My thoughts on the TODAY SHOW interview

Over the past few days, I have received hundreds of emails asking about my thoughts on the TODAY SHOW interview. Alright, here goes.... Just for the record, my name is NOT Maria.  My name is Jill Asher and the chyron was marked WRONG!  Ok, now that we got that out of the way, my Grandma will feel MUCH better.

I was incredibly grateful to have the opportunity to speak about "mom blogging" in such a public forum with Kristen and Mir.  Both the Today Show Producer and Reporter, Janet Shamlian were extremely professional. They filmed hours worth of quality discussion, including why we blog, the importance of community and networking among women, the opportunities that have been afforded to us because of our blogs, our challenges and fears about blogging, how we got started in this new medium, how much we want to share about our personal lives, how much we want to remain private.  It was a wonderful few hours, and no, NOT a "yap" session. Obviously, most of our discussion was cut from the segment. 

I sincerely hope we did a small part in shining a positive light on the mom blogging community (aka the Momsphere) and our sister sites.  In the end, the segment did seem rushed.  I guess I should have known that what I envisioned would be a smart, insightful and interesting conversation about women, blogging, networking and community would turn into a few sound bites.  Yes, lesson learned in a very public way.

I also thought about sharing my thoughts on the Kathie Lee Gifford interview with Dooce, but realized our friends throughout the blogosphere did a fantastic job giving their two (or ten cents).  The blogosphere is a buzzing.....  Today Show, MSNBC Execs, I hope that you spend some time going through these sites and listen.

• The Huffington Post: Katie Couric Gets it.  Kathie Lee, Mmmm, Not so Much.
• Silicon Valley Moms Blog: Not Just A Mom
• BlogHer: The Business of Mommyblogging on The Today Show
• Tales From The Dad Side: TTS: The Today Show Does Mommy Blogging
• Ms. Single Mama: Kathle Lee (a.ka.a The Idiot) meets Dooce
• Shine: Mom blogging worries Kathie Lee Gifford
• Laptop Television Mom:  "The Mom Blogs" on the Today Show
• Sarah and the Goon Squad:  Today on Today
• Life In the Garden:  On Dooce
• Working Mom Against Guilt:  Mom Bloggers On Today Show
• preteens, toddlers, and newborns, oh my!:  More Cursing
• Marketing Roadmaps:  A Mother of a Day:  Mom bloggers on the Today Show and a bad-ptich-apalooza
• A Mommy Story: Did You See The "Mommy Bloggers" On The Today Show?
• BusyMom.net:  Kathie Lee Gifford gave me pinkeye
• Don't Take The Repeats:  Who exhumed Kathie Lee and put her back on tv?
• Lady M: The Today Show, Mommybloggers, and Early Experiences with the Press.
• Double Life of the Red Bull Mom:  Boooooo Kathie Lee Gifford
• Trying to Gracefully Go Thru life: No wonder she left tv
• Baby, Toddler and Beyond: Shame on Kathie Lee!
• Adventures in Juggling:  for my local friends who read the Stockton Record article and don't know about this "mommy-blogging"
• Geeksugar:  How Tech Savvy Is Your Mom
• Parentdish:  Kathie Lee Gifford "uncomfortable" with mommyblogging

(I know I am missing many posts, so please leave a comment below and I will link to you in this recap.)

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