Webcam Savvy

If you want to succeed in that next webcam job audition or news interview, you'd better learn how to do it. To get the job - or to get your point across in a news story - you need a lot of webcam savvy. Otherwise, you wind up at the unemployment office; or on the cutting room floor at the network or local TV station. Looking self-confident, relaxed, sincere, and unrehearsed takes a lot of practice. Very few of us are born with it. You also need the right webcam, and know how to set it up. We have become so accustomed to slickly produced video, you scream AMATEUR-BEGINNNER using the built-in camera in a laptop, shot at a strange angle, with the clutter of your bedroom and a barking dog in the background. This book will help you choose the right webcam and microphone (they're very inexpensive); teach you how to build a simple set and place everyday lights; and how to maintain eye contact. There's another secret in this book: successful interviews need to include -- a magic formula that will impress an employer, or guarantee you'll be included in tonight's TV news story. Author Clarence Jones knows what he's writing about. He was a prize-winning TV reporter for 14 years, than an on-camera coach for government and corporate executives for 30 years. He has five other books currently in print -- one of them reviewers call the "bible" for news media relations.