"You want to stand out? Shoot the specialist interviews. You're going to have the, what did she call it, the S-tier competition for the big names. You want to talk to the C-suite at Yggdrasil? You're going to be fighting against Pedro Buffett. Man's a hack, but he's a hack with the weight of NBN fully behind him and that has pressure. Best interview of your life and nobody will give a shit because they already watched it at 6:30 after dinner."

She nods her head towards Dr. Talbot. "You can make her look relaxed, and I've got faith you can tease out the explanation of the science from her in plain talk. That's your strength, that's what you did when you covered Iconic and Crystal Garden's dispute over the meal-replacement shake patent." She'd done a bit of reading up on Piper on the train, it hadn't been enough for a good coverage but it was something. "You got people to care, because you showed them people worth caring about. Grab an interview with her, grab something with Constellation Systems about those floating twinkling squid they've got everywhere, work your way through the people that came here with exactly one thing and it's their best thing."

She shrugs. "Or if you've got a better plan, hit me. I've got some general plans for b roll of the various exhibits and the crowd, that one scary lady in leg armor from Yggdrasil's neat, we can ditch this and go chase the big boys. Or we can sit here and take somebody grateful to have a nice face to talk to."

[quote]A quick reminder that Piper is a charismatic presenter, focused on getting good interviews and human interest? They’ll be ambitious, preferring to take risks believing they can get forgiveness easier than permission. I don't think I posted that properly in here.

Priyah is a dedicated researcher, able to quickly source claims and do background research.

The problem with this job is one of your team members really dislikes you.[/quote]