I had a great day today with a few other YFC people at the Hillside studios in Bushey, on the outskirts of Watford. WE were there to receive some media training, particularly on how to handle press interviews both face to face and over the telephone as well as the radio interview.

This was a fascinating day and I think it must be one of the best days of training that I have had in years. Laura Payne was our tutor for the day. She came from a background of working on all the national papers as well as being a Christian so understood exactly where we, s workers of an evangelical mission organisation, were coming from.

We were given fantastic pointers on help us to deal with journalists and take control of the interview. We practiced interviews in front of each other and although it was quite daunting being listened to by everyone else, this, and the reflections following the interviews, were probably the most valuable parts of the day.

YFC uses EA Media consultantcy to deal with our PR. Allen Moxham has pointed us to resources that can help us all. There are great ideas there such as how to write press releases and so on.

Thanks Laura, Jean and Allen for organising and running a fantastic day for us.