No eye contact, no conversational effort…vokol! Now, me as a client that paid a fee to have access to your air, to be given a lackluster interview of that nature is daylight robbery! I can be how hyped and happy but if the anchor of the show has no interest in what you are talking about then forget it!
If your client has arrived, go and receive them in the reception. Greet them wholeheartedly and make them feel at home. Have a five minute conversation off air to grasp the content that will be disseminated by the client. Go on air and introduce the client yourself. Don’t do the “Tell us who you are and why you are here” thing. It’s just downright rude. Introduce your client and lead them respectfully with a bit of humour into their content, of which you had an opportunity to grasp before going on air.
This applies to both TV and Radio presentation. Keep eye contact with your client throughout the interview. Appreciate the content with head nods. Ask lead questions. Mara you can only ask lead questions if you LISTEN mos?! But noooooooo, we are on Facebook, chatting to Surukus about how Mamikie made Paul cheat on her! No Mamikie, not Paul or Surukus will be there to help plead your defence when CRAN or Media Ombudsman comes knocking at your door. You see?
I bet you these new presenters did not (probably still don’t) even know these important bodies and their mandates. Mxii. No really, mxii. These new presenters are so thin on general issues facing the Namibian woman and man it makes me want to stand on my head while drinking coffee! So annoying!
They are so quick to talk for hours on air about “what would you do if you caught your boyfriend cheating” and “Kim Kardishians new sex tape” but would squeak at issues such as Baby Dumping, Youth Unemployment, Sports Inactivity etc. So before you annoy me and the rest of your audience with your loslappie maniere, do research.
You have a smart phone! Google is on your default screen for goodness sake! Do research, know your fellow colleagues that is contributing to the success of the industry you want to enter or is already working in, know your market and please know the organisation you are working for and harbours ambitions of working for.
Until the next Loop, we say #GMTM
Song of the week: Big Ben: Ozomboro
Flop of the week: Soeklam: No more
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