2004/10/11，我上報紙了！


第一次上報紙，是在Santa Barbara News-Press，這是Santa Barbara這裡最大的地區型報紙，上星期四(10/7)有個記者寄e-mail來，說要訪問關於911之後外國學生取得VISA的問題，那封信是這樣的：

Hello:
 
I am a reporter with the Santa Barbara News-Press in Washington D.C. I am doing a story on student visa restrictions after 9/11 and looking to talk to international students at UCSB today if possible about their visa application experiences (tomorrow may work if you can tell me today that we can talk tomorrow).
 
I found your names through the Taiwanese Students Association. If any of you are in fact international students, rather than Taiwanese-Americans, and willing to talk to me, please e-mail me back ASAP with contact info. If you have any friends who you think might be willing to talk to me, please forward this on.
 
I really appreciate your help,
 
Jamie Freed

把電話給她後，記者就打電話過來啦，首先她先問我911後台灣學生申請簽證有沒有什麼問題，想了想，好像都差不多吧，台灣學生申請VISA沒什麼困難...

不過記者不死心：如果申請不到的話，你會不會考慮其他國家呀？

我說：應該不會吧...

記者：那像英國、加拿大...這些地方你會考慮哪裡呢？

我：那就英國好了（反正都是講英文嘛）

結果就是登出來的東西了，我本來還有說預約要打很貴的付費電話，通常是一些色情服務用的那種...不過沒登出來

訪問完隔天，攝影記者就來幫我拍照了，他一直想找個比較technical的背景，就利用這個我當過一學期TA的實驗室了，我穿的是台大運動會紀念衫，不過擋住了看不出來...