Matt Rascon | Spoken Word Communications

24 Nov 2025

On the Ground in Guyana: Communication in a Country on the Rise

[caption id="attachment_3566" align="alignnone" width="300"] Courtesy: Matt Rascon[/caption] You wouldn’t know the moment you touch down at Cheddi Jagan International Airport, but it doesn’t take long to feel the momentum of one of the world’s fastest-growing economies. You see it in the construction delays along the bumpy road into Georgetown. You see it in the crowd gathered for the...

Overwhelmed and panicked: even the most experienced speakers feel that. I did.

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I had only arrived on scene minutes earlier. Police were crawling through the neighborhood responding to an incident. I was standing in front of a camera, my mind racing with what I knew and how to deliver it. My job was to be the expert—to break down the complex scene for viewers across San Diego. But when the anchor tossed to me… I fumbled. And I was replaced with another reporter. ...