This prevents her working the crowd, shaking hands, and acting nice. Ideally, the greeter should have met the target before. The greeter should not be on the panel. It s too hard to lean on someone after chatting with them for fifteen minutes. If you expect the press, assign one person to meet and greet them, and hand out a press statement.
Some meetings have a press table to which press people are directed.
It is fine for the press to interview people in the crowd, but the press contact needs to be sure that the organization s view of the issues is accurately expressed. Follow up with them as the campaign unfolds. Unless you act quickly, he will end up being quoted as the spokesperson for your group. They run the sign-in table, help people get seated, pass out any materials, take the collection and help with the refreshments. Have an armband or some identification for them.