This article originally appeared in the April issue of Capital magazine. If I tried, the story would become "Reporter seriously injured attempting headstand." Find Rogers email address, mobile number, work history, and more. I am not capable of doing a headstand so it would likely not be an issue for me. View Roger Clarks business profile as Multimedia Journalist/Reporter/Anchor at NY1 News. I can't think of one that weirded me out too much, but occasionally the ones that ask if I have an uncle in management who lets me keep my job-that's always entertaining.ĬAPITAL: Okay, but seriously now: what did you make of Providence's NBC affiliate WJAR-TV firing night news reporter Julie Tremmel days after she did a headstand for a live report about the reality show “America’s Got Talent"?ĬLARK: I have to say, I don't see why she was fired unless there was something else going on behind the scenes. I have contemplated shorts in the summer but I'm always afraid I could be sent out on assignment and that probably wouldn't be very appealing.ĬAPITAL: Do you ever get fan mail that's not safe for work?ĬLARK: We get some interesting emails from viewers, and most are very positive. ![]() So I usually do have jeans on the bottom portion and shirt, tie and jacket on top when I fill-in on the anchor desk. It's pretty amazing, but I will get him one of these days!ĬAPITAL: When you do end up in the anchor chair, are you usually wearing jeans under the desk? (Perhaps the Kinky boots from your Halloween costume, too?)ĬLARK: As most viewers probably notice, I do tend to dress on the casual side. I always try and catch him off guard especially by singing a random song at the end of a light story. That would not have gone over well in my old neighborhood in Queens.ĬAPITAL: Have you ever had the sense, while calling in to morning anchor Pat Kiernan, that you were going to make him lose his composure? Have you ever tried to intentionally?ĬLARK: Pat is such a pro and we have had great chemistry from the beginning. Fordham University’s historic gymnasium in The Bronx has gone from Rose Hill to Rose. I grew up playing stickball but for the life of me couldn't hit the ball that morning. Fordham mens hoops squad rolling in the Bronx. I don't get embarrassed too easily but I remember doing a story about a kids’ stickball league in Brooklyn. I was freaking out a few minutes before I actually had to do it. I really did overcome a fear to pull that one off. ![]() I had to plunge backwards off of a platform into one of those inflatable air bags just like in the movies. What stunt that you've done for a spot are you proudest of? And which one are you most embarrassed about?ĬLARK: I think the stunt I was most proud of was literally a stunt, at a stunt school in Brooklyn. I love going there," Santiago said.CAPITAL: You're usually reporting from the field, surfing Rockaway Beach, learning the trapeze in Williamsburg or shredding air guitar at a bar on the Lower East Side. You are meeting other writers that are friends, or other people that you read that you haven't seen at any other context until you actually run into them running around. "It's just such a friendly place for writers. She has become a big fan of the festival. She moved to Brooklyn from Puerto Rico when she was 13 and credits librarians at the Brooklyn Public Library for helping her learn English and discover reading. This year's honoree is Esmeralda Santiago, author of the memoirs "When I Was Puerto Rican" and "Almost a Woman," and the novel "Conquistadora," among other works. There's discourse and it's really cool for the audience," Greer said.Įach year, the festival honors an author for work that exemplifies or speaks to the spirit of Brooklyn with the BoBi award. "It's multiple authors talking about the ideas that they share, or what their disagreements are. ![]() There's Children's Day on Saturday at Brooklyn Commons, formerly the MetroTech Center, and the flagship festival day on Sunday in the Borough Hall area with a literary marketplace and seven stages with author talks. The festival includes what they call bookend events, taking place in all five boroughs at clubs, bookstores, parks and libraries. "It's and I, but there's a whole team of very dedicated publicists, agents and editors behind us that help us with the festival as well," Koch said. The festival is its own nonprofit with a staff that collaborates with the festival's literary council. Greer and Koch started the festival while they were working for the office of the Brooklyn Borough President. "It's gone from being local, happening in Brooklyn with a lot of Brooklyn authors, which we still love and celebrate, but now, it is fully international," Greer said. Brooklyn Book Festival co-producers Carolyn Greer and Liz Koch founded the event in 2006 as a one-day affair.
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