Bob Andelman, also known as Mr. Media, does lots of interviews — celebrities from film, TV, books, music, and more.  I was one of those “more” interviews.  He did a podcast interview as Poynter News University was starting to gain traction.  It didn’t hurt that Bob and I knew each other via a connection with Bill Mitchell, who was Poynter Online editor.

Full disclosure: I hired Bob to write two whitepapers about Poynter’s e-learning work.  However, he thought what Poynter was doing with NewsU was interesting enough to do the podcast interview.  One of my favorite things about Bob’s work was the Dr. Seuss-inspired rhyme, which I recorded for NewsU. [Sadly, I’m not sure I know where that resides].  Here’s the text:

You can do it wearing a hat.
You can do it with your cat.
You can do it at night,
And you can do it when you look a fright.
You can do it when things are slow,
Or when you can’t get the creative juices to flow.
You can do it when mother’s not there,
And you can do it in your underwear.

You can read the full interview on Bob’s Mr. Media site and there’s even an audio of interview.

Sad postscript: Bob died in early 2020.  He is missed. A great deal.