When you're reporting it's critical that you look comfortable the whole time and confident. I want to give you a quick overview and then I'll go much deeper into specific exercises so you can get better at it for starters, you need some expression on your face because if the camera comes to you live and you have a blank look on your face, this is how it looks. Most of us when we're listening to someone, our faces blank, but on TV, a blank look looks like he's look dead, you look bored, boring. So you need a little bit of a smile on your face, you need to move your headset and you need to move your body low. I don't mean like jumping all around, but your body needs to move something and you need to lean forward a little into the camera. Whether you're sitting or standing, you'll come across much better.

And make sure you know how far the distance the microphone should be from your mouth so you're not covering it like this or too far away. Certainly you don't want to be like the real amateurs who are gesturing with the microphone hand head messes up the sound, you can move your other hand. That's okay. So those are the basics. Let's hop right into the really specific lessons of how to look your best on camera.