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  • Alison Bert

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    From 2000 to 2007, she was a reporter for The Journal News — the daily newspaper and Web site for Westchester, Putnam and Rockland counties in New York.

    In the previous century, she was a Fulbright Scholar in Spain and one of 12 guitarists worldwide selected to study with Andrés Segovia in his historic master class of 1986. She went on to earn a doctorate in music from the University of Arizona and perform solo and chamber music on four continents. While teaching at Syracuse University, she wrote concert reviews for The Post-Standard and earned a master's degree in journalism from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications.

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    When interviews go awry

    Alison Bert on June 10th, 2007 | Filed under Media, Spelling Bees, CNN, FOX News

    National Spelling Bee champ Evan O’Dorney is not one for niceties, as CNN’s Kiran Chetry quickly discovers. Check out the interview on Andrew Sullivan’s The Daily Dish.

    Thanks to Julie Alterio for sending it my way.



    2 Responses to “When interviews go awry”

    1. Krumhorn Says:
      June 11th, 2007 at 2:39 pm

      Oh, that was painful. I miss Kirin on FoxNews. She doesn’t belong over there in commieland at CNN. Unfortunately, her negotiations with WMA as her agent didn’t go well and the Fox negotiator got his back up. The debacle seems to have affected her husband’s career too who is/was a very good weather guy at Fox.

    2. Alison Bert Says:
      June 17th, 2007 at 10:18 am

      Hi, Mr. K. Since you’re a fan of Kiran, here’s an interview with her from Diggers Realm.

      And thanks for being my biggest fan — and president of my fan club!

      A

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