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Interview with Emma Leavey – writer, poet, teacher
Emma finished writing her first novel this year, called “The Lonely Half”. Originally from London, Emma is now based in Tel Aviv. Hear about her book, how she got to be in Tel Aviv, and what may be next… Find out more Here is a synopsis of Emma’s first novel, which she is looking to […]
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Interview with Natalia – mother, educator, traveller
October 30, 2011
Originally from Cordoba, Argentina, Natalia (Natt) has lived in Israel for 3 years now. Natalia shares her journey to Israel, and how being a mother has changed her life. Find out more Natt is from Cordoba in Argentina, the second largest city in Argentina. Argentina has the largest Jewish community in Latin America Cordoba has […]
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Tips for making an interview look and sound good
October 20, 2011
My first interview was with Amit, which was particularly handy because he has a degree in film making and therefore had some great tips for me to create a good looking interview. The equipment I used to film the interview is top of the range – Canon 5D digital SLR with a f/2.8 24-70mm lens. […]
Interview with Amit Turkenitz
October 16, 2011
Amit has spent his adult life avoiding being what earns him his living- a computer programmer. This has led him on a creative journey as a photographer, computer programer, writer and film maker. Now he wants to make a living from his creativity, and become and entrepreneur. Find out more Amit started his photography business […]
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Tips for interviewing
October 6, 2011
Today I met with our friend Elad, who is a professional journalist working on Israel’s most popular current affairs program. Each show Elad organises for the hosts to interview up to 10 people – now that’s a lot of interviewing experience! Elad gave me tonnes of tips and food for thought about the mini-interviews I […]
Interviewing everyday people
October 2, 2011
I stumbled upon a project called StoryCorps the other day, and was happy to discover a bunch of tiny podcasts of interviews. I thought I was in really long interviews (which are less interesting and effective in my opinion), but these ones have been neatly edited into little portions – stories of people’s lives. StoryCorps […]
Posted in: interviewing ideas, research
Portugal for business
January 8, 2011
The pavements in Lisbon are all cobbled I just went to Lisbon for work. I left home at midday on Tuesday, and got home at midnight on Friday. That’s 74 hours away from home. It includes 14 hours on aeroplanes, 10 hours in 4 airports (Tel Aviv, Rome, Lisbon, Paris), 18 hours in meeting rooms, […]
Toothpicks
September 10, 2010
Toothpicks – an Israeli obsession. When I was growing up I noticed my parents always wanting toothpicks at the end of meals. I grew up never feeling the need to stick those little pieces of wood in my mouth after I ate. Maybe I don’t have gappy teeth, but then no one my age that […]
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Jo Walks Tel Aviv
July 31, 2010
A few months ago Amit and I decided to take his Canon 5D camera with us for an afternoon stroll through Tel Aviv. The stroll lasted a few hours, we show you what Tel Aviv looks like on a Friday afternoon, and we met a few friends along the way. So here is a glimpse […]
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Cleaning floors, Israeli style
July 28, 2010
This country is incredibly dusty. There is more dust here than I have ever experienced in Australia. It must be blowing off the Sahara. All this means that our apartment gets dirty fast – dust covering everything and that lovely grainy feeling under your feet as you walk on the tiles. Now if I were […]
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People Are Interesting 
October 30, 2011
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