Media Moment: An Interview with Orest Mandzy

Orest Mandzy, tell us a bit about yourself and your path to Commercial Real Estate Direct. It’s funny, but I didn’t really study journalism in college. I have a business degree, but I’ve always loved writing, so when I was a sophomore in college (I went to Baruch College, which is part of the City… Continue reading Media Moment: An Interview with Orest Mandzy

Media Monday: An Interview with Heather Turk

  Freelancer entertainment writer & editor; associate editor for Sunseeker   A graduate of the University of Southern California, Heather Turk’s byline has appeared everywhere from the Los Angeles Times to Playboy.com — with her review of “The Truman Show” making the front page of The Detroit News‘ movie section when she was just 17… Continue reading Media Monday: An Interview with Heather Turk

Media Monday: An Interview with Greg Aragon

At this point in your career, what still surprises or excites you about these stories? To this day, I still get excited when a new building or mega-project is being built. Construction is very exciting. There are new technologies and innovations popping up every day and it’s fun to be at the forefront in learning… Continue reading Media Monday: An Interview with Greg Aragon

What to Do When You Hang up the Phone After an Interview and Realize You’ve Provided False Information

In the age of aggregate news sites where an online news story is instantaneously published in additional news outlets that will copy the story verbatim, accuracy is more essential than ever before. If you share inaccurate information, it can be tempting to let it slide or hope it goes away on its own. Though this… Continue reading What to Do When You Hang up the Phone After an Interview and Realize You’ve Provided False Information

Media Monday: An Interview with Samantha Rowan

THO recently spoke with Samantha for a bit more on how she arrived at REFI and her favorite part of the job: How did you arrive in the financial journalism beat? Were you always interested in the subject? I got into financial journalism right after college. A good friend, who I’d worked with on our… Continue reading Media Monday: An Interview with Samantha Rowan

What To Do When You’re Skype-Jacked?

Skype-Jack (verb): When children, pets, or other disruptive forces interfere with a live on-camera interview as it’s being broadcasted, streamed or recorded. If you get Skype-jacked, no one will remember anything you said before or after. They will only remember how you handled it. Just imagine if he had snapped at his daughter. In the… Continue reading What To Do When You’re Skype-Jacked?