Good luck Margie. I had several opportunities in the past years to be
interviewed. Just remind yourself that you know much more than the
interviewer, and the public. Keep your information to the point (answer
the questions asked without elaborating too much), smile a lot, and say
what a joy working with new moms is!!! Relax, we have a wonderful job,
and a mission in this world. SAVE THE WORLD BY HAVING EVERY BABY A
BREASTFED BABY.... Michelle Scott, MA,RD,IBCLC
PS. Once when I was being interviewed, the reporter kept tugging at the
hem of her skirt trying to pull it over her knees. I had on a long skirt
and jokingly suggested that if we sat closer together she could just use my
skirt to cover her knees. She then confessed that her breastfed baby had
thrown up on her dress just as she got her to the sitters. It so happened
that her sitter was also her sister, who is the same size only slightly
shorter, so she had borrowed one of her dresses. We had a good laugh
before going on the air, and I felt a closeness to her which helped our
interview go well.
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From: Margie Forrest, RN, BSN, IBCLC[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Monday, October 19, 1998 3:50 PM
Subject: I'm gonna be on TV
I am trying not to be nervous.
Tomorrow morning, channel 12 (our local CBS affiliate) will be interviewing
me
and filming me teaching new moms at my hospital. They have chosen not to
run
the VNR. The news reporter stated that she preferred to get the
information
from a "local expert."
I know that I was the one to instigate this, calling the station until I
got
to speak to the people with whom I needed to speak, but how do I stay calm?
:o
I will be re-reading everything posted on lactnet over the past week on
dealing with the media and what to include. This is a friendly reporter
(as
in friendly toward B/F), but I will try not to be caught off-guard
nonetheless.
Any more words of wisdom, oh Wise Ones?
Margie Forrest, RN, BSN, IBCLC, west of West Palm Beach, FL
interview will be 11 AM east coast time, prayers welcome!
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