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Have you heard about this? I’ve applied for The Best Job in the World, which according to the website consists of blogging about, creating videos, and taking pictures of the Great Barrier Reef Islands off the coast of Australia.  If I won, Tourism Queensland would provide me with housing, money, equipment, and airfare.  All I had to do was send in a one minute video application (à la Elle Woods in Legally Blonde), explaining why I would be the best person for the job.  The most important criteria was to make the video as entertaining as possible, and I hope I succeeded. Around 30,000 people have applied for the position, so it’s gonna be a tough race, but one I hope you’ll help me win. 

Please click on this image and watch my video! It’s probably going to take a long time to play, so just minimize it and let it load.  Unfortunately, their site wasn’t built with the anticipation that 34,000 people would be interested in the job, so most videos take a long time to load.

Also, please let me know what you thought of it! Do you think this video merits me a position working as Island Caretaker in The Best Job in the World? If you like it, rate it 5 stars, and help me win!

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Special Olympics Winter Games – Every Day is a Feast from Deborah Acosta on Vimeo.

I made this video along with two others while I was at the Special Olympics World Winter Games in Idaho.  My group and I were covering the Middle East, and in this story, we followed Rabah, who’s from Lebanon.  Right when I met him, I was struck by his presence.  He’s an extremely energetic, friendly, funny guy, and he was a complete joy to work with. 

His mother was also wonderful.  She was so excited to talk about her son, and how proud she was of him.  Her love for Rabah was a magical thing to witness.  I’m glad this was the case, because I was so tired while I was there.

I had worked on shooting and editing the opening ceremony footage the night before, so I was working on no sleep that day.  My teammates actually came to pick me up at the newsroom at 6 a.m. that morning, and we went straight to the mountain to shoot Rabah.  But what a beautiful mountain it was.  It’s called Bogus Basin, and we got to revisit it again on the last day, when we went snowboarding.

The trip was an exhausting, exhilirating, rewarding experience.  I learned so much about so much while I was there. And I met some really cool people.  I definitely see myself going to Greece in two years for the Summer Games.

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