Friday, March 03, 2006
As Seen on TV
I seem to have a cold again for the second time in a month (I'm guessing it's from all the germs going around in the homeless shelter), but today needed a quick blog at least.
A few weeks ago I sent my CV to this guy who has his own TV show - he replied saying they didn't need any researchers, but they did need guests. Did I want to go on the show?
So, buoyed up on tylenol (Canadian paracetamol), ginseng and caffeine, I made my first appearance on Canadian TV today! The show was called 'Behind the Story', on current affairs/faith and ethics in journalism: http://www.ctstv.com/behindthestory.shtml It's supposed to be an hour long but filming seemed to take five minutes and I hardly got a word in - but the words I did get in were fairly intelligent, and I looked great! Success!
Of course the whole point of going on the show was to network - but one person was from the Spectator (my foot's already in that door) and the other, from the Toronto Star, wasn't in the slightest bit interested in my work. Hm. Oh well, hopefully when I contact people now they'll remember me from TV. Today regional TV, tomorrow... um... a paid journalism job! It would be nice, anyway.
One last thing - I've updated my website for the first time in ages, so check it out: www.northernexposuremagazine.ca
A few weeks ago I sent my CV to this guy who has his own TV show - he replied saying they didn't need any researchers, but they did need guests. Did I want to go on the show?
So, buoyed up on tylenol (Canadian paracetamol), ginseng and caffeine, I made my first appearance on Canadian TV today! The show was called 'Behind the Story', on current affairs/faith and ethics in journalism: http://www.ctstv.com/behindthestory.shtml It's supposed to be an hour long but filming seemed to take five minutes and I hardly got a word in - but the words I did get in were fairly intelligent, and I looked great! Success!
Of course the whole point of going on the show was to network - but one person was from the Spectator (my foot's already in that door) and the other, from the Toronto Star, wasn't in the slightest bit interested in my work. Hm. Oh well, hopefully when I contact people now they'll remember me from TV. Today regional TV, tomorrow... um... a paid journalism job! It would be nice, anyway.
One last thing - I've updated my website for the first time in ages, so check it out: www.northernexposuremagazine.ca
