Enjoy this virtual coaching session on how to give or get a compelling interview for podcasters, radio hosts, TV or print journalists, or even experts, with Valerie Smaldone!
Broadcaster, actress, television host Valerie Smaldone is a five-time Billboard Magazine Award winner and is well known for her unprecedented success holding the #1 on-air position in the New York radio market. She has hosted, produced and created several nationally syndicated programs featuring in-depth interviews with top recording artists such as Paul McCartney, Celine Dion, Rod Stewart, Elton John and Mariah Carey, among others. Having interviewed hundreds of celebrities, performers and entrepreneurs, she is an accomplished interviewer who is always interested in procuring each individual’s unique story.
Most recently, Valerie hosted and produced a weekly radio show and podcast, "Bagels and Broadway with Valerie Smaldone." Valerie has been a signature voice on heritage radio station 1010WINS, New York and on CHUP, Calgary, Canada. She has acted in numerous episodic series including Law and Order, Organized Crime, Manifest and Blue Bloods.
A well-known voice-over artist, Valerie can currently be heard narrating the program Fatal Encounters on Investigation Discovery Channel. She has recorded commercials for clients like Tidy Cats Kitty Litter, IBM, Verizon, Publix Supermarkets, and Minute Maid as well as television promos for Dateline on NBC, The NBC Nightly News, The Today Show, The CBS Morning Show, Lifetime, Cinemax, Oxygen and many others. Valerie was the announcer for The Boomer Esiason Show on MSG for 4 seasons. She has been the “Voice of God” for numerous prestigious live events including: The Kennedy Center, The Clinton Global Initiative, The Concordia Summit, The New York Emmy Awards, The Tony Preview Concert on CBS, The Drama Desk Awards, Broadway on Broadway in Times Square, Broadway Under the Stars in Central Park, The GLAAD Media Awards, The Point Foundation, and many more. On television, Valerie is a host and interviewer for PBS. She has been a special reporter for ABC and NBC for the Columbus Day Parade. Currently, a principal in the Story Plant Entertainment Company, Valerie has produced an episodic television series, is producing a film in February, and a new play slated for Broadway next year.