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Hideout councilors receive media training; consultant urges short, on-message answers
Summary
Communications consultant Helen Langan led a media-training session for Hideout town officials and staff, advising them to prepare three key messages, keep answers short, and avoid guessing under deadline pressure.
Helen Langan, a communications consultant who said she runs Lincoln Communications, taught a media-training session for Hideout town officials and staff at the retreat, offering practical techniques for interviews and proactive planning.
Langan told the group that officials should prepare a small set of key messages in advance and use “bridging” phrases to steer tough interview questions back to those points. She said officials can and should buy a little time with reporters rather than answering on the spot: “I don’t want to give you the wrong…
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