Episode 18: Courageously speaking out about issues that matter with Shelly Horton
Welcome to episode #18 of The Thought Leader Show, hosted by Bec Sands and Andrés López-Varela. This ep is available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts, and if you enjoy it, we would love it if you could please subscribe, leave a review, and share it with your friends.
In this ep, we interview the one and only Shelly Horton. A journalist, TV presenter and sought-after MC, Shelly’s opinion can be heard nationally a number of times each week with regular segments on Channel Nine’s Today, Today Extra and on 9Honey. Shelly hosts Talking Honey, He Said She Said and is the host of Nine’s official Married at First Sight podcast. Shelly’s previous career highlights include 11 years reporting for ABC Radio and TV, eight years as a presenter on Channel Seven, six years as a journalist at The Sun Herald and five years as the South Pacific correspondent for Entertainment Tonight USA.
Shelly owns her own media training and speaker training company, Shellshocked Media. She teaches people how to shine on camera and how to build their confidence. Shelly runs Speak with Impact workshops and helps people find their inner Beyoncé.
Show Notes
00:07 Introduction to The Thought Leader Show and our guest today, Shelly Horton
04:18 Shelly’s career journey and how she became a well-known journalist and TV presenter
08:30 How Shelly stepped up and owned her talent to get a shot at TV presenting at the age of 24
15:25 Australian media vs other countries and how things can be done differently
17:40 Why Shelly become a gossip columnist at The Sun Herald and the opportunities this led to
22:04 Shelly’s experience being told she doesn’t have ‘the right look’ for TV in 1999 and how that impacted her
32:00 Big issues Shelly speaks about publicly and vulnerably on behalf of women and how this relates to thought leadership
35:20 The favourite thing Shelly was taught by ABC radio to manage nerves
41:27 The ‘Thought Leader Five’ rapid-fire questions with Shelly
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Devil’s Kitchen by Candice Fox
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