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Oliver Wates hosts communications training courses for The Media Coach. He was a Reuters journalist for 21 years, covering business and general news in more than a dozen countries. His role includes solo reporter, team reporter, bureau chief, desk subeditor and news editor. He has worked with print and broadcasting, reporting on international conflict, the arts, sports, finance and economics. Oliver Wates hosts Media Training, Crisis Media Training, Presentation Training and Message Building courses for The Media Coach.
My father was uncharacteristically jovial when I told him I had got a job as a journalist. “Have you heard the one about the journalist who married a prostitute,” he said, “… and dragged her down to his own level!” Or, as the poet Humbert Wolfe famously put it: “You cannot hope to bribe or […]
Will Self is one of Britain’s most idiosyncratic journalists. Most popular writers would think twice before using words like rodomontade, juvenescent, irenic or febrillity in a 10-minute radio blog (Jan 15th). Think twice, and then delete them, substituting more common alternatives – bluster, rejuvenated, peaceful and feverishness. And most popular writers would be right. Communication, […]
Good speech delivery is not so much about the content of what you say. How often have you watched a televised debate between two people – one offering solid facts and figures but no empathy, the other oozing bonhomie backed up by nothing more than some vague platitudes – and found yourself involuntarily favouring the […]
Dame Zaha Hadid is a giant in the world of architecture; the most famous woman in a male-dominated profession, she is one of its three-four best-known names. Her ambitious, tradition-shattering designs are famous – or infamous, depending on taste – around the world. She has won every top accolade in the profession, capped now with the Royal […]
The macho interviewing style of Jeremy Paxman and John Humphrys was called into question last week by the softly-spoken BBC star journalist Evan Davis. A bullying, hyper-aggressive approach, he said in an interview with the news site Byline.com, had been fresh and useful once, but had become worn out. Arms race “It’s just made an […]
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