Who Is the Young Girl in the Blue Dress?
Her sprint was awesome and her body and form were athletic. Her image on social media has now gone viral.
As soon as news about Donald Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen pleading guilty for violating campaign laws as well as jury convicting president’s ex-campaign chairman of tax and bank fraud broke, one could witness several journalists rushing out of court. You may wonder why?
It’s because journalists were not allowed to use phones in the courtroom in Alexandria, Virginia. This meant that journalists had to rush and gush out of the court to deliver the story as fast as possible to their Editors. In the world of media, breaking news matters and counts. It was a wonderful sight to see young interns’ enthusiasm and passion towards journalism. Both boys and girls were pretty quick on their toes, grasping notebooks to get across information as soon as possible to the world out there.
One intern, however, a young girl in a blue dress grabbed the media’s attention. She came running out of federal court and was remarkable on her feet. Her sprint was awesome and her body and form were athletic. Her image on social media has now gone viral. Viewers have applauded her enthusiasm, dedication and her great form. The hashtag #GoBlueDressGo, dedicated to the journalist has now gone viral. Viewers, of course, were curious to know who the girl was.
The young woman’s identity revealed
It turns out that the girl was an intern for NBC news and her name is Cassandra Semyon.
Cassandra completely owned her sprint act by tweeting on Thursday morning, revealing her identity.
Yes, it is me, the journalist in the blue dress, running after the #ManafortTrial verdict. Thank you @Jacquelyn_M for the photo! #GoBlueDressGo
Her tweet was liked 13,000 times. The video of Cassandra running out of the court was captured live by a reporter called Melissa Block and the awesome footage has been viewed half a million times. Melissa Block tweeted “No Phones allowed in courthouse, so news comes via fleet feet.” Surprisingly, Cassie was not the first intern to race out of the court yet she was the only one to catch the media and the world’s attention. So how did she manage to run so fast? "Flat sandals, easy to run in! Holding a notebook. Running form credit: my high school cross country days!”
Twitter erupts
Sign her up for the Olympic games! Great form!
She was prepared! Much respect!
There’s fast, really fast, supersonic fast and then there is ‘Cassie Seymon breaking the story of the year’fast”
I really love that as history writes itself, Cassie Semyon has become an iconic figure of the free press.
Ms. Semyon has received appreciation from her seniors such as NBC News Chief foreign affairs correspondent Andrea Mitchell who she is interning for. Cassandra’s dedication to her work makes her social media fame well deserved.