{"id":2991,"date":"2015-07-27T19:18:41","date_gmt":"2015-07-27T18:18:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bisexualblogs.wordpress.com\/?p=206"},"modified":"2015-07-27T19:18:41","modified_gmt":"2015-07-27T18:18:41","slug":"speaking-to-the-press-at-pride-parades-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bimedia.org\/blogs\/2015\/07\/speaking-to-the-press-at-pride-parades-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaking to the Press at Pride Parades"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last year at the Nottinghamshire Pride Parade me and Kate were interviewed by Notts TV and I remember thinking afterwards that I wasn’t ready for it. I didn’t say anything useful\u00a0or get any good points across. I hadn’t even thought about speaking to the media, let alone prepare\u00a0any messages that I wanted people to hear. However Kate came up with a\u00a0cracking phrase; “We’re here to put the B back in the LGBT.”<\/p>\n

\"Notts<\/a><\/p>\n

This year I was a little bit more prepared. With help from Jennifer\u00a0<\/a>I made a large sign to carry, and this was a big pull for reporters and those\u00a0with cameras whilst\u00a0I was stood waiting for BiTopia members\u00a0to join me for the parade. I was photographed a lot\u00a0and interviewed by a reporter from the Notts Post. The same man from Notts TV in the photo above also stopped to speak to me and another group member. I was able to\u00a0speak a bit\u00a0more\u00a0eloquently this time and\u00a0convey some messages and facts.<\/p>\n

The thing that disappoints and frustrates me every time I’ve been filmed at Pride is that it never seems to actually get shown! (I use the word seem here because it is possible its been shown or put up somewhere I’ve not found.)\u00a0I suppose the media\u00a0are looking at any\u00a0event from a certain angle in order to make a story out of it. For example one question I was asked by Notts TV this year was what I thought about the council’s decision to cut funding for Pride. So with their story already planned, they are hardly looking to include anything from a small local bi or LGBT group.<\/p>\n

Journalists collect a lot of footage and interview a lot of people,\u00a0but only have a very short slot to fill on screen so I know most of what’s been recorded will never be shown anywhere. However in the age of the Internet it’s disappointing that a local TV station can’t put a bit more online than two short clips of\u00a0the secretary for Pride\u00a0and the actor who plays the official\u00a0Robin Hood<\/a>! What gets me even more is that the title for this page is “Pride event highlights Nottingham’s diversity”!<\/p>\n

I suppose we can only keep trying, and if we give interviews we are at least making one or two\u00a0journalists aware of bi issues. Who knows, maybe you can get their email addresses and contact them for Bi Visibility Day or BiCon or something?<\/p>\n

Tips for Being Interviewed at Pride<\/strong><\/p>\n