http://anastasiatubanos.com NICHE QUEEN OF NEW MEDIA Mon, 19 Apr 2010 22:36:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I recently entered a rather FANTASTIC sounding contest with a fellow parter-in-crime, Marie Nicola of TwentySomethingTV and Karmacake.ca fame, to win the best travel job ever. Coincidentally that's the name of the contest, BestTravelJobEver.com. It seems like Flight Centre, who's putting on the contest (along with a slew of sponsors including ... http://anastasiatubanos.com/?p=27 So guess who's a columnist for Women's Post? Yep. Me. How rad is that? It's a bi-monthly column called "Bridging the Gap" and its aim is to discuss the interactions between Old Media vs. New Media. I'm pretty pumped because I get to use this forum to analyze and geek out about all ... http://anastasiatubanos.com/?p=28 This is a post I've been meaning to write for a while, and it's only in the last week when I had a conversation about this with a friend that I decided I had to put these thoughts into words. Over the last half decade of interviewing hundreds of different ... http://anastasiatubanos.com/?p=29 If you're a Journalist or in Journalism school I wouldn't be surprised if you've already seen this. But if you're a complete n00b when it comes to news, this video gives a frighteningly accurate breakdown of how to structure a news piece for television. Seriously, my professors could've simply shown us this ... http://anastasiatubanos.com/?p=25 Every year the CBC holds an annual televised event called "Test the Nation" where Canadians (in-studio and in their homes) participate in a LIVE two-hour interactive IQ test. There are half a dozen in-studio teams, and this year I was called upon to join arms with the NERDS heh heh. Quite ... http://anastasiatubanos.com/?p=26 One of the shows I produce, Naked Wine Show, won a Tasty Award this week. Yay! NakedWineShow 1069 Tommasi Valpolicella 2008 by NakedWineShow What are the Tasty Awards? Held in San Francisco, it describes itself as the Oscars of the food, fashion, drink and style industries and awards people for outstanding food and ... http://anastasiatubanos.com/?p=24 The second place in the world I've been intrigued by and am dying to visit is Dubai. Ever since realizing its existence around seven years ago, I've had an intense, lingering yearning to go and experience it all for myself. The architecture, the excess, the culture, the innovation. I've even ... http://anastasiatubanos.com/?p=22 The past few days have been rather interesting, as I've been adjusting to life back in bustling and teeth-chatteringly cold Toronto. Why, you may ask? Because I just came back from my dream trip to India! (No, I'm not gloating. I'm just grateful for being able to say that:) I just spent ... http://anastasiatubanos.com/?p=19 First Oprah announced the implausible. The impossible. She's going off the air. I always knew I would see it happen someday, but I never expected it would happen so soon. So then, I naturally thought "who's going to take OVER for talk shows?" I love The View, but clearly not quite ... http://anastasiatubanos.com/?p=21 I was recently called by a gal pal with whom it was inevitable I would become friends with, Amber Mac, to guest star on her new-ish (well, re-booted) show Webnation on CP24. Obviously I was ecstatic to join her and got to come on to do a review of an app ... http://anastasiatubanos.com/?p=20