And much as it seemed he'd drunk the Kool-Aid of his industry, he seemed happier and more fulfilled than most journos I know. This might be because he's almost certainly paid about 10 times what your average reporter earns, and he's a laid-back fellow based in Portland. But it also seemed that he actually enjoyed his job, and felt he was performing a valuable service.
This is totally contrary to everything I've ever assumed about PR types. My take (which is obviously skewed) has always been that the industry is made up of frustrated journalists who've sold out and are now protecting the sinister bigwigs against the good.
I'm not sure I've changed my mind about that yet, but it was interesting to hear from the other side and step away from the exchange without the lingering thought that 'there goes someone who's well and truly ditched their principles.'
Other than that I spent most of the day catching up on sleep after another week of non-stop work. It's encouraging to think that David Cohn had the same drowning sensation when he was at Columbia, but it's still a bit of a bugger that the work never seems to stop.
I'm feeling a bit more comfortable with Final Cut Pro, though, after a couple of productive hours being walked through it by the ever-patient Dai Sugano. The next step is to make something I enjoy, so the whole process doesn't just seem like a slow and painful torture for the sake of it.
Which brings me onto Dr. Gurnalism; hopefully coming to a screen near you soon. The idea sloshing around is a slasher pic based on a disgruntled and psychopathic ex-journalist, who's picking off new media types in a particularly gory fashion. We're hoping to film it next quarter. But even if we never make the thing, I'm enjoying the process of brainstorming we've got going on at the moment - basically drinking beer and coming up with ridiculous scenarios. I love it.
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