Women Media Pros

07/15/2026

Could you keep your cool on live TV if this happened to you? This reporter is a pro.

A cockroach made an unexpected appearance during a live KTLA weather report Tuesday night, but the reporter at the center of the moment didn’t let it derail her broadcast. Full video: https://ktla.com/news/local-news/i-knew-it-was-on-me-ktla-reporter-powers-through-live-report-as-cockroach-crawls-on-her/

07/09/2026

Former Senate candidate Graham Platner issued a video statement yesterday to announce he’s dropping out of the race.
Is it a good idea to put out a video statement if your business is in crisis mode? We explore crisis communications options.

If you or your company is facing a crisis, one option to get your message out is with a self-produced video statement. You are basically stalling for time. Mainstream and social media will pick up your content, and you avoid tough questions from reporters. But this should not end your crisis comm.....

07/09/2026

You can’t buy this kind of great publicity.

Danny, a World Cup fan from Cameroon who saved up for years to attend the tournament in the U.S., shared a now-viral TikTok on June 18 documenting his excitement about LongHorn Steakhouse, prompting the restaurant to gift him another visit, a rep for the company told PEOPLE.

07/08/2026

Are you a physician, nurse, pharmacist, attorney or paralegal who’s interested in doing media interviews? Media training will definitely help. Read our blog post to see how.

Professionals do media interviews for a variety of reasons. For physicians and attorneys it could be to bring more attention to their practices. But some appear in the media solely to share their expertise as a way to help the public. When there's a natural disaster or a man-made tragedy, lega...

06/29/2026

Are you using the media to your advantage to bring fresh eyes to your business?
Check out our blog post for ideas.

Media Training: testing your media presence

06/11/2026

I give this guy a lot of credit for powering through but I wonder why the line producer didn’t just cut to a break.

06/03/2026

CBS’s firing of Scott Pelley is not surprising but it is a blow to journalism.

Veteran "60 Minutes" correspondent Scott Pelley was fired by CBS after a clash with management over his criticism of the newsmagazine's new leadership. https://cnn.it/4eiPFeO

04/02/2026

I love this sidebar story to the Artemis II launch. What a fun way to get kids involved.

A second-grader's plush toy design will rocket to space alongside astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen when the Artemis II moon mission launches.

Lucas Ye, 8, designed a white moon plush named "Rise," inspired by the famous Earthrise photo taken during the Apollo 8 mission in 1968. It was chosen out of 2,600 entries as the official moon mascot of the NASA Artemis II mission, according to Freelancer, the freelancing marketplace company that sponsored the mascot search.

Rise will serve as the Artemis II astronauts' zero gravity indicator, letting the crew know that they have reached weightlessness when it floats upward during their journey. https://abcnews.visitlink.me/wRmUKM

01/06/2026

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12/24/2025

What a smart thing for this supermarket to do. Spreading Christmas cheer and building customer loyalty.