Flash quote reporting makes me sweat. An FQR gathers information about an event and its competitors, elbows through journalists in the mixed zone to grab quotes from exhausted or elated athletes, sprints down a flight of stairs and through a hallway to the Press Operation Room, pounds on a keyboard in a fury of quote recording, sends the quotes to a database and .... collapses into a puddle of worn-out goo on the linoleum.
Oh, how I long for the days of feature writing! What comfort to relax with an interviewee over a drink of coffee, chat about music, share a few jokes--such luxury! Gone are those days. Now I must harness my inner bow thrower and snatch some soundbytes!
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