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IT SHOULDN’T HAPPEN TO A FILM JOURNALIST

JAMIE GRAHAM

THIS MONTH ATTENDING A VIRTUAL JUNKET

Jamie knew he was in for a long day on Zoom when he saw who the moderator was.

F ive months ago, I’d not heard of Zoom, which now feels like saying, “Five months ago, I’d not heard of television,” so prevalent has it been in my life since lockdown. Interviews with directors and stars, recording podcasts, ‘attending’ office meetings… all have been completed on Zoom, and if I ever do crack the time machine I’ve been tinkering with in the garden shed, I’ll be going straight back to the start of 2020 to tell myself to invest.

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