Last week my chief was out of town so the JSC Public Affairs Office punted an interview my way. I've done media stuff before, related to NEEMO and even our exercise machine, but none yet in my current role as Associate Program Scientist for ISS. It was on the spot, I was nervous but collected and thoughtful and I think it went well.
When I was interviewed for this article, I certainly didn't use the word choices that I'm quoted here (I was more selective, deliberate, and professional in my word choices but I think my quotes were a bit skewed for pop culture effect), and I certainly had lots more important stuff to say that didn't get used. Nevertheless, here it is, my first interview debut as Associate Program Scientist for ISS. Kinda small, and the message is a bit diluted, but still there.
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/science-research-international-space-station-101101.html
I'm not Tweeting it or announcing it to the masses, just because I don't think it's as an effective article it could have been. Still, it's just SPACE.COM and it taught me sooooo many things about the interview process and the media (for example, next time I should think to ask what the name of the article is going to be, to give me an idea of the angle. This particular one: defensive). So it seems to have been a safe place to cut my teeth.
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