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About Me — Jenna Spinelle
I love a good story and believe everyone has one to tell.
I’ve resisted writing about myself for as long as I can remember. As a journalist and now as a podcaster, I’m much more comfortable on the other side of the interview, so to speak. But, thanks to the invitation from Quy Ma, here goes:
Talking to Strangers
Some of my earliest memories as a child are of my dad reading to me at night. The love of reading grew quickly from there and, by the time I got to school, it didn’t take long for me to read every book in my kindergarten classroom. Thankfully, my teacher pointed me to the library, and the steady stream of borrowed books coming in and out of my possession continues to this day.
While I love to read, I’m also one of the least creative people you’ll ever meet when it comes to writing — which is why journalism spoke to me so much. I’m also fairly introverted and used my high school and college newspapers as a way to get out of my shell. There’s nothing better for that than approaching someone you don’t know and interrupting their day to ask them questions they may or may not want to answer.
As I found out, most people are pretty nice, especially if you are nice to them. As the old saying goes, “you get more flies with honey than you do with…
