I’m a very camera shy person, so it was more than a little unusual that I appeared before the lens twice in a week recently.
The first time was on a cable newsmagazine show called Arts in the City. It’s hosted by Carrol Anne Riddell, a former WNBC and NY1 anchor and reporter. She did a segment on the craft beer boom in NYC and I served as the expert talking head. I think it went very well. It’s here.
My second appearance on camera was a bit more personal. A Columbia Journalism School Student did a short documentary on me. The focus was my journalism career and how I maintain it and deal with the frustrations of never quite reaching my ultimate goal, a staff job at a newspaper.
The experience has made me a little less camera shy, I think.
Martin Johnson is a freelance writer whose work on music, sports and culture has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, NPR, Wine Enthusiast, Zagat, Jazz Times, New York Times, Newsday, New York, Vogue, Rolling Stone, Huffington Post, The Root, Slate, The Atlantic, and numerous other publications and websites. He also blogs at Rotations, and he can be contacted at thejoyofcheese@gmail.com.
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