CCA press conference
I think I’ve been to a press conference before, probably in Egypt, but I can’t recall for sure. In any case, today’s press conference in San Bernardino County was my first in a very long time.
It was odd seeing who was there. After years of the CCA story feeling like a Hesperia Star/Daily Press story, with occasional pieces by the San Bernardino County Sun, it was a (pleasant) shock to see channels 4 and 5, the LA Times, the Press-Enterprise, KPCC and all the rest there. I’m not even sure who everyone was, and it’ll be interesting to see who’s covering this in the next few days.
When the Home Alone girls story got picked up by the LA Times earlier this year, people kept asking me if I somehow felt aggrieved that their piece was the one that got all the national attention. And the answer was, not really. It was a pleasure, in fact, here in AAA, to see how the major leaguers play, and to compare and contrast my approach and learn from what the LA Times writer did.
Same thing today. I didn’t ask any questions, but just listened to what the LA Times reporter and others asked. Partially, of course, this was because we’re a weekly and there’s no point in playing all the cards I have just yet (we have a real ace we’ve been sitting on for two years that we’ll be playing before the trial starts and Deputy District Attorney Mark Fermin plays it for us), but mostly it was to see the approach of the other reporters. I’m not vain enough to think that I know all the best questions to ask or have the only good approach to putting together a story.
So, interesting times ahead, possibly in the Chinese curse sense of the phrase.
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Do you wear a small hat with a “PRESS” card sticking out of the band? Please say that you do….
Comment by Jeff Hamilton — September 6, 2007 @ 7:40
You know, I have a Hesperia Star baseball cap, but a fedora with a PRESS card seems like a must. Heck, even the Comic Wire logo over at CBR looks like that.
Comment by Beau — September 6, 2007 @ 21:06