Loren Yaskin

9 Risks Of Ignoring News Media Calls

Reporters will prominently point out your decision to stay tight-lipped. Your refusal to talk will encourage reporters to cover additional stories about your company and dig deeper into its operations. Reporters who may have initially approached your story objectively will turn increasingly sarcastic about your company. Reporters will cover additional problems facing your company. Reporters

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Obama’s Immigration Speech: 16 Media Training Lessons

Obama cited border security achievements. Lesson: Outline achievements before proposing controversial ideas. Obama discussed business leaders. Lesson: Identify target audiences and attempt to win their support. Obama talked about his deportation efforts. Lesson: Address your critics. Again, explain achievements. Obama talked about illegal immigrants worshiping at churches. Lesson: Humanize your controversial issues. Obama mentioned George

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Media Training: Uber Exec’s Twitter Apology To Reporter

Read this BuzzFeed story to learn what led to the apology. The reporter addresses the situation in her story and explains the executive also called and emailed her.  Today’s media training lesson:  Never consider anything off the record. Just ask Mitt Romney. https://twitter.com/emilmichael/status/534580244095959040 https://twitter.com/emilmichael/status/534580635709759488

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