NY Moves Magazine Competition
Yes, I can cook (well, with a little help!) It was a great afternoon at the James Beard Foundation in the West Village, where I was chosen to represent PIX 11 in a charity cook-off sponsored by Moves Magazine.
I was paired with chef Chris Siversen of Maritime Parc and we are competing against Julie Chang (Fox5) and Top Chef alum Ed Cotton of Plein Sud and Darlene Rodriguez (NBC) and Top Chef alum Dale Talde of Buddakan.
Thursday, March 10, 2011 the winner will be announced. Wish me luck!
For more information, visit www.newyorkmoves.com
Won't You Be My Friend?
I’m working on a story this morning that hits close to home, because I am guilty of doing it. Very Guilty. Accepting friend requests from total strangers. And, it wasn’t until I read a recent survey by Harris Interactive that I realized, just how bad it can be. But what’s even more interesting is that I seem to follow a more male pattern of friending than most!
In this new survey, 1 out of every 5 male social network users admits they will accept any friend requent that come from a woman — even if the woman is a total stranger they have never met before.
But, we women are apparently very different. Only 1 in 13 will accept requests from random male strangers.
The big problem, aside from seeing updates from a bunch of people you don’t know is that it can be dangerous and an easy way for a hacker to get into your personal life.
Let’s take a look at some of the things they could get access too:
1. They can scan your pages for any possible password hints
2. Without know it, we all have risky information our pages: place of birth, kids names, street names, etc.
3. They can start collecting data from friends of friends as well.
So, what do you do when you get a request from a stranger? It’s a question I have battled for sometime now, but didn’t realize the answer was simple. It’s okay to ignore it. That’s right online you don’t worry about being rude, because you must protect what you have right now. If you have already been friending strangers, take a few moments to monitor what you have out there, clean up and “risky information” and google yourself often to see what is really out there!
Stay safe fellow Facebookers.
xo Tamsen
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Hitting The "Green Carpet" For Charity
Wendy Diamond and I strike a pose for the Humane Society at her event at the Muse Hotel!
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Emmy award winning journalist, Tamsen Fadal, joined the Emmy Award-winning PIX Morning News in March 2008. Tamsen can be seen anchoring weekday mornings from 4:30am-6am bringing viewers the stories of the day that get people talking. Tamsen came to PIX as a feature reporter and the host of Totally Tamsen, a segment giving viewers a firsthand look at new and exciting places, people, events and celebrities in the tri-state area. In January 2010, Tamsen had the amazing opportunity to grace the Great White Way and make her Broadway debut in the musical Chicago, starring Ashlee Simpson.
Prior to joining WPIX, Tamsen was an on-air correspondent at for the CBS flagship station, WCBS-TV in New York, where she worked four years. Prior to that, she reported for KYW-TV in Philadelphia, WFTV-TV in Orlando and WPGH-TV in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
In her career, she has covered stories ranging from the Columbia shuttle crash and the London bombings. In 2002, she traveled to Afghanistan with the American troops to report on the war. She also traveled to Air Force bases in London and Germany to report on local troops during Operation Enduring Freedom. She began her broadcasting career as a morning drive anchor for WHNZ Radio in Tampa, Florida after graduating from the University of South Florida with a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism.
Tamsen was awarded an Emmy in 2005 for her work as an Investigative Journalist at KYW-TV in Philadelphia, and a Broadcast Journalism Award in 2004 by the National Air Disaster Foundation [NADF] post 9/11, for contributions leading to improved aviation safety.
Tamsen resides in Manhattan with her husband, Matt Titus, a nationally recognized dating and relationship coach, author and TV personality. They are the founders of The Love Consultants, an upscale date coaching and matchmaking service. Together, they have written a book "Why Hasn't He Called?” How Guys Really Think and How to Get the Right One Interested in You and “Why Hasn’t He Proposed?” Go From The First Date To Setting The Date. The pair host Lifetime Television’s dating series, “Matched in Manhattan.”