Training for media companies
This looks at not just supporting journalist employees and colleagues, but also how to interview neurodivergent case studies and help them navigate the sensory demands of the newsroom or studio. And how you can engage neurodivergent audiences and readers to grow your viewer numbers or subscriptions
How to interview and engage ND audiences
Delivered byJessie Hewitson, who has 30 years experience in journalism, the media training will cover specific scenarios relevant for newspaper, online and broadcast journalists .This will include:
- Supporting neurodivergent case studies: what support they are likely to need to be able to tell their story to the fullest
- How to commission and discuss issues that relate to neurodivergent people in a way that engages them and builds loyal audiences
- How to mitigate the sensory demands of a busy newsroom or studio
- Types of jobs in the media that will suits neurodivergent skills (sub editing, data journalism, live TV)
Filming (in the studio and in public)
For some neurodivergent people, the anxiety around spontaneous speech, and navigating difficulties around processing information quickly, can make interviews very difficult. This is particularly true if they are in a studio, which, for people outside the industry are unpredictable with some potential unpleasant sensory triggers. Here we look at ways to mitigate this anxiety, and decreasing the amount of new information to process in the moment, which is likely to result in a more positive experience for the case study, as well as a better interview.
