Ellen Mellody
Bio
Ellen Mellody, SVP at Powerplant Global Strategies, is a seasoned communications strategist and writer with 20+ years of strategic communications, media training, public affairs, political, issue management, crisis and advocacy experience.
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Acing the Media Interview
When media training newsmakers, one question that seems to consistently come up when preparing for a media interview is: what is the difference between speaking to a reporter on-the-record, off-the-record, and on background? While there are different types of media interviews where you may be under the impression some parts of your interview are for public consumption and others are not, in nearly all cases, you should assume that everything you say to a journalist may become public record and that you could be identified as the source in the story.
By Ellen Mellody6 years ago in Journal
