The interview went OK. It was certainly one of the better ones I have had...I think that is because I wasn't nervous and let myself feel comfortable for a change.
New black heels are awesome even if they do create some numbness in the toes on my right foot. But don't care because they looked gooooood!
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The interview reinforced how the news industry is really changing. TV and newspapers face the same issue: They can't compete with the Web. It is sad how newspaper people and TV people each love their medium but where do we really turn for our news? Yep, online. The station manager and I both admitted that yesterday.
News outlets are constantly looking for a better way to deliver information to online readers: Longer stories, maps, graphics, photo galleries, videos.
And then you try to find ways to bring up your page counts with Facebook, Twitter, trying to get your stuff on CNN or Fark.
What is sad, and I didn't really realize this until yesterday during the interview, is that I use Facebook as a source for information. But some of my Tulsa World Facebook friends post stories that I have to go look at it (Brian Barber is an incredible city government reporter and a heck of a writer). When Manny posts stories from the Huffington Post or CNN, I want to go check it out. And then there are the news links that I have "liked" that I get news story feeds...like the NPR stories.
And don't get me wrong, I love the feel of a newspaper between my fingers. I like the smell of wet ink that still rubs off on my fingers. I love to see how a page designer has presented the news...but there is just more online.
Speaking of which, it is 8:30 a.m. here on the Pacific Coast...I need to see what is happening in the world.
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Sounds like a great interview! Great job!!!
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