Wednesday 27th September
Overview
Does pitching to media fill you with fear? Come along and hear tips and tricks to get your pitch across the line – straight from two of Canterbury’s chief reporters, Claire Sherwood (NZME, Newstalk ZB) and Blair Norton (TVNZ).
Ask them anything so that next time you’re set up to get that pitch over the line. They’ll also share their top tips on how to build effective relationships with media.
Lunch will be provided and is included in the ticket price
Your panelists are:
Claire Sherwood, News Director and Newsreader for the South Island
Claire Sherwood is a senior journalist, leading the Newstalk ZB South Island news team in Christchurch. She is news director, sub-editor and newsreader for the South Island. You can hear her in the news updates on Newstalk ZB weekdays, from 6am until midday. Claire returned to NZME newsrooms in 2021, after spending the best part of a decade in Australian radio newsrooms.
Blair Norton, 1News Southern Bureau Editor
Blair was a trained PE teacher before travelling overseas in his early 20s. He returned to study exercise prescription at the University of Otago before jumping sideways to journalism though the NZ Broadcasting school in his late 20s.
He started his journalism career at CTV and Prime TV in the early 2000s before finding a home at TVNZ in 2004, where he’s held positions as a News Journalist, Sport Journalist, Content Producer, Christchurch Producer and, most recently, Southern Bureau Editor since 2019.
