Yesterday I gave my first national news interview on camera. The topic was fiction on Twitter, both stories I've written (see links at right for Nanoism & escarp) and other writers' stories I've edited/published on PicFic. My interview was part of a larger story--they've been talking to loads of people. I'll post details later if/when it will air. But the whole experience has been surreal.
Going in to it, I wondered whether or not I would freeze in front of the camera. I wondered whether or not the interviewer would constantly dig for dirt. I even wondered whether I would break into nervous, hysterical laughter and blow out someone's ears.
But I needn't have worried. Since the team in charge of the news story is based in DC, I drove into my local affiliate. Instead of being interviewed in a studio, I was tucked quietly into a conference room. Junior watched from the end of the table. Cameraman Mike took a shine to him, so showed him how to use his camera (see photo above) and gave him a tour of the newsroom.
After the 40 minute interview, I also had to re-read some of my stories while the camera rested on my shoulder to view my notebook and then repositioned to focus close-in on my face (SCARY). They also filmed me navigating to this blog, PicFic's Twitter stream, and PicFic's archive.
I hope it went well. I feel like it did. Of course I'm dying to know where and when the story will run, but I'm not super-anxious about whether any of my footage will make it in.
Most of all I'm JAZZED that fiction on Twitter is getting some national attention. It will be a real boost for all the contributors to PicFic (and Thaumatrope and Outshine and Nanoism and escarp and 7x20 and Tweet the Meat and...)
Cheers,
J.S.
8 comments:
and...you are made of awesome :)
:-D Thank you, thank you!
Congrats again, Jessi. Bravo. And congrats to twitter fiction, and congrats to Junior, of course. He's becoming quite the traveler and student.
Three cheers all 'round!
And I'm seriously thinking about getting Junior a charm bracelet--he's too tender for tatoos of every place he's been and will go. Do boys wear charm bracelets?
Congratualtions, Jessi. I would have been a nervous wreck. You and junior are way braver than me!
Thanks, Eric. But you might surprise yourself someday!
You are hella brave lady. I would have passed out during a close-up!
The second you know about when it's airing you call me. Well, tweet it or something.
Will do, T. Thanks!
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