media training
I offer media and communications workshops or one-to-one sessions designed to ensure that, whether you’re addressing a TV camera or live audience, interviewer, podcast or video blog, you’re fully equipped to get your message across. These interactive sessions cover a range of communication and broadcast tips and techniques, including: developing and boosting your messages, knowing your audience, building confidence and dealing with hostile or curveball questions.
My particular focus is working with people from diverse backgrounds and with experts who would like to communicate their knowledge to a wider audience. All training is tailored to your exact needs, so please drop me a line using the contact form below for more details.
Testimonials
"Rachel is highly skilled, experienced, and professional with a deep understanding of journalism, human rights and politics – perfect for our media training workshops with human rights defenders. She’s also a real pleasure to work with."
- Kristyan Benedict, campaigns manager, Amnesty International UK
"Rachel is an outstanding trainer. Her sensitivity when dealing with those who had very little experience with media interviews was exceptional and gave them enormous confidence when it was time to practice the skills she had given them, in front of the camera. The structure of the training, from theory to practice with excellent examples as well as anecdotes from her own great deal of experience, saw participants not only have a better understanding of what makes a good interview but feel like they could now give one. One participant described Rachel's training as 'The best, of any kind, I have ever had.'" - Roslyn Boatman, media and communications, Oxfam (Jerusalem)
"Rachel's wealth of experience, crisp communication style and deep care for her craft provide the hard skills and the resilience necessary to walk into newsrooms and effectively communicate messages. Rachel provides a highly personalised coaching experience that is attuned to the individual's background and expertise." - Just Vision
"We would not hesitate to engage Rachel again. She has wide-ranging expertise of the media world, an engaging style and an ability to work with participants to develop their understanding and knowledge in such a way that they can go on and successfully put their learning in to practice." - Edinburgh Women's Aid