Three simple tips to better I-Phone video

Do your smart phone videos not measure up to the beautiful videos shown in phone TV commercials? Yes, it’s possible to get movie-like images, but the reality is, it’s very difficult to pull-off. Most of the ads showing “real video shot with an...

The four stages of breaking news

Can you break down breaking news events into stages? While on a recent story for a network news client, I started to think about past stories I’ve covered and how many share similarities with present day stories, regardless of story topic or circumstance. One...

The power of the anecdote: What’s your story?

I recently worked “one on one” with a high profile media training client who I would describe as highly educated, well-spoken and with an impressive resume. I took him through my normal paces- some classroom content followed by mock interview training. His...

Mass shootings: Time for news media to step up and do right thing

Another holiday, another mass shooting, this time at the University of California at Santa Barbara where 22 year old Elliot Rodger fatally stabbed and shot six students. As the normal news cycle plays out (scene footage, reaction sound bites, family and friends grief...