A few weeks ago, our building had a fire alarm. A friend who works on another floor speculated that maybe it was all the heat from the lights and cameras in her PI’s office that day.
“Who was interviewing him?” I asked.
“I don’t know,” she replied. “There’s always somebody interviewing him.”
Our 11th floor has fewer media stars, but last week it was crawling with reporters. A magazine reporter was there most of the week interviewing people (I still don’t know what magazine). Even more exciting, though, was the NBC camera crew.
As far as science reporting goes, I’m afraid I have to admit it’s uninspiring. But it was fun to see my friends and colleagues on the nightly news, and it couldn’t have happened to nicer people.
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