Do you freeze at the thought of doing an interview with the media? Here are a few tips on how to conduct yourself like a pro when a microphone is shoved up your nostril.
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Are you one of the throng who have had an interview with a journalist and felt apprehensive afterwards? You obsess that the reporter focused on the wrong things; that you sweated profusely; stumbled over your words, and generally made a mess of things?
The good news is that your assessment is usually an over-sensitive criticism of your own performance.
Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's Senior Contributor, after 12 years in the role as National Visual Arts Editor. She has worked for extended periods in America and Southeast Asia, as gallerist, arts administrator and regional contributing editor for a number of magazines, including Hong Kong based Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. She is an Art Tour leader for the AGNSW Members, and lectures regularly on the state of the arts. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW.
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