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"  Today I interviewed with the writer and director for On the Issues. They haven&amp;#039;t hired a producer yet, otherwise I would have been meeting with him/her too. Here&amp;#039;s how it went down with each of the players:  The Writer: The writer is Janelle. She&amp;#039;s about my age, and like me, has a ton of experience in broadcast news and not so much in celebrity news. She expressed some concern that I&amp;#039;d have a hard time reading what someone else had written on-camera. I suggested we find an empty studio and run a teleprompter so I could prove to her that I could do it. She said it wasn&amp;#039;t necessary, but that I&amp;#039;d scored big points for suggesting it. Honestly, it hadn&amp;#039;t occurred to me that I wouldn&amp;#039;t be doing my own writing. I really, really hope that if I do get the job, Janelle is a good writer.  The Director The director is Shannon, a guy. He used to work at Bravo, and then before that, at E!, so he also has a lot of relevant experience. He spent more time looking at me than asking me questions. Not in a sleezy way, though -- he was trying to figure out how I&amp;#039;d look on camera. He actually did want to take me down to the studio, and I spent a lot of time letting him shoot me at different camera angles. It made me a bit uncomfortable, to tell you the truth. But at one point, he said something about how I was most likely going to be hired, he didn&amp;#039;t want to waste time on day one trying to find my best side. (!) All in all, Janelle and Shannon seemed friendly, down-to-earth and professional, three things that are important to me when it comes to working on a team with people. They were no Meg, Tex and Brad, though, that&amp;#039;s for sure. Sigh. I&amp;#039;m really going to miss my old job. At least I&amp;#039;ll be able to have lunch with the three of them if I do get this position.  When the interviews were over, they said someone from HR would be in touch. So now I wait. I hope it happens soon, though, because if I don&amp;#039;t get the gig, I need to start job hunting ASAP. Also, Mel told us to feel free to use up our vacation days this month, and I need to go visit my parents. Not that I&amp;#039;m looking forward to it, but I&amp;#039;m pretty overdue for a visit. I also want to coordinate with Little Brother so we can go at the same time. It&amp;#039;s generally better when both of us are there -- Mom only spends half of her time criticizing me then.  Wish me luck on the job! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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