July 23, 2010
Cover Boy
The Burnaby Newsleader picked up my blog post on completing three volumes of Ukrainian-English literature translations and interviewed me on the topic. The online story is here.
Today I was pleasantly surprised to find myself on the cover of the print version!
Thank you to Wanda Chow, the enterprising Burnaby Newsleader reporter who peeked at my blog, contacted me, and took the story higher. She was the consummate professional - giving me great leading questions and letting me blabber on and on . . . I was mesmerized :-).
And then she distilled and crafted my ramblings into an excellent article. Thanks too, to her editor(s), and to photographer Daniela Ciuffa, who made my mug look quasi-handsome .
As someone who has been on both ends of the mike and the camera over the years, I appreciate journalism done well - - especially when I've been at the blathering end of the mike! And somehow Wanda got into my soul and made me forget I was being interviewed.
That's talent.
We are very fortunate in Burnaby to have two healthy, well-written community papers. It never hurts to have some competition :-).
Posted by Paul at July 23, 2010 04:32 PM