The press conference has gotten a bad rap lately.

I discussed this in the most recent article I wrote for Global Sport Matters magazine. Journalists don’t particularly like the press conference, because it’s impersonal and doesn’t lead to great quotes or answers. It turns out, athletes don’t particularly like them either. In fact, the disconnect between parties that’s inherent in the press conference is one of the reasons that can lead to stressful interactions between media members and athletes.

In reporting the piece, I asked several former athletes and experts how the relationship between athletes and journalists could be improved.

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