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Preparing for the Media: Top Tips from a Newsroom Insider

November 11, 2025 @ 8:30 am - 11:30 am
Free

Join Sharon Delaney McCloud, CDE, System Director of Corporate Communications – UNC Health, Emmy Award-winning broadcaster, TEDx speaker, and adjunct professor, as she leads this intense, interactive media training session involving presentation and video examples followed by message development techniques and on-camera mock interviews with constructive criticism.

With the prevalence of smartphone videos, YouTube, blogs, vlogs, podcasts, live streaming and Google Alerts, you are always “ON.” Whether it’s a quick comment to a reporter on the phone or a lengthy sit-down interview in a television studio, we believe you need to be prepared. We use realistic on-camera interviews followed by critique sessions that constitute the most important component of any media training. These challenging interview simulations will be tailored to the types of media interactions executives typically face.

Target Audience: All SOM Faculty 

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Sharon Delaney McCloud, CDE

System Director of Corporate Communications – UNC Health, Emmy Award-winning broadcaster, TEDx speaker, and adjunct professor.

 

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