Today I had the privilege (if that's what you can call it!) to be interviewed by BBC West Midlands. It is definitely a privilege if not a little daunting. I don't mind doing this sort of thing. I find it quite interesting and I just love to promote astronomy to as many people as possible.
Both me and my mate Steve (who they interviewed about extrasolar planets) got on. They asked me about Comet Machholz and some other stuff such as the Gemininds. It wasn't bad. I was quite pleased.
I have had quite a bit of media interaction this year. Firstly I was asked to comment on a press release for the IoP (Institute of Physics), then I was interviewed on the same topic for the Mail on Sunday (see: http://www.krioma.net/blog/archives/2004_05_17.php#000251. This lead on to a media frenzy for the Venus transit. Gosh I can't remember how many journalists etc I spoke to on that day. I did live interviews on Radio WM for this. I will put these online soon - I meant to put them up before. I also was interviewed by the BBC but for some reason they thought Greenwich was more important than us! :-)
All fun!
