Wow. The last few weeks have seemed like a blur. First, the Seattle Times did a story on us. That resulted in Fox National News calling us to appear on the show Fox Online on Saturday morning hosted by Jamie Colby. I drew the short straw and was elected the one to be interviewed by Jamie. Actually I wanted to do the interview because I love talking about Postacrime. It is only through generating such attention that we will achieve our objective of being the largest crime prevention related site on the Internet.
Doing a national interview was exciting as well as nerve wracking. The people at the Fox Studio were extremely nice and supportive. The day started with me meeting up with Krista Koster, a PR rep who is a friend of fellow Co-founder, Ben Sharpe. She generously donated her time to assist me in my preparations in addition to being our representative with Fox. She was extremely helpful and it put me at ease for her to interact with the producer so there would be no surprises. Getting my makeup on was painless and I had a great view of Lake Union from the 30th floor. After makeup, I took a seat and got wired up. There was a large background mural showing the Seattle skyline. There was a TV monitor in front of me below the camera that I was able to look at while I was being interviewed. They informed me that I would hear Jamie in my earpiece but that there would be a two second delay between what I saw on the floor monitor and what I heard in my ear. That was a bit unnerving because this was "live" and there was no chance to edit or redo it if I screwed up. The floor monitor was very distracting so I just sat there looking into a camera listening to Jamie and trying to do my best to explain what we're trying to accomplish with Postacrime to a national TV audience.
All in all it was a blast and something I hope to repeat many times in the future. We are very grateful to Fox News and Jamie Colby for the exposure.
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