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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyLkJz3oWfA[/youtube] The deadline for the Knight News Challenge Grant has been extended. Just when I thought we might be coming to the close, they have extended the challenge until December 15. Â They have also invited people to submit...
Read moreColumbia University Graduate School of The Internet
www.thefuture.com I have a meeting with Nicholas Lemann this afternoon. He is the Dean of the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University. I, myself, am a graduate of the J-school at Columbia, class of ’83. I also taught...
Read moreChurch & State
Go make money…. My friend and Columbia classmate Barbara Selvin is a professor of journalism at Stony Brook on Long Island. Every year, she invites me to come and talk to the class. Â I am going on Friday. Yesterday,...
Read moreTwo VJ Success Stories
Here’s a look at two VJ success stories from two different VJs at different places in their careers. The first is from Jules Broste, who took the TCA in Colorado on our Ski/Shoot seminars with Vail Resorts. Â Jules has...
Read moreAs Exciting as Watching Cookies Bake….
Tonight! Most Haunted Castles of Denmark!! I was reading Cynopsis this morning and it made me think: Next month, TLC brings back its reality series Table for 12 chronicling the abundant Hayes family, with all-new back-to-back episodes starting November 10 at 8p and...
Read moreHigh Tech Artisians
Hand made high tech Yesterday, as part of my ‘birthday surprise’, Lisa took me to the airport where we got on a small prop plane and headed off to parts unknown. The unknown part turned out to be  Bar...
Read moreWaking Up to Salgado
This morning I woke up to Sebastao Salgado. or at least a print by him… being held up by my wife. Today is my birthday, and at this age, it is something I would rather forget than remember, but...
Read moreTCA Advanced Courses Kick Off in DC
The hard working Arthur Hsu, liason to the Grads Yesterday we kicked off our first advanced course for the Travel Channel Academy down here in DC at Travel Channel HQ. We had been thinking of running a series of...
Read moreBecket and Net Neutrality – Unbar The Door!
Unbar the door! Last night we stayed home and watched the movie Becket, with Richard Burton and Peter O’Toole. Great film. It’s a historical drama based on fact. Â Henry II, Norman King of England elevates his friend and drinking...
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