usually
it’s not that you don’t care, chances are, you just can’t keep yourself
motivated to see it to the end of the project. If this is the
way you are, you can change the way you approach things.