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Clayton Morris

Awesome!

Yes.  30 minutes over Skype.  User is ShawneeTV.  Still working on the set and the show title, but you will be our first interview!  We've filmed a few over the years but will be actively producing the show in the future.  Do you have any advice or anything you'd like to discuss?

We have a general public release form that would need your signature. 

Thanks again!

-Brian

On Tue, May 3, 2016 at 9:41 PM, Clayton Morris <clayton@claytonmorris.com> wrote:

Thank you email:

​We received clearance to publish our show from May, thank you again!  Reach is on YouTube:

https://youtu.be/ftmhKo9zjoI

Your advice is the perfect message for students all over the world!  We really appreciate you sharing your experience with us.

Blaire will be reaching out soon as well.  We'd like to buy you a coffee sometime if you are in SJ/Philly area.

Cheers!

Brian Pistone

Shawnee High School

Shawnee TV: http://ShawneeTV.lrhsd.org/

Computer Instructional Specialist: http://bpistone.wordpress.com/

Public Relations

(609) 654-7544 x 4521

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Michael Zam

On Fri, May 6, 2016 at 11:19 AM, Blaire Annette Brinster wrote:

Hi Michael,

It's Blaire Brinster from your tv writing workshop. I heard about Feud on the radio this morning- really cool!

My school's TV program (Shawnee TV) is having a show called Reach where we reach out to and skype with entertainment industry professionals to gain college and career advice.

I was wondering if you would be interested in being featured in Reach. It would be a Q&A style skype call that would last about 15-20 minutes.

It would really be an honor to have you speak with the members of Shawnee TV given your level of experience and insight. Also, there isn't a big focus on narrative filmmaking in our curriculum and this could inspire students to look into film/tv narrative career path instead of only tv broadcasting.

Let me know if you are interested and we can set up a date and time. I hope we can make this happen!

Also, here is a link to our Shawnee TV youtube channel: https://m.youtube.com/user/ShawneeLDTV

Thank you,

Blaire

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Judd Apatow

Fwd: Skype Interview for High School Media Program

Blaire Brinster <xxxxxx@lrstudents.org>

Tue 5/10/2016 8:40 PM

To:

• • Pistone, Brian <bpistone@lrhsd.org>

Full correspondence so far.

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From: Blaire Brinster <xxxxxx@lrstudents.org>

Date: Tue, May 10, 2016 at 8:32 PM

Subject: Re: Skype Interview for High School Media Program

To: Jenna Simmons <JSimmons@mosaicla.com>

Jenna,

Our first two people are Clayton Morris (Fox and Friends) and Michael Zam (writer of new FX series "Feud", NYU professor). We have done similar Skype interviews with people like Andrew Meyers (gaffer on The Office), and Megan Swiatkowski (Politico). But now we are producing it as a more concise and consistent series with a nice set, a single host (myself), and professional graphics package. 

Our first two are scheduled for May 19th and May 26th, so when those are produced and uploaded I can e-mail you the links. School lets out on June 17th, but we will also be doing this back in September.

We are trying to produce the shows on Thursdays from 2:30-2:45 PM (EST)- so 11:30-11:45 AM (PST) and we do all the technical set-up so the only thing we would need from him would be his ability to Skype us.

On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 8:15 PM, Jenna Simmons <JSimmons@mosaicla.com> wrote:

Blaire,

Has anyone else appeared on the program? When would this be?

Best,

jenna simmons | mosaic

From: Blaire Brinster [mailto:xxxxxx@lrstudents.org]

Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2016 5:06 PM

To: Miller Assistants <MillerAssistants@mosaicla.com>; millersassistants@mosaicla.com

Subject: Re: Skype Interview for High School Media Program

I apologize that I forgot to include that I meant this for Judd Apatow.

On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 8:01 PM, Blaire Brinster <xxxxxx@lrstudents.org> wrote:

Hello,

My name is Blaire Brinster and I am a rising senior at Shawnee High School in New Jersey. At Shawnee, I am a part of the TV program Shawnee TV. We have a live show called "Reach" where we Skype professionals in the entertainment industry to gain college and career advice. I was wondering if Judd would be willing to be featured in one of our shows. It would be 15-20 minute Q and A conversation about his career and how he got into the industry. Judd speaking to Shawnee TV would be an amazing opportunity for the students and we would learn more about the episodic tv and film industry as there could be a bigger focus on narrative content in our program. 

We are just hoping to gain advice that can help us get into the industry.

Here is a link to the Shawnee TV youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXfE8aDTmxZQIJrOCtsD3bA

Let me know if we can set up a date to Skype! 

Thank You,

Blaire