Archive for 'The Fear Factor'
Hold ‘em Texas Rangers media interviews
From an interview with author Mike Cox - on the Writers in the Sky blog - who has written extensively about the Texas Rangers law enforcement organization:
In a way, I’ve been working toward The Texas Rangers: Wearing the Cinco Peso, 1821-1900 all my life. I grew up hearing stories about some of the old-time rangers [...]
Posted: June 30th, 2008 under Fun Stuff, Guest Experiences, The Fear Factor.
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How to worry about your TV interview
Author Carolyn Hughley is doing her first TV interview in the morning and she’s having a bit of trouble sleeping…
I crawled back out of bed and headed to the bathroom to take two sleep aids, thinking they might help. I no sooner swallowed that last pill when I suddenly began worrying that I’d sleep [...]
Posted: October 1st, 2007 under Arriving at a Media Interview, Author Tips, Guest Experiences, Media Interview Preparation, Media Tours, The Fear Factor, Video Studio Interviews.
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Shake hands to reduce your own shaking
Ran across a tip that might help some people reduce anxiety heading into an interview:
make it a point to shake hands with every single person you meet along the way. If you are doing a face to face interview ask if it is possible to shake hands with your host of interviewer before you go [...]
Posted: May 31st, 2007 under Arriving at a Media Interview, The Fear Factor.
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Runaway train syndrome
Just saw one of these TV interviews this morning - you know the kind - the guest breathlessly rattles out an answer and the interviewer has to cut in to ask the next question and you can see or feel the guest literally shaking with anticipation to jump in again and continue talking. Often [...]
Posted: January 26th, 2007 under Media Interview Preparation, The Fear Factor, Your Presentation.
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The interviewer cracked
The editor of Cracked magazine, Jay Pinkerton, did an interview that went rather badly, and he blogged about what it’s like to be on the other side of an interview:
In working for a magazine [that] conducts interviews, I’ve come across people who outright refuse to take questions by phone or in person, asking for them [...]
Posted: December 19th, 2006 under Interviewer Experiences, Interviews Gone Bad, Phone Interviews, The Fear Factor.
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I didn’t die
A Ukranian volunteer with the UN on her foray into media interviews:
I HATE media interviews, I get even more nervous than I do during public presentations, and you put that camera in front of me and I get so afraid of saying something stupid and/or wrong. I tried to “disappear”, but Anna hunted me down [...]
Posted: December 13th, 2006 under Guest Experiences, The Fear Factor.
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Who’s afraid of being interviewed?
In honour of halloween, let’s see how scary media interviews can be:
I’m more nervous being interviewed than sliding through fire
- Orlando firefighter Mike Sydnor talking about being set on fire during stunts at Disney World.
I walked into [the] room for the interview much as I walk into my dentist’s office. I know it has [...]
Posted: October 31st, 2006 under Fun Stuff, Guest Experiences, The Fear Factor.
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