Barry Nash & Company

09/19/2025

What we learned this week: Decoding Authenticity

Authenticity isn’t about achieving some kind of performance perfection. It's about doing the hard work of making real connection.

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09/05/2025

This Week’s Takeaway: Conversation Seeds Connection

This week, in Learning One Great Thing from CNN’s Ed Lavandera, I looked at how one journalist develops interviews as conversations in a way that inspires authenticity in the people he covers.

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08/27/2025

We’re excited to share that Barry Nash & Company is now on Substack! 🎉
Follow us there for fresh insights on performance, communication, and delivery—because how you show up matters as much as what you say.

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Founder and Head Coach of Barry Nash & Company, a firm specializing in coaching journalists and other professionals to communicate authentically and powerfully on camera.

08/22/2025

This Week’s Takeaway: Delivery Drives Connection

One of the most powerful lessons we explored this week is that how you deliver your message can matter as much as the message itself. The right presence, authenticity, and energy can make your audience lean in and really listen.

In case you missed it, our latest blog post—Thinking Outside the (TV News) Box—breaks down a fresh, real-world example of how performance choices can amplify impact.

If you’re in the news business (or any business where communicating matters), this one’s worth your time.

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Discover the follow‑up to Barry Nash’s popular “Thinking Outside the (TV News) Box.” Learn how embracing authenticity and conversational delivery can attract younger viewers and deepen confidence on‑air.

10/28/2024

For my TV news tribe, I'm thinking we might learn a thing or two from an influencer creating content that my all-grown-up millennial kids found so interesting they watched every minute -- of a report that's four hours long! And, as you'll see, they're not alone. My latest blog post contemplates that and inaugurates a series of posts we'll be calling Thinking Outside the (TV News) Box, devoted to finding inspiration in the larger world. Read and watch at

Wisdom and inspiration from the world beyond the newsroom. Influencer Jenny Nicholson, review of Disney’s Star Wars Hotel was wracking up millions of views.