Spring Break
UA graduate promotes 'open-mindedness'
Demetrius Neal
Issue date: 1/26/09 Section: Lifestyles
Goff, who was born in West Memphis, Ark., graduated from the UA in 1984 as a journalism major. She worked as the Arts and Entertainment Editor at The Arkansas Traveler when it was located at Hill Hall and published twice a week on Tuesdays and Thursdays. For the Arts and Entertainment section, she wanted to use her experiences from New York, where she spent her junior year interning for a magazine. She had the opportunity to interview various artists and musicians who came to Fayetteville. One memorable interview was with CeDell Davis, a jazz musician from Pine Bluff. She recalls during the interview that he had a bit too much to drink, which produced a memorable performance. Years later, when Goff moved to New York, Davis also traveled to the city to perform another unforgettable performance. Davis, who suffered from polio, placed his guitar on his lap and had a butter knife in his left hand to strum it because it had been crippled.
"I went up to him, and told, although I thought he wouldn't remember me, that I had interviewed him in 1983 for a school newspaper," Goff said. Surprisingly, Davis told her that he remembered her, she said.
She continued her journalism career, writing for Working Woman, a now defunct magazine that offered aid and information for the New York businesswoman during a time when women weren't really a part of the business sector and there were only a handful of women CEOs, she said.
After 9/11, she transitioned her career focus into a more corporate software vendor. The company wanted her to make content videos, which she scripted and produced.
"I realized that storytelling was a common thread on how to find the best story, how to tell it in a compelling way and the best way to present the medium," Goff said. "[Producing] was building on my career as a journalist rather than departing from it."
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"I went up to him, and told, although I thought he wouldn't remember me, that I had interviewed him in 1983 for a school newspaper," Goff said. Surprisingly, Davis told her that he remembered her, she said.
She continued her journalism career, writing for Working Woman, a now defunct magazine that offered aid and information for the New York businesswoman during a time when women weren't really a part of the business sector and there were only a handful of women CEOs, she said.
After 9/11, she transitioned her career focus into a more corporate software vendor. The company wanted her to make content videos, which she scripted and produced.
"I realized that storytelling was a common thread on how to find the best story, how to tell it in a compelling way and the best way to present the medium," Goff said. "[Producing] was building on my career as a journalist rather than departing from it."
To learn more about "Anyone But Me," visit the Web site at www.anyonebutmeseries.com.
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