By Rebecca Marano
The ladies from Loose Women have given their advice to young reporters at Journalism Week.
The programme, which is ITV’s flagship lunchtime show, features a cast of female journalists and celebrities on its panel. They give their views on the day’s event to an audience of more than a million viewers.
Emma Morris, the show’s acting editor, played the audience in the final Journalism Week talk a video of their advice to young journalists.
Janet Street-Porter, the former editor of the Independent, told journalistic hopefuls to ensure they listen – “or they will go nowhere.”
She added: “Don’t lie – don’t make up your CV, tell the truth. Do loads of extra activities all the time. When you go for a job the most important thing is to know what the company actually does.”
The celebrities who are also regularly interviewed also offered their advice.
Former glamour model Katie Price said: “I’m quite easy to interview. I’ll always give them a headline.
“It’s about getting to know someone don’t just read your list of questions. Don’t try and trick me by asking the same question in different ways.”
Singer Stacey Soloman added: “I think you have to be a nice person.
“If you want to get ahead you have to be nice to people and make friends. Being a genuinely good person and having a moral compass works.”