Do You Want to Be a TV Presenter? 

Here’s some key info!

Are you interested in becoming a TV presenter? 

Thanks to the growing stream of TV channels, programs, and other presenting possibilities with social media, we have moved from the time when just a few people presented the news, documentaries and feature reports and programs. 

These days, many shows cover a wide range of interests, and presenters are needed to fit a plethora of genres. 

So how can you make the break? You’ll need a lot more than your appearance to become a TV presenter.

We had the privilege of speaking with Lisa Burke, a TV presenter, host, speaker, voice-over artist, singer, actor, and more. 

Lisa began her career in 2000 at Sky News in London and worked there for ten years. She also presented documentaries along the way for Sky and RTE (Ireland).

Through the years, Lisa also had the opportunity to work with Channel 4 (UK), BBC, Fox News (USA), and RTE (Ireland), including interviews, documentaries, special reports, and news reports.

Alongside this, she has continued to write children’s science books as she studied Natural Sciences at Cambridge University.

Lisa Burke has a lot to share with us from her experience of living a happy life pursuing a multitude of passions, whilst living around the world: Abu Dhabi and now Luxembourg.

Here’s a list of things she wants you to know if you want to be a TV presenter.

1. Be At ease before the camera

When presenting to a camera, you need to be natural and at ease as if you are conversing with someone, even if you can’t see them. Talk to the camera like you would a friend for the best results when presenting.

2. Speak, don’t shout

Excessive voice projection will make your presentation bad and can seem like you are screaming and faking your personality.

Speak clearly and boldly with a balance of intimacy and enthusiasm.

3. Get your timing right

Making your delivery at the right pace helps you to deliver your content comfortably while being natural. Deliver your content with thoughtful pauses and set the right tone with your eyes and facial expressions.

4. Create Showreels

Create showreels showing that you operate well on location and in the studio, and ensure that it suits the job for which you’re sending an application.

It isn’t easy to get it right the first time you get in front of the camera. With practice and training, you’ll learn how to work with the appropriate technology, listening to the director and producer speak to you through an earpiece as you work, and handle interviews while looking calm and collected.

It is a TV presenter’s job to keep the show going and hold things together on TV. We’ll help you do that.

5. Brace for Rejection 

Prepare for rejection. It’s not always the most talented that succeed. It’s a mixture of who’s ‘flavour of the season’ in the eyes of the executives at the time. 

Build your own life, with the interests that make you happy and content. If you get the presenting work on the side that you love, all the better.  

Don’t let rejection from media industry decision makers or agents get you down. Find another route to pursue your own goals, be that via social media or more personally within your own circle of friends, family and community.