I, Laura Sarson, am going to be in a magazine coming out in March. YES! there will be an article on me and the clipper race. it is 'Expat' in Singapore and has an audiance of 60,000!!
the interview was odd, although the person doing it, Sunita (dep. editor) was very nice.
in conversations with strangers i usually let them do all the talking. i am not a very social person and i learn more by simply observing, but having what i say written down and even the lamest of jokes being taken seriously was an odd experiance.
i have a feeling i came accross as an enviromental nut, i kept going on about my 'love of nature' and everything. i am a vegetarian, and i have talked to a tree in the past, but perhaps i came accross too strong?
my choice of clothing was a slightly gothic black high necked dress, that i LOVE but conflicted awfully with my cheerful demeanor. it probably would have been better if i had acted mysterious and aloof.
tips for getting interviewed by a journalist...
- know what the aim of the article is. the focus of the article was my involvement in the clipper race, but MY aim was to make people interested in me personally so they would be tempted to visit my website.
- come up with some good lines before the interview. these are going to be splashed accross the page so they must be good- an obvious question might be 'why did you want to do the race' and an interesting but focused answer would be ' the challange, the open ocean, and the wild parties!'
- you cannot pretend to be someone else when you are asked questions. it is like being interrogated, you must get your story straight or you come accross as fake. that is the mistake i made with the dress. i should have worn my normal shorts and shirt.
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Hey Laura!
It's Sunita. Just reading your blog. Haha I didn't even notice what you were wearing. Am so not into the fashion thing. Was more interested in why on earth you would subject yourself to 10 months on a boat. :) Anyway hope you're having a fabulous time.
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