After running around all day (February 19) with two NBC Today Show video crews, we produced this short report in the front of the Fire and Ice Torch.
On my day in Whistler, I got an opporunity to chat with Devon Soltendieck, a popular Canadian Video Dee-Jay with MuchMusic.
I met Kimiya Shokoohi, International Olympic Committee Youth Reporter, while in Vancouver covering the Winter Games. We spoke about her background as a journalist as well as the upcoming Youth Olympics being held in Singapore this coming August. This is the first year for this new Olympics, which will feature athletes ages 14 to 18. And this Olympics also includes workshops for the young athletes such as social responsibility, well-being and teamwork.
Communting on Vancouver’s automated Sky Train, I reflect back on my first day at the 2010 Winter Olympics.
As part of a segment for a 2010 Winter Olympics documentary for Russian Television, Channel 1, I chat with Mark Starr, Newsweek, in the media center.
Brennan LaBrie:
You are about to compete in your first Olympics. How does it feel?
RACHAEL FLATT:
It’s incredibly exciting. I’m having the time of my life. I’m certainly looking forward to the competitions. Read more »
After asking Canadian Ice Dancing Gold Medalists Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir a couple of questions at their press conference, I then interviewed Scott’s dad, Joe.
I talked with Olympic bronze medalist JR Celski in a little coffee shop on a rainy day in Vancouver, BC.
I interviewed John Furlong, CEO of VANOC (Vancouver Organizing Committee of the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games), at Robson Square in Vancouver, B.C., Canada on Feb. 5th. He was a nice man with an easy laugh and I enjoyed meeting him.