the-journalist-call
Simulate a hostile-but-fair journalist interview about your company or announcement — the questions you fear, live follow-ups on every dodge, then the story they'd file. Use when asked to media-train me, simulate a press interview, prep me for a journalist call, or how will this announcement be covered. Produces the interview transcript with your likely stumbles, the article they would write from it, and a debrief with bridge lines and the quotes to prepare.
Profile →npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill the-journalist-call --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# The Journalist Call Skill A good journalist isn't hostile — they're *prepared*, and they follow up. Most spokespeople lose interviews not to gotchas but to their own third sentence. This skill runs the call: fair, sharp questions about your actual situation, follow-ups that punish evasion, then the article that call would produce — because seeing your "no comment" in print is the fastest media training there is. ## What This Skill Produces - **The transcript** — a realistic 10–15 question interview with follow-ups on every dodge - **The article** — the piece a fair reporter files from that transcript, headline included - **The debrief** — where quotes were given away, bridge lines for the hard questions, and the three quotes to have *ready* ## Required Inputs Ask for these if not provided: - **The subject** — the announcement, incident, or company situation being covered - **The uncomfortable truths** — what's true that you'd rather not discuss (the simulation is only as useful as this honesty) - **The outlet type** — trade press, business daily, or investigative changes the register - **Prior coverage or public record** — journalists read; the simulation should know what they kn
- What This Skill Produces
- Required Inputs
- Framework
- Output Format
- Transcript
- The Article They File
- Debrief — out of character
- Quality Checks
- Anti-Patterns
What does the the-journalist-call skill do?
Simulate a hostile-but-fair journalist interview about your company or announcement — the questions you fear, live follow-ups on every dodge, then the story they'd file. Use when asked to media-train me, simulate a press interview, prep me for a journalist call, or how will this announcement be covered. Produces the interview transcript with your likely stumbles, the article they would write from it, and a debrief with bridge lines and the quotes to prepare.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill the-journalist-call --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills, a repository with 1,255 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.