Knowing each other meme

[figmo]

Shamelessly snarfed from folkmew and many others...

This is the problem with LJ: we all think we are so close, but in actuality we know nothing about each other. I'm going to rectify it. I want you to ask me something you think you should know about me. Something that should be obvious, but you have no idea about. Ask away.

Then post this in your LJ and find out what people don't know about you.

Comments

[mihrimah.livejournal.com]

Why did you decide to go into radio?

[figmo.livejournal.com]

I'd always been fascinated by radio and by news. When I was a kid my best friend and I used to play DJ, talking up the songs just like the DJs did on the radio in the 60s.

It really hit me, though, when I was 17 that I belonged in broadcasting. I was interning at New Jersey Public TV and was shown the newsroom. The male anchor was calling out on a story. He was putting significant effort into it. I saw how the story manifested itself into what we call a "reader" on the 10 o'clock news, but at the same time, someone had died and he'd taken care to get the word out.

I knew then that I belonged in broadcast news.

I also like the adrenal schedule of broadcasting. Like me, it goes between stop and frenetic with little in-between.

As for why radio and not TV? I don't have the looks for TV, and there's more longevity (and wor) in radio.